1978 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 7-7-2 .500 |
| Head Coach: Vic Rapp |
| Don Lawrence | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Quinter | Assistant Coach |
| Vince Tobin | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 6/13/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 15-9 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21608 | |
| Wed | 6/21/1978 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16069 | |
| Thu | 6/29/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-25 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 19796 | |
| Tue | 7/4/1978 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 1-46 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 24931 | |
| Tue | 7/11/1978 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25808 | |
| Wed | 7/19/1978 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 21-23 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 25606 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1978 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19-19 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26643 | |
| Tue | 8/1/1978 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-22 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23662 | |
| Tue | 8/8/1978 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 43-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19584 | |
| Tue | 8/15/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-23 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24860 | |
| Tue | 8/22/1978 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 26-30 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 65132 | |
| Wed | 8/30/1978 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-18 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42768 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-15 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23473 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1978 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 4-14 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26885 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1978 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-32 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27201 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1978 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 27-38 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23345 | |
| Mon | 10/9/1978 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-3 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42673 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1978 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20971 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-15 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 40120 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1978 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 33-11 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20822 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Andre Anderson | DT | 6-5 | 259 | 23 | New Mexico State | 4 | ||
| Rick Appleby | 72 | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Georgia | 3 | |
| Terry Bailey | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| John Beaton | 10 | DB | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | Tulsa; Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| John Blain | 68 | OG | 6-6 | 265 | 23 | San Jose State | 16 | |
| John Blake | 69 | OG | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | San Jose State | 12 | |
| Leon Bright | 26 | RB | 5-9 | 192 | 23 | Florida State | 15 | |
| Sam Britts | 45 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Missouri | 16 | |
| Elton Brown | DE | 6-2 | 254 | 27 | San Diego CC; Utah State | 1 | ||
| Doug Carlson | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Colorado | 8 | |
| Grady Cavness | 32 | S | 5-11 | 186 | 31 | Texas-El Paso | 16 | |
| Al Charuk | 25 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Acadia | 16 | |
| Calvin Culliver | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Alabama | 5 | ||
| Ricky Ellis | 71 | WR | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Los Angeles CC; Fullerton State | 4 | |
| Rudy Florio | 12 | RB | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Youngstown State | 9 | |
| Devon Ford | DB | 5-8 | 172 | 23 | Appalachian State | 6 | ||
| Joe Fourqurean | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Bluefield State | 16 | |
| Paul Giroday | 40 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | California | 16 | |
| Rick Goltz | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| Ken Hinton | 18 | DB | 5-9 | 169 | 23 | San Diego State | 16 | |
| Harry Holt | 31 | RB | 6-4 | 240 | 21 | Arizona | 7 | |
| Gerry Inglis | C | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Alberta | 6 | ||
| Glen Jackson | 37 | LB | 6-3 | 206 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Gary Keithley | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Texas; Texas-El Paso | 14 | |
| Larry Key | 11 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 22 | Florida State | 16 | |
| Tom Kudaba | 51 | OG | 6-0 | 252 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Frank Landy | 78 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Glenn Leonhard | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Jim Lohmann | 55 | OT | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 5 | |
| Hal Lund | 3 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 21 | none | 11 | |
| Mark McDonald | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 1 | ||
| Frank Oliver | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | Kentucky State | 16 | |
| Joe Paopao | 6 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | MiraCosta JC; Long Beach State | 2 | |
| Lui Passaglia | 5 | K-P | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Louie Richardson | 77 | DE | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | Western New Mexico; Florida State | 16 | |
| Gary Robinson | 67 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 32 | Simon Fraser | 4 | |
| Tom Schultz | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 5 | |
| Doug Seymour | 61 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Missouri | 16 | |
| Al Simpson | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 27 | McCook CC; Colorado State | 11 | |
| Jerry Tagge | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Nebraska | 16 | |
| Don Taylor | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 23 | Central (Iowa) | 9 | |
| Drew Taylor | 60 | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 28 | Long Beach CC; Golden West JC; San Jose State | 8 | |
| Tyrone Walls | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | Missouri | 4 | ||
| Larry Watkins | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 30 | Western Kentucky | 16 | |
| John Henry White | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | |
| Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 28 | Montana State | 16 | |
| Jim Young | 30 | WR | 6-0 | 205 | 35 | Queen's | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| John Blake | OG | San Jose State |
| Phil Luke | DE | Simon Fraser |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Rick Goltz | DT | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 15 | Tom Schultz | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 33 | Phil Roberts | LB | McGill |
| 5 | 42 | Barry Dobson | TE | McGill |
| 6 | 51 | John Tietzen | WR | Alberta |
| 7 | 60 | Bill Hole | DT | Alberta |
| 8 | 69 | Don Guy | DB | Alberta |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 104 | 95 | 80 | 359 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 104 | 65 | 69 | 308 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 287 | 103 | 148 | 36 | 159 | 1381 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 269 | 97 | 151 | 27 | 151 | 1391 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 37 | 44 | 84.1 | 18 | 0 | 159 | |
| Al Charuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Leon Bright | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Calvin Culliver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Terry Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jim Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Rick Appleby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gary Keithley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Larry Key | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
| Harry Holt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ricky Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Don Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Henry White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 33 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 44 | 84.1 | 18 | 1 | 359 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 11 | 0 | 308 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Key | 215 | 1054 | 4.9 | 66 | 7 |
| John Henry White | 56 | 276 | 4.9 | 42 | 2 |
| Calvin Culliver | 41 | 207 | 5.0 | 58 | 3 |
| Don Taylor | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 70 | 2 |
| Harry Holt | 27 | 107 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Leon Bright | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 63 | 1 |
| Gary Keithley | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Terry Bailey | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rudy Florio | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 34 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 423 | 1980 | 4.7 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 381 | 1585 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tagge | 430 | 243 | 56.5 | 167 | 3134 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 77 | 13 | 3.0 | 20 | 4.7 | 70.2 | |||
| Gary Keithley | 49 | 28 | 57.1 | 19 | 310 | 6.3 | 11.1 | 38 | 2 | 4.1 | 2 | 4.1 | 72.7 | |||
| Larry Key | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 89 | 44.5 | 89.0 | 89 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Lui Passaglia | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 62.5 | |||
| Team Totals | 483 | 273 | 56.5 | 188 | 3542 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 16 | 3.3 | 22 | 4.6 | 71.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 448 | 253 | 56.5 | 177 | 3514 | 7.8 | 13.9 | 18 | 4.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Bright | 52 | 781 | 15.0 | 89 | 2 |
| Al Charuk | 51 | 790 | 15.5 | 53 | 4 |
| Terry Bailey | 34 | 391 | 11.5 | 32 | 2 |
| Jim Young | 25 | 343 | 13.7 | 44 | 2 |
| Calvin Culliver | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Tyrone Walls | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Rick Appleby | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Hal Lund | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Key | 48 | 506 | 10.5 | 46 | 3 |
| Harry Holt | 14 | 201 | 14.4 | 45 | 1 |
| Ricky Ellis | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 77 | 1 |
| John Henry White | 21 | 195 | 9.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 273 | 3542 | 13.0 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 3514 | 13.9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hinton | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Grady Cavness | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Fourqurean | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Oliver | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Beaton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Carlson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sam Britts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 373 | 17.0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 128 | 5966 | 46.6 | 82 | 9 | |
| Team Totals | 128 | 5966 | 46.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 155 | 6984 | 45.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Bright | 40 | 498 | 12.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 62 | 478 | 7.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Devon Ford | 13 | 96 | 7.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Carlson | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Oliver | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hal Lund | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 129 | 1175 | 9.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 768 | 7.5 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 68 | 4148 | 61.0 | 88 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 4148 | 61.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Key | 20 | 649 | 32.5 | 86 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 18 | 425 | 23.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Rudy Florio | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Sam Britts | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Calvin Culliver | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Seymour | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| John Henry White | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Giroday | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Beaton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1559 | 25.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 1598 | 24.6 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Beaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Blain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Britts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Culliver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Ford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Fourqurean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Giroday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Keithley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Key | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Landy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Oliver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lui Passaglia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louie Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Seymour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Henry White | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 12 | 12 |
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