Montreal Alouettes 8 @ BC Lions 48

Game Details

  • Week 1
  • 3rd Game of Regular Season (21st Overall)
  • Saturday, Jul 4, 1981 11:00 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, BC
    • Surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
    • Attendance: 26,627
    • Capacity: 30,229
  • Broadcasters:
    • R/C
    • CBC

Game Notes

Due to a NABET (National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians) strike from May 21 to September 9th, 1981, game that was to be broadcast on CBC was pre-empted.

1980 and 1981 BC and Montreal Matchups
1980Week 9BC 14 @ MTL 6
1981Week 1MTL 8 @ BC 48
Week 8BC 29 @ MTL 14

Lions record vs Alouettes (Regular Season)

Last decade (1971 to 1980)
  • at BC 3–2–0 (0.600)
  • at Montreal 2–4–0 (0.333)
  • BC Total 5–6–0 (0.455)
All-time (through 1981)
  • at BC 7–3–1 (0.682)
  • at Montreal 3–8–0 (0.273)
  • BC Total 10–11–1 (0.477)

Streaks as of July 4, 1981 (Regular Season)

Lions streak at home vs Alouettes
Lions streak overall vs Alouettes

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Alouettes 1 1 0 6 8
Lions 10 13 7 18 48

Alouettes coach: Joe Scannella (L)
Lions coach: Vic Rapp (W)

Alouettes (0-1-0) Next vs Argonauts Jul 11
Lions (1-0-0) Next @ Argonauts Jul 17

Game Time Weather in Vancouver, BC

July 4th Hourly Weather Summary for Vancouver
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
Vancouver Int'l A 8:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 19.7°C Calm 72% 101.19 kPa
Vancouver Int'l A 9:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 19.2°C Calm 72% 101.22 kPa
Vancouver Int'l A 10:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 17.7°C N (90°) at 7 km/h 84% 101.19 kPa
Vancouver Int'l A 11:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 16.2°C N (90°) at 11 km/h 88% 101.22 kPa

Conditions at Vancouver Int'l A (15.90 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

League Records Set and Approached in MTL @ BC
Including known plays over 55 yards

CategoryCurrent
Rank
Original
Rank
ValuePersonRecord Held Span OR

Sources

  • CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

  • Steve Daniel/CFL

Notices

  • Data is verified (Data Complete)