Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Wed Jul 4 10:00 PM
BC 16 @ CGY 15 W  
B
Tue Jul 10 11:00 PM
HAM 35 @ BC 20 L  
C
Wed Jul 18 9:00 PM
BC 7 @ WPG 22 L  
D
Tue Jul 24 11:00 PM
EDM 13 @ BC 26 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Tue Jul 31 11:00 PM
SSK 21 @ BC 5 L  
2
Wed Aug 8 10:00 PM
BC 19 @ SSK 38 L  
3
Tue Aug 14 11:00 PM
EDM 11 @ BC 30 W  
4
Wed Aug 22 9:00 PM
BC 23 @ WPG 19 W  
5
Tue Aug 28 11:00 PM
CGY 2 @ BC 9 W  
6
Mon Sep 3 8:00 PM
BC 24 @ HAM 44 L  
6
Wed Sep 5 8:00 PM
BC 24 @ OTT 26 L  
7
Tue Sep 11 11:00 PM
MTL 10 @ BC 7 L  
8
Tue Sep 18 11:00 PM
WPG 33 @ BC 13 L  
9
Sun Sep 23 4:30 PM
BC 12 @ CGY 13 L CTVW
10
Sat Sep 29 11:00 PM
TOR 22 @ BC 22 T  
11
Sun Oct 7 2:00 PM
BC 9 @ SSK 24 L  
12
Sat Oct 13 11:00 PM
EDM 27 @ BC 13 L  
13
Sat Oct 20 10:00 PM
BC 14 @ EDM 14 T  
14
Sun Oct 28 2:30 PM
BC 22 @ WPG 17 W  
15
Sat Nov 3 10:00 PM
CGY 7 @ BC 15 W  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 11 4:00 PM
BC 13 @ SSK 33 L CTV
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 2 2 0 4 69 85 W1 2-2-0
Regular Season 16 5 9 2 12 261 328 W2 2-2-2
    Home 8 3 4 1 7 114 133 W1 2-3-1
    Visitor 8 2 5 1 5 147 195 W1 1-4-1
   Divisional opponent 12 5 6 1 11 184 226 W2 2-3-1
   Non-divisional opponent 4 0 3 1 1 77 102 T1 0-3-1

Full 1973 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) 2 (1-1-0) 3 (0-2-1) 2 (0-2-0) 3 (0-2-1) 3 (2-1-0) 5 (2-3-0) 5 (1-3-1) 6 (2-3-1)
After 2nd 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-3-1) 4 (2-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (0-2-1) 8 (5-3-0) 1 (0-1-0) 7 (0-5-2)
After 3rd 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-3-1) 3 (2-1-0) 2 (0-1-1) 3 (0-3-0) 7 (5-2-0) 2 (0-1-1) 7 (0-6-1)
After 4th 3 (3-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 4 (0-4-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 5 (0-5-0) 5 (5-0-0) 2 (0-0-2) 9 (0-9-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.477 3-3-0 (6) 2-3-1 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.563 0-1-1 (2) 0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.375
Edmonton Elks (3) 0.625
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.625
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.281
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.500
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.536
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.643
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.571
19731972 +/-
Average Combined Score 36.81 -2.81
Average Winning Score 19.80 -3.40
Average Losing Score 14.00 +1.45
Average Home Score 14.25 -4.12
Average Visitor Score 18.38 +5.00
Average Margin of Victory 8.60 +1.40
Average Margin of Loss 12.22 -2.51
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total BC 114 (14.3) 147 (18.4) 261 (16.3)
Opponent 195 (24.4) 133 (16.6) 328 (20.5)
1st BC 11 (1.4) 28 (3.5) 39 (2.4)
Opponent 25 (3.1) 35 (4.4) 60 (3.8)
2nd BC 42 (5.3) 37 (4.6) 79 (4.9)
Opponent 50 (6.3) 37 (4.6) 87 (5.4)
3rd BC 21 (2.6) 32 (4.0) 53 (3.3)
Opponent 23 (2.9) 14 (1.8) 37 (2.3)
4th BC 40 (5.0) 50 (6.3) 90 (5.6)
Opponent 97 (12.1) 47 (5.9) 144 (9.0)
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
  • Ken McCullough – Offensive line
1973 Player Awards and Nominations
1973 Most Outstanding
BC Lions 1973 All-Star Selections
1 All-Canadian Selections
OLB Ray Nettles
3 All-Division Selections
RB Johnny Musso, Jr.*
TE Lynn “Lefty” Hendrickson
MLB Ray Nettles

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1973 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–1 (1)   Brian Sopatyk (G) Boise State
1–6 (6) [WPG] Slade Willis (WR) Drake
2–1 (10)   Paul Giroday (FB) California-Berkeley
2–4 (13) [EDM] Bob Helman (RB) North Dakota
2–9 (18) [HAM] Cor Doret (RB) Toronto (UofT)
3–1 (19)   Joe Fabiani (QB) Western Ontario
4–1 (28)   Bill McGregor (WR) Simon Fraser
5–1 (37)   Rudy Florio (RB) Youngstown State
6–1 (45)   Terry Sharpe (G) Simon Fraser
7–1 (53)   Mike Flynn (RB) Waterloo
8–1 (61)   John Quinlan (HB) McMaster
9–1 (69)   Al Thomas (DB) Simon Fraser

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