1957 BC Lions season

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1957 BC Lions season
Head coachClem Crowe
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record4–11–1
Division place4th, W.I.F.U.
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform
CFL BCL Jersey 1956.png

The 1957 BC Lions finished the season in fourth place in the W.I.F.U. with a 4–11–1 record.

Before the season, many media sources predicted the Lions to be playoff bound, however, after going through six different quarterbacks and an eight-game losing streak, the Lions finished out of the playoffs yet again.

The biggest appointment during the 1957 season was the hiring of former Montreal Alouette Herb Capozzi as general manager. Over nine seasons, Capozzi would eventually build the expansion doormats into a powerhouse that would appear in the Grey Cup in 1963 and win it in 1964.

WIFU all-stars were running back By Bailey and Ed Sharkey at both offensive guard and linebacker.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Western Interprovincial Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 14 2 0 475 142 28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 12 4 0 406 300 24
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 221 413 12
BC Lions 16 4 11 1 284 369 9
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 3 12 1 276 438 7

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Season schedule[]

Don Vicic, Ron Vann, and Paul Cameron
Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 17 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 44–20 Win 1–0
2 Aug 19 at Calgary Stampeders 8–1 Loss 1–1
3 Aug 26 vs. Calgary Stampeders 22–20 Loss 1–2
4 Aug 30 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20–14 Loss 1–3
5 Sept 2 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–13 Loss 1–4
6 Sept 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 35–13 Loss 1–5
7 Sept 14 at Edmonton Eskimos 25–6 Loss 1–6
8 Sept 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41–21 Loss 1–7
9 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders 22–21 Loss 1–8
10 Sept 30 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 21–21 Tie 1–8–1
11 Oct 7 vs. Calgary Stampeders 27–1 Win 2–8–1
12 Oct 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–16 Win 3–8–1
13 Oct 14 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 30–10 Win 4–8–1
14 Oct 19 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 29–12 Loss 4–9–1
15 Oct 26 at Edmonton Eskimos 29–0 Loss 4–10–1
16 Nov 2 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 42–19 Loss 4–11–1

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Offensive leaders[]

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Maury Duncan 1827 -133 0 0
By Bailey 885 188 11
Paul Cameron 57 514 593 4
Jerry Janes 0 503 6
Don Vicic 399 44 3
Dan Edwards 0 357 0

1957 Canadian Football Awards[]

None

References[]

  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 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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