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1967 BC Lions season

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1967 BC Lions season
Head coachJim Champion
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record3–12–1
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 1967 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 3–12–1 record after Joe Kapp, Willie Fleming, Tom Hinton, Pat Claridge, Jim Carphin and Dick Fouts left the team following the conclusion of the 1966 season.

During the off-season, Herb Capozzi was replaced with new general manager Denny Veitch.

Former Hamilton star pivot Bernie Faloney was brought in to replace Kapp. It was Faloney's final year of professional football, and while he threw for a career best 3303 yards, he also threw 21 interceptions and was sacked 35 times. After losing their first five games, Grey Cup winning head coach Dave Skrien was replaced by interim coach Ron Morris and then by Jim Champion. The team was characterized by its lack of offense, only averaging 14.9 points and 1.5 touchdowns per game.

The poor field goal kicking from the previous season resulted in the Lions being the first team to use a specialist kicker in the CFL. Although Ted Gerela did backup at running back, he did represent the transition in the CFL from the era when a regular positional player did the kicking and the era of kickers who do nothing but kick.

Veteran linebacker Norm Fieldgate, who had played with the team since the 1954 expansion, retired at the end of the season after 223 games.

The Lions introduced a new helmet logo: a roaring lion's head with BC inscribed on the cheek. This would be the team's primary mark for the 'lost decade' of Lions football from 1967 to 1977 where the team won more than six games only twice.

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School
1 2
2 11
3 20
4 28

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record

Regular season

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Season standings

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Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 219 24
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 12 4 0 346 282 24
Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 6 1 266 246 19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 212 414 8
BC Lions 16 3 12 1 239 319 7

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Season schedule

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Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders L 7–20 0–1
2 Aug 7 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 16–24 0–2
3 Aug 11 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–36 0–3
4 Aug 16 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–18 0–4
5 Aug 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 7–16 0–5
6 Aug 31 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 22–13 1–5
7 Sept 9 vs. Edmonton Eskimos T 14–14 1–5–1
8 Sept 17 at Edmonton Eskimos L 8–19 1–6–1
9 Sept 27 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 17–1 2–6–1
10 Oct 1 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 8–19 2–7–1
11 Oct 8 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 3–19 2–8–1
12 Oct 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 17–22 2–9–1
13 Oct 18 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 16–19 2–10–1
14 Oct 23 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 30–20 3–10–1
15 Oct 29 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–24 3–11–1
16 Nov 4 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 30–35 3–12–1

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Offensive leaders

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Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Bernie Faloney 3303 236 0 2
Leroy Sledge 288 911 6
Bill Munsey 656 228 0
Jim Young 21 976 8
Jimmy Sidle 0 432 1
Sonny Homer 0 397 1

Awards and records

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1967 CFL All-Stars

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None

References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  2. ^ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.