1979 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
3rd place • Western Conference • 9-6-1 .594 |
Head Coach: Vic Rapp |
Reuben Berry | Offensive Backs/Linebackers |
Don Lawrence | Defensive Line |
Bill Quinter | Offensive Line |
Vince Tobin | Defensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 6/12/1979 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-27 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 41326 | |
Tue | 6/19/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-11 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17839 | |
Tue | 6/26/1979 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17155 | |
Tue | 7/3/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 1-32 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26554 | |
Wed | 7/11/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-4 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19030 | |
Tue | 7/17/1979 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 25-10 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 51237 | |
Tue | 7/24/1979 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-18 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24727 | |
Tue | 7/31/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-15 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23308 | |
Tue | 8/7/1979 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-14 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30137 | |
Wed | 8/15/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-22 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 34825 | |
Tue | 8/21/1979 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18420 | |
Tue | 8/28/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 18-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30018 | |
Sun | 9/9/1979 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27203 | |
Sun | 9/16/1979 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-40 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42776 | |
Sat | 9/22/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 34-25 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25819 | |
Sat | 9/29/1979 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23964 | |
Sun | 10/14/1979 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 26-28 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25708 | |
Sat | 10/20/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 32-37 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25301 | |
Sun | 10/28/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-26 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28012 | |
Sat | 11/3/1979 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-25 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26575 | |
Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sat | 11/10/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 2-37 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 31424 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Terry Bailey | 36 | WB | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
John Beaton | 10 | LB | 6-2 | 190 | 29 | Tulsa; Simon Fraser | 16 | |
John Blain | 68 | OG | 6-6 | 265 | 24 | San Jose State | 16 | |
John Blake | 69 | OG | 6-6 | 260 | 27 | San Jose State | 16 | |
Mike Blanton | DT | 6-5 | 245 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 1 | ||
Leon Bright | 26 | WR | 5-9 | 192 | 24 | Florida State | 11 | |
Sam Britts | 45 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Missouri | 11 | |
Carlos Brown | 6 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Pacific | 6 | |
Doug Carlson | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Colorado | 16 | |
Al Charuk | 25 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Acadia | 16 | |
Devon Ford | 16 | DB | 5-8 | 172 | 24 | Appalachian State | 14 | |
Joe Fourqurean | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Bluefield State | 16 | |
Paul Giroday | 40 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | California | 9 | |
Rick Goltz | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 8 | |
Ty Gray | 32 | DB | 6-2 | 203 | 24 | Washington State | 8 | |
Nick Hebeler | 56 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 1 | |
Ken Hinton | 18 | DB | 5-9 | 169 | 24 | San Diego State | 16 | |
Harry Holt | 72 | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Arizona | 15 | |
Mark Houghton | 70 | WB | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | California | 16 | |
Glen Jackson | 37 | LB | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Larry Key | 11 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 23 | Florida State | 16 | |
Tom Kudaba | 51 | OG | 6-0 | 252 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 4 | |
Frank Landy | 78 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | North Dakota | 13 | |
Glenn Leonhard | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Manitoba | 12 | |
Jim Lohmann | 55 | OT | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | 16 | |
Hal Lund | 3 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | none | 8 | |
Mel McGowen | 31 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Tulsa | 3 | |
Ron Morehouse | 44 | LB | 5-11 | 215 | 26 | San Diego State | 16 | |
Richard Murray | 71 | DE | 6-2 | 260 | 25 | Oklahoma | 5 | |
Mike Nott | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 27 | Santa Clara | 8 | |
Frank Oliver | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | Kentucky State | 16 | |
Joe Paopao | 6 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | MiraCosta JC; Long Beach State | 10 | |
Lui Passaglia | 5 | K-P | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
Tennie Pierce | 79 | TE | 6-5 | 220 | 24 | Northridge State | 1 | |
Louie Richardson | 77 | DE | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | Western New Mexico; Florida State | 12 | |
Frank Sacilotto | WR | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 1 | ||
Doug Seymour | 61 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Missouri | 13 | |
Jerry Tagge | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Nebraska | 8 | |
Don Taylor | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | Central (Iowa) | 16 | |
Drew Taylor | 60 | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 29 | Long Beach CC; Golden West JC; San Jose State | 15 | |
Larry Watkins | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 31 | Western Kentucky | 16 | |
John Henry White | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | |
Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 29 | Montana State | 16 | |
Jim Young | 30 | WR | 6-0 | 205 | 36 | Queen's | 16 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Nick Hebeler | DT | Simon Fraser |
Ron Morehouse | LB | San Diego State |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 3 | Mark Houghton | RB | California |
2 | 12 | Chris Curran | DB | Western Ontario |
3 | 20 | Ken Aver | DB | St. Francis Xavier |
3 | 21 | Murray Watson | DE | Western Ontario |
4 | 30 | Torindo Panetta | LB | Carleton |
5 | 39 | John MacKay | RB | British Columbia |
6 | 48 | Berry Muis | WR | British Columbia |
7 | 57 | Paul Jaffe | OG | Carleton |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 71 | 100 | 77 | 80 | 328 |
Opponents Totals | 64 | 82 | 73 | 114 | 333 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 268 | 106 | 139 | 23 | 165 | 1313 | |||
Opponents Totals | 270 | 92 | 150 | 28 | 129 | 1096 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lui Passaglia | 0 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 32 | 45 | 71.1 | 21 | 0 | 144 | |
Larry Key | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
Leon Bright | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
John Henry White | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Al Charuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Harry Holt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Jim Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Terry Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ty Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Mark Houghton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
Team Totals | 30 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 45 | 71.1 | 21 | 2 | 328 | |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 30 | 2 | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 14 | 0 | 333 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Key | 204 | 1060 | 5.2 | 71 | 9 |
John Henry White | 149 | 776 | 5.2 | 52 | 3 |
Don Taylor | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
Harry Holt | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 13 | 1 |
Jerry Tagge | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
Joe Paopao | 27 | 16 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 |
Terry Bailey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Leon Bright | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Nott | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Carlos Brown | 4 | -10 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 420 | 2021 | 4.8 | 71 | 13 |
Opponents Totals | 373 | 1496 | 4.0 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Paopao | 223 | 126 | 56.5 | 84 | 1508 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 84 | 7 | 3.1 | 13 | 5.8 | 63.5 | |||
Jerry Tagge | 154 | 89 | 57.8 | 60 | 1131 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 44 | 5 | 3.2 | 5 | 3.2 | 78.1 | |||
Mike Nott | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 10 | 376 | 13.9 | 23.5 | 106 | 2 | 7.4 | 1 | 3.7 | 112.8 | |||
Carlos Brown | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 13 | 75 | 3.8 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 21.9 | |||
Larry Key | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 25 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | |||
Team Totals | 427 | 238 | 55.7 | 169 | 3115 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 106 | 14 | 3.3 | 20 | 4.7 | 70.3 | |||
Opponents Totals | 464 | 245 | 52.8 | 202 | 3534 | 7.6 | 14.4 | 17 | 3.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Henry White | 42 | 422 | 10.0 | 84 | 2 |
Larry Key | 42 | 289 | 6.9 | 32 | 0 |
Leon Bright | 36 | 569 | 15.8 | 106 | 3 |
Al Charuk | 33 | 515 | 15.6 | 43 | 3 |
Harry Holt | 32 | 560 | 17.5 | 63 | 2 |
Terry Bailey | 23 | 232 | 10.1 | 25 | 1 |
Ty Gray | 22 | 356 | 16.2 | 38 | 1 |
Jim Young | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 87 | 2 |
Don Taylor | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
Tennie Pierce | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Team Totals | 238 | 3115 | 13.1 | 106 | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 245 | 3534 | 14.4 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Hinton | 7 | 161 | 23.0 | 57 | 0 |
John Beaton | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
Ty Gray | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Frank Oliver | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
Doug Carlson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Devon Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 17 | 239 | 14.1 | 57 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 430 | 21.5 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lui Passaglia | 133 | 6287 | 47.3 | 73 | 14 | |
Team Totals | 133 | 6287 | 47.3 | 73 | ||
Opponents Totals | 157 | 6656 | 42.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Hinton | 62 | 519 | 8.4 | 48 | 0 |
Devon Ford | 41 | 418 | 10.2 | 70 | 0 |
Leon Bright | 21 | 319 | 15.2 | 101 | 2 |
Ty Gray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Mark Houghton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Lui Passaglia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Frank Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 128 | 1272 | 9.9 | 101 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 114 | 989 | 8.7 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lui Passaglia | 52 | 3066 | 59.0 | 70 | 1 |
Team Totals | 52 | 3066 | 59.0 | 70 | 1 |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leon Bright | 27 | 820 | 30.4 | 79 | 0 |
Larry Key | 16 | 365 | 22.8 | 60 | 0 |
Devon Ford | 12 | 298 | 24.8 | 55 | 0 |
Don Taylor | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Ken Hinton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Drew Taylor | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ron Morehouse | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Doug Seymour | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
Mark Houghton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 62 | 1591 | 25.7 | 79 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 1368 | 26.8 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Bailey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John Beaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leon Bright | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Britts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carlos Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Al Charuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Devon Ford | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Fourqurean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Giroday | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Hebeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Hinton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Holt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Houghton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Glen Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Key | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glenn Leonhard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Lohmann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Nott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Paopao | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lui Passaglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Seymour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Tagge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drew Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Henry White | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 36 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 22 | 22 |
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