1965 BC Lions season

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1965 BC Lions season
Head coachDave Skrien
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record6–9–1
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform
CFL Jersey BCL1965.png

The 1965 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6–9–1 record and failed to defend their Grey Cup title as the team ended the season on a five-game losing streak and missed the playoffs.

On October 24, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (this was the CFL record that stood for over a decade until 1976).

While Joe Kapp led the league in passing for the second consecutive season with 2961 yards passing and 219 completions, the other stars on the team were getting older, including star tailback Willie Fleming who had only had 595 yards rushing. Defensive end Dick Fouts was the lone Lion to make the CFL All-star team.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

The team finished 4th in the Western Conference:[1]

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 340 243 24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 301 262 22
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 7 1 276 277 17
BC Lions 16 6 9 1 286 273 13
Edmonton Eskimos 16 5 11 0 257 400 10

Season schedule[]

The team had 6 wins and 1 tie in 16 games played:[2]

Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–21 Loss 0–1
2 Aug 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 38–13 Win 1–1
3 Aug 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12–6 Loss 1–2
4 Aug 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 10–10 Tie 1–2–1
5 Aug 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts 36–1 Win 2–2–1
6 Sept 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14–7 Win 3–2–1
7 Sept 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders 24–10 Win 4–2–1
8 Sept 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes 11–6 Loss 4–3–1
9 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders 21–7 Loss 4–4–1
10 Sept 27 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–14 Win 5–4–1
11 Oct 2 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 41–27 Win 6–4–1
12 Oct 9 at Edmonton Eskimos 14–12 Loss 6–5–1
13 Oct 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25–7 Loss 6–6–1
14 Oct 19 at Ottawa Rough Riders 35–14 Loss 6–7–1
15 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 30–14 Loss 6–8–1
16 Oct 31 vs. Calgary Stampeders 20–10 Loss 6–9–1

Offensive leaders[]

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Joe Kapp 2961 345 0 4
Willie Fleming 595 594 8
Bill Munsey 475 84 5
Bob Swift 501 37 8
Pat Claridge 4 554 0
Mack Burton 0 501 3
Peter Kempf 0 497 3

Awards and records[]

1965 CFL All-Stars[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  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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