1982 BC Lions season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1982 BC Lions season
Head coachVic Rapp
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 1982 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 9–7 record. Despite the winning record, they still failed to make the playoffs.

Vic Rapp and the coaching staff were fired at the end of the season.

Rookie receiver Merv Fernandez had a great season and was the runner-up in the Schenley Rookie of the Year award voting.

The final game at Empire Stadium was played on November 6th against Montreal.

Willie Fleming was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.

Offseason[]

CFL Draft[]

Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason[]

Date Opponent Score Result

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 11 5 0 544 323 22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 444 352 22
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 6 1 403 440 19
BC Lions 16 9 7 0 449 390 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 6 9 1 427 436 13

[1]

Season schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 July 10 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 51–34 Win 1–0
2 July 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–24 Win 2–0
3 July 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 38–28 Win 3–0
4 Bye 3–0
5 Aug 8 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29–16 Loss 3–1
6 Aug 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders 30–8 Loss 3–2
7 Aug 22 at Montreal Concordes 45–9 Win 4–2
8 Aug 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts 20–19 Loss 4–3
9 Sept 3 at Ottawa Rough Riders 45–13 Win 5–3
10 Bye 5–3
11 Sept 18 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 36–32 Win 6–3
12 Sept 26 at Toronto Argonauts 46–14 Win 7–3
13 Oct 2 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29–19 Loss 7–4
14 Oct 10 at Edmonton Eskimos 30–1 Loss 7–5
15 Oct 16 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders 28–22 Win 8–5
16 Oct 24 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–22 Loss 8–6
17 Oct 31 at Calgary Stampeders 25–19 Loss 8–7
18 Nov 6 vs. Montreal Concordes 32–16 Win 9–7

[2]

Awards and records[]

1982 CFL All-Stars[]

1982 CFL Western All-Stars[]

References[]

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


Stub icon

This Canadian football-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""