1973 BC Lions season

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1973 BC Lions season
Head coachEagle Keys
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record5–9–2
Division place3rd, West
Playoff finishLost Western Semi-Final
Uniform
CFL BCL Jersey 1973.png

The 1973 BC Lions finished in third place in the Western Conference with a 5–9–2 record. They beat the Calgary Stampeders in the final game of the regular season to make the playoffs. However, the Lions would lose to Saskatchewan in the Western Semi-Final 33–13.

In April, the Lions traded star fullback Jim Evenson to Ottawa. This would result in more carries for sophomore Johnny Musso, star running back from University of Alabama, who the Lions outbid the Chicago Bears of the NFL in 1972. Musso didn't disappoint as he ran for 1029 yards in 1973, had 475 yards receiving and scored 10 touchdowns.

Third year starting quarterback Don Moorhead split time with back-up Karl Douglas as the Lions tried to find the solution to their stagnant offence which produced only 16.3 points per game. In aggregate, both quarterbacks could only generate eight touchdowns through the air all season.

Sophomore linebacker Ray Nettles won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Defensive Player and was the only Lion named to the CFL all-star team.

Linebacker Greg Findlay retired after 12 seasons and 178 games for the Lions.

Offseason[]

CFL Draft[]

Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason[]

Date Opponent Score Result

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 5 2 329 284 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 10 6 0 360 287 20
BC Lions 16 5 9 2 261 328 12
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 214 368 12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 11 1 267 315 9

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Season schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 July 31 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 21–5 Loss 0–1
2 Aug 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 38–19 Loss 0–2
3 Aug 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 30–11 Win 1–2
4 Aug 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–19 Win 2–2
5 Aug 28 vs. Calgary Stampeders 9–2 Win 3–2
6 Sept 3 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 44–24 Loss 3–3
7 Sept 5 at Ottawa Rough Riders 26–24 Loss 3–4
8 Sept 11 vs. Montreal Alouettes 10–7 Loss 3–5
9 Sept 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33–13 Loss 3–6
10 Sept 23 at Calgary Stampeders 13–12 Loss 3–7
11 Sept 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts 22–22 Tie 3–7–1
12 Oct 7 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–9 Loss 3–8–1
13 Oct 13 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 27–13 Loss 3–9–1
14 Oct 20 at Edmonton Eskimos 14–14 Tie 3–9–2
15 Oct 28 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–17 Win 4–9–2
16 Nov 3 vs. Calgary Stampeders 15–7 Win 5–9–2

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Playoffs[]

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions ? ? ? ? 13
Saskatchewan Roughriders ? ? ? ? 33


Offensive leaders[]

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Don Moorhead 2005 283 0 0
Karl Douglas 1020 88 0 1
Johnny Musso 1029 475 10
Lou Harris 482 416 6
Monroe Eley 373 338 3
Jim Young 49 719 3
Lefty Hendrickson 0 631 3


Awards and records[]

1973 CFL All-Stars[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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