1973 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 5-9-2 .375 |
| Head Coach: Eagle Keys |
| Owen DeJanovich | Assistant Coach |
| Ken McCullough | Assistant Coach |
| Bud Tynes | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/4/1973 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 16-15 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | ||
| Tue | 7/10/1973 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20-35 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | ||
| Wed | 7/18/1973 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18146 | |
| Tue | 7/24/1973 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 26-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18874 | |
| Tue | 7/31/1973 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5-21 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27447 | |
| Wed | 8/8/1973 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-38 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17210 | |
| Tue | 8/14/1973 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-11 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23139 | |
| Wed | 8/22/1973 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24443 | |
| Tue | 8/28/1973 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 9-2 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29132 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1973 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-44 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 32433 | |
| Wed | 9/5/1973 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-26 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18674 | |
| Tue | 9/11/1973 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 7-10 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30479 | |
| Tue | 9/18/1973 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-33 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21084 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 12-13 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26238 | |
| Sat | 9/29/1973 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 22-22 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23400 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22000 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1973 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-27 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21377 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1973 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-14 | T | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20688 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22013 | |
| Sat | 11/3/1973 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 15-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28479 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/11/1973 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 9373 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Harry Abofs | 28 | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | Tennessee Tech | 1 | |
| George Anderson | 77 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Barry Ardern | 10 | DB | 5-10 | 181 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Brock Aynsley | 17 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Washington State | 12 | |
| Steve Beyrle | 54 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Kansas State | 1 | |
| Ross Clarkson | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
| Dave Cranmer | 20 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | Bowling Green State | 3 | |
| Bob Currie | 41 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Hawaii | 7 | |
| Brian Donnelly | 11 | DB | 5-11 | 179 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Karl Douglas | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | |
| Trev Ekdahl | 66 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 31 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Monroe Eley | 26 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Palo Verde JC; Arizona State | 13 | |
| Ronnie Estay | 78 | DT | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | Louisiana State | 2 | |
| Greg Findlay | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 16 | |
| Joe Fourqurean | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Bluefield State | 11 | |
| Bob Friend | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Ted Gerela | 35 | RB-K | 5-10 | 205 | 29 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Eric Guthrie | 12 | QB-P | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Lou Harris | 31 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Sacramento CC; Southern California | 15 | |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 71 | TE | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Oregon | 16 | |
| Garrett Hunsperger | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Central Missouri | 12 | |
| John Kennedy | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Jim Krapf | 54 | OG | 6-0 | 240 | 23 | Alabama | 1 | |
| Mike LaHood | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 249 | 29 | Wyoming | 8 | |
| Dave Lee | 32 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | none | 3 | |
| Rocky Long | 18 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | New Mexico | 7 | |
| Ivan MacMillan | 76 | K | 5-8 | 157 | 21 | none | 6 | 0 |
| Bud Magrum | 65 | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Wayne Matherne | 15 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | |
| Layne McDowell | 62 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Don Moorhead | 27 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Michigan | 16 | |
| Johnny Musso | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 201 | 23 | Alabama | 16 | |
| Ray Nettles | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Pete Palmer | 70 | LB | 6-0 | 212 | 27 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 15 | |
| Gus Revenberg | 40 | C | 6-0 | 245 | 25 | none | 3 | |
| Travis Roach | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 260 | 23 | Texas | 1 | |
| Gary Robinson | 67 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Mike Samples | DT | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Missouri Southern State; Drake | 1 | ||
| Brian Sopatyk | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Boise State | 7 | |
| Steve Svitak | 60 | DT | 6-1 | 232 | 28 | Boise JC; Boise State | 2 | |
| Mike Walker | 69 | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Tulane | 16 | |
| Carl Weathers | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 6 | |
| Curtis Wester | 61 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 7 | |
| Ted Wheeler | 58 | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | West Texas A&M | 16 | |
| Slade Willis | 74 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Drake | 10 | |
| Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Montana State | 16 | |
| Mike Wilson | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Western Illinois | 16 | |
| Jim Young | 30 | WR | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Queen's | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Robbie Allen | T | Bishop's |
| Ross Clarkson | WR | Simon Fraser |
| Harold Grozdanich | G | Boise State |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Brian Sopatyk | G | Boise State |
| 1 | 6 | Slade Willis | WR | Drake |
| 2 | 10 | Paul Giroday | LB | California |
| 2 | 13 | Rob Helman | RB | North Dakota State |
| 2 | 18 | Cor Doret | HB | Toronto |
| 3 | 19 | Joe Fabiani | QB | Western Ontario |
| 4 | 28 | Bill McGregor | WR | Simon Fraser |
| 5 | 37 | Rudy Florio | RB | Youngstown State |
| 6 | 45 | Terry Sharpe | G | Simon Fraser |
| 7 | 53 | Mike Flynn | DT | Waterloo |
| 8 | 61 | John Quinlan | HB | McMaster |
| 9 | 69 | Al Thomas | DB | Simon Fraser |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 79 | 53 | 90 | 261 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 87 | 37 | 144 | 328 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 303 | 132 | 155 | 16 | 116 | 914 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 302 | 119 | 160 | 23 | 93 | 745 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Musso | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ivan MacMillan | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| Ted Gerela | 0 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | - | - | - | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 7 | 0 | 41 |
| Lou Harris | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Lefty Hendrickson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Karl Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eric Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bob Friend | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monroe Eley | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 20 | 46 | 43.5 | 12 | 2 | 261 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 31 | 25 | 42 | 59.5 | 10 | 1 | 328 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Musso | 220 | 1029 | 4.7 | 25 | 10 |
| Lou Harris | 91 | 482 | 5.3 | 58 | 5 |
| Monroe Eley | 72 | 373 | 5.2 | 40 | 1 |
| Don Moorhead | 53 | 283 | 5.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Karl Douglas | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Young | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Ross Clarkson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Brock Aynsley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 471 | 2333 | 5.0 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 460 | 2603 | 5.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Moorhead | 278 | 160 | 57.6 | 106 | 2005 | 7.2 | 12.5 | 73 | 4 | 1.4 | 12 | 4.3 | 66.9 | |||
| Karl Douglas | 128 | 61 | 47.7 | 57 | 1020 | 8.0 | 16.7 | 52 | 4 | 3.1 | 10 | 7.8 | 52.9 | |||
| Eric Guthrie | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 5 | 109 | 9.9 | 21.8 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 43.4 | |||
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 418 | 227 | 54.3 | 168 | 3159 | 7.6 | 13.9 | 8 | 1.9 | 23 | 5.5 | 62.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 237 | 56.8 | 162 | 3250 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 18 | 4.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Musso | 46 | 475 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 45 | 719 | 16.0 | 49 | 2 |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 39 | 631 | 16.2 | 73 | 3 |
| Lou Harris | 29 | 416 | 14.3 | 40 | 1 |
| Brock Aynsley | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 26 | 388 | 14.9 | 51 | 2 |
| Ross Clarkson | 18 | 240 | 13.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Slade Willis | 15 | 197 | 13.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 227 | 3159 | 13.9 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 237 | 3250 | 13.7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Wilson | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 56 | 1 |
| Wayne Matherne | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
| George Anderson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Fourqurean | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Barry Ardern | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Brian Donnelly | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Nettles | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 235 | 13.1 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 318 | 13.8 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Guthrie | 117 | 4926 | 42.1 | 70 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 117 | 4926 | 42.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 127 | 5165 | 40.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Friend | 46 | 252 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ross Clarkson | 31 | 179 | 5.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Slade Willis | 15 | 97 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Brock Aynsley | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Lee | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Barry Ardern | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Donnelly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 620 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 118 | 749 | 6.3 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gerela | 33 | 1820 | 55.2 | 85 | 0 |
| Eric Guthrie | 9 | 500 | 55.6 | 62 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 2320 | 55.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Harris | 15 | 342 | 22.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 12 | 327 | 27.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Ross Clarkson | 10 | 243 | 24.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Brock Aynsley | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Harry Abofs | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Fourqurean | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Friend | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1152 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 982 | 25.2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Ardern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Brock Aynsley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Douglas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Guthrie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Harris | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Magrum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Moorhead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Nettles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Weathers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Ted Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 9 | 9 |
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