BC Lions 1959 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the WIFU
Lost WIFU Semi-final Total Point Series 61 – 15
- Oct. 31, 1959 Lost 8 – 20 vs Edmonton
- Nov. 4, 1959 Lost 7 – 41 @ Edmonton

BC Lions 1959 Season Resources 1959 BC Team Roster 1959 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Jul 23 11:30 PM	SSK 14 @ BC 30	W	18,915
Ex	Tue Jul 28 8:00 PM	BC 15 @ HAM 6	W	10,000
Ex	Thu Jul 30 8:30 PM	BC 22 @ OTT 24	L	10,000
Ex	Thu Aug 6 11:30 PM	OTT 35 @ BC 14	L	18,147


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 13 11:30 PM	WPG 42 @ BC 20	L	29,425
2	Mon Aug 17 11:30 PM	BC 12 @ EDM 0	W	14,000
2	Thu Aug 20 11:30 PM	SSK 21 @ BC 36	W	29,131
3	Mon Aug 24 11:30 PM	BC 17 @ CGY 29	L	17,000
4	Mon Aug 31 11:30 PM	EDM 7 @ BC 8	W	34,273
4	Thu Sep 3 9:30 PM	BC 23 @ WPG 34	L	18,003
5	Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM	BC 35 @ SSK 17	W	12,566
6	Mon Sep 14 11:30 PM	CGY 8 @ BC 14	W	32,176
7	Sat Sep 19 11:30 PM	WPG 6 @ BC 17	W	32,061
7	Mon Sep 21 11:30 PM	BC 7 @ EDM 29	L	18,000
8	Sat Sep 26 11:30 PM	BC 28 @ CGY 10	W	14,800
9	Tue Oct 6 12:30 AM	SSK 15 @ BC 14	L	25,778
10	Sun Oct 11 12:30 AM	EDM 38 @ BC 14	L	28,679
11	Sat Oct 17 9:00 PM	BC 6 @ WPG 31	L	18,184
11	Mon Oct 19 10:00 PM	BC 45 @ SSK 6	W	7,500
12	Sat Oct 24 11:30 PM	CGY 8 @ BC 10	W	31,594	CTVW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Oct 31 10:30 PM	EDM 20 @ BC 8	L	33,993
P1	Wed Nov 4 10:00 PM	BC 7 @ EDM 41	L	16,000	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	9	7	0	18	306	301	W2	3-3-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	133	145	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	173	156	W1	3-3-0

Full 1959 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	3 (2-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	4 (3-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	7 (4-3-0)
After 2nd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (4-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (7-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.484	5-3-0 (8)	4-4-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (4)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.063	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.750	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1959	1958 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.94	+0.38
Average Winning Score	22.78	+3.11
Average Losing Score	14.43	+3.43
Average Home Score	16.63	+1.88
Average Visitor Score	21.63	+11.12
Average Margin of Victory	13.56	+6.56
Average Margin of Loss	16.71	-0.05

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	133 (16.6)	173 (21.6)	306 (19.1)
Total	Opponent	156 (19.5)	145 (18.1)	301 (18.8)
1st	BC	17 (2.1)	21 (2.6)	38 (2.4)
1st	Opponent	48 (6.0)	7 (0.9)	55 (3.4)
2nd	BC	46 (5.8)	42 (5.3)	88 (5.5)
2nd	Opponent	60 (7.5)	68 (8.5)	128 (8.0)
3rd	BC	45 (5.6)	30 (3.8)	75 (4.7)
3rd	Opponent	34 (4.3)	22 (2.8)	56 (3.5)
4th	BC	25 (3.1)	80 (10.0)	105 (6.6)
4th	Opponent	14 (1.8)	48 (6.0)	62 (3.9)

Head Coach

Wayne Robinson (Dec. 6, 1958 – Sept. 12, 1961)

Player Awards
All Stars

1959 Player Awards and Nominations

1959 Most Outstanding

Player — Tom Hinton (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Tom Hinton (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Don Lord (Team Nominee)

BC Lions 1959 All-Star Selections

4 All-Division Selections

G	Tom Hinton
DT	Urban Henry
CLB	Norm Fieldgate
DHB	Billy Jessup

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1959 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–2 (11)		Wayne Aiken (HB)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–2		Pass
4–2		Pass