1977 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Head Coach: Vic Rapp |
| Bill Quinter | Assistant Coach |
| Vince Tobin | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 6/16/1977 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-10 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 14366 | |
| Wed | 6/22/1977 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-35 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22340 | |
| Tue | 6/28/1977 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-34 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 13428 | |
| Fri | 7/1/1977 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-8 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25118 | |
| Tue | 7/12/1977 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-9 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 16903 | |
| Wed | 7/20/1977 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 34-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18455 | |
| Tue | 7/26/1977 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5-24 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26459 | |
| Wed | 8/3/1977 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 30-26 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 25253 | |
| Tue | 8/9/1977 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 18-24 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26131 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1977 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Tue | 8/23/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 30-0 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24873 | |
| Wed | 8/31/1977 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27-24 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27248 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 33-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28213 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1977 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-18 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25858 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1977 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32419 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1977 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 18-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32719 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-31 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19133 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-38 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22173 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1977 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-31 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30580 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/12/1977 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33-32 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27105 | |
| Western Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 1-38 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25327 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Charles Anthony | 58 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Southern California | 11 | |
| Rick Appleby | 72 | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Georgia | 7 | |
| Terry Bailey | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| John Blain | 68 | OG | 6-6 | 265 | 22 | San Jose State | 11 | |
| Leon Bright | 26 | WR | 5-9 | 192 | 22 | Florida State | 15 | |
| Doug Carlson | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Grady Cavness | 32 | S | 5-11 | 186 | 30 | Texas-El Paso | 16 | |
| Mark Chalmers | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Texas | 1 | ||
| Al Charuk | 25 | SE | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Acadia | 16 | |
| Sam Cvijanovich | 77 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | California Lutheran | 5 | |
| Ted Dushinski | 27 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | none | 16 | |
| Rudy Florio | 12 | RB | 5-10 | 195 | 27 | Youngstown State | 16 | |
| Joe Fourqurean | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Bluefield State | 12 | |
| Paul Giroday | 40 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | California | 16 | |
| Jim Harrison | 35 | RB | 6-4 | 236 | 29 | Missouri | 14 | |
| Ken Hinton | 18 | DB | 5-9 | 169 | 22 | San Diego State | 6 | |
| Gerry Inglis | 50 | C | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Glen Jackson | 37 | LB | 6-3 | 206 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Gary Keithley | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Texas; Texas-El Paso | 16 | |
| Tom Kudaba | 51 | OG | 6-0 | 252 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Frank Landy | 78 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Glen Leach | 17 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 2 | |
| Glenn Leonhard | 54 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Manitoba | 5 | |
| Rocky Long | 16 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | New Mexico | 14 | |
| Hal Lund | 3 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 20 | none | 7 | |
| Layne McDowell | 62 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Rob McLaren | 44 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 30 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| LeRoy Moss | RB | 5-8 | 193 | 26 | Missouri | 2 | ||
| Jesse O'Neal | 79 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | |
| Lui Passaglia | 5 | K-P | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Don Ratliff | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 27 | Maryland | 1 | ||
| Gary Robinson | 67 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 31 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
| Jim Schnietz | 65 | OG | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Missouri | 13 | |
| John Sciarra | 6 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | UCLA | 1 | |
| Doug Seymour | 61 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Missouri | 16 | |
| Al Simpson | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | McCook CC; Colorado State | 1 | ||
| Henry Sovio | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 234 | 28 | Hawaii | 3 | |
| Mike Strickland | 4 | RB | 5-8 | 180 | 26 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | |
| Jerry Tagge | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Nebraska | 16 | |
| Tuufuli Uperesa | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana | 2 | ||
| Larry Uteck | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Colorado; Wilfrid Laurier | 7 | |
| Tyrone Walls | 70 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Missouri | 9 | |
| Larry Watkins | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 29 | Western Kentucky | 16 | |
| Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | Montana State | 16 | |
| Don Wunderly | 60 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Arkansas | 16 | |
| Jim Young | 30 | WR | 6-0 | 205 | 34 | Queen's | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| John Blain | OT | San Jose State |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 10 | Robin Adair | WR | Saskatchewan |
| 2 | 12 | Doug Seymour | DT | Missouri |
| 3 | 21 | Mike Moore | DE | British Columbia |
| 4 | 30 | Glenn Leonhard | DT | Manitoba |
| 5 | 39 | Bob Hogan | HB | Windsor |
| 6 | 48 | Nigel Wilson | WR | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 57 | Terry Davis | OG | Western Ontario |
| 8 | 66 | Dennis Shaw | OG | Ottawa |
| 9 | 75 | Paul Sheehan | WR | Western Kentucky |
| 10 | 84 | Dan Dupuis | RB | Windsor |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 73 | 119 | 91 | 86 | 369 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 98 | 58 | 108 | 326 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 259 | 69 | 144 | 46 | 115 | 989 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 295 | 104 | 173 | 18 | 169 | 1369 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 40 | 53 | 75.5 | 7 | 0 | 157 | |
| Mike Strickland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Jim Harrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Terry Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Jim Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Jerry Tagge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Rick Appleby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Doug Carlson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Rocky Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| LeRoy Moss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Leon Bright | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Al Charuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 34 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 53 | 75.5 | 7 | 1 | 369 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 47 | 57.4 | 10 | 1 | 326 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Strickland | 201 | 751 | 3.7 | 32 | 6 |
| Jim Harrison | 81 | 345 | 4.3 | 16 | 3 |
| Gary Keithley | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Terry Bailey | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 46 | 48 | 1.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Leon Bright | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Leroy Moss | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Rudy Florio | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 370 | 1391 | 3.8 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 435 | 1859 | 4.3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tagge | 405 | 232 | 57.3 | 160 | 2787 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 76 | 14 | 3.5 | 13 | 3.2 | 76.6 | |||
| Gary Keithley | 81 | 39 | 48.1 | 36 | 478 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 78 | 3 | 3.7 | 6 | 7.4 | 48.3 | |||
| Mike Strickland | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 57 | 28.5 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Lui Passaglia | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | |||
| Rocky Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 491 | 273 | 55.6 | 199 | 3333 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 18 | 3.7 | 19 | 3.9 | 72.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 474 | 282 | 59.5 | 175 | 3462 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 17 | 3.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Bailey | 50 | 558 | 11.2 | 76 | 3 |
| Mike Strickland | 44 | 382 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 37 | 537 | 14.5 | 54 | 3 |
| Jim Harrison | 26 | 211 | 8.1 | 42 | 1 |
| Rick Appleby | 12 | 225 | 18.8 | 68 | 1 |
| LeRoy Moss | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 45 | 816 | 18.1 | 78 | 7 |
| Al Charuk | 27 | 317 | 11.7 | 42 | 3 |
| Tyrone Walls | 18 | 153 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| John Sciarra | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Rudy Florio | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 273 | 3333 | 12.2 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 3462 | 12.3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Cavness | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Fourqurean | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug Carlson | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Larry Uteck | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Giroday | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 241 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 227 | 11.9 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 123 | 5456 | 44.4 | 78 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 123 | 5456 | 44.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 6285 | 43.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Long | 81 | 774 | 9.6 | 68 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 29 | 419 | 14.4 | 108 | 1 |
| Ken Hinton | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 130 | 1 |
| Doug Carlson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Charuk | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 1340 | 11.6 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 1267 | 11.5 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 70 | 4229 | 60.4 | 76 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 4229 | 60.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Long | 27 | 690 | 25.6 | 63 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 18 | 596 | 33.1 | 100 | 1 |
| Ken Hinton | 6 | 160 | 26.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Rudy Florio | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Uteck | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 19 | 0 |
| LeRoy Moss | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Doug Seymour | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| John Sciarra | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Terry Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Giroday | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Layne McDowell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob McLaren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 1632 | 24.4 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 1715 | 25.2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Blain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Carlson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 1 | |
| Grady Cavness | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Al Charuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ted Dushinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rudy Florio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Giroday | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Landy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rocky Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob McLaren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jesse O'Neal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lui Passaglia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Robinson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Schnietz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Seymour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Strickland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Tagge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Wunderly | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 139 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 14 | 14 |
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