Season Summary

  • Finished 5th in the Western Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
B
Thu Jul 3 10:30 PM
OTT 31 @ BC 41 W 14,334  
B
Tue Jul 8 8:00 PM
BC 14 @ MTL 14 T 14,021  
C
Thu Jul 10 8:00 PM
BC 4 @ TOR 0 W 32,934  
D
Thu Jul 17 10:30 PM
WPG 19 @ BC 30 W 14,092  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1
Thu Jul 24 9:00 PM
BC 9 @ WPG 17 L 22,167 CBCW
2
Wed Jul 30 10:00 PM
BC 28 @ CGY 30 L 23,010 CBCW
3
Tue Aug 5 10:30 PM
CGY 28 @ BC 13 L 18,167  
4
Sun Aug 10 4:00 PM
BC 28 @ SSK 27 W 21,834  
4
Thu Aug 14 10:30 PM
EDM 27 @ BC 24 L 18,688  
5Bye
6
Wed Aug 27 9:30 PM
BC 10 @ EDM 34 L 24,843 CBCW
7Bye
8
Thu Sep 4 10:30 PM
WPG 17 @ BC 29 W 17,073  
9
Tue Sep 9 9:00 PM
BC 15 @ WPG 1 W 24,105  
9
Sat Sep 13 10:30 PM
TOR 10 @ BC 32 W 24,281 CBC
10
Sat Sep 20 10:30 PM
MTL 20 @ BC 17 L 28,172 CBC
11
Sun Sep 28 4:30 PM
BC 6 @ SSK 33 L 19,302 CTV
12
Sat Oct 4 10:30 PM
CGY 38 @ BC 12 L 17,213 CBC
13
Sun Oct 12 2:00 PM
BC 8 @ HAM 14 L 20,250 CTV
14
Wed Oct 15 8:00 PM
BC 25 @ OTT 15 W 19,002  
15
Sat Oct 25 10:30 PM
SSK 8 @ BC 12 W 15,691 CBCW
16
Sat Nov 1 10:30 PM
EDM 12 @ BC 8 L 15,765 CBCW
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 3 0 1 7 89 64 W2 3-0-1
Regular Season 16 6 10 0 12 276 331 L1 2-4-0
    Home 8 3 5 0 6 147 160 L1 3-3-0
    Visitor 8 3 5 0 6 129 171 W1 3-3-0
   Divisional opponent 12 4 8 0 8 194 272 L1 3-3-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 2 2 0 4 82 59 W1 2-2-0

Full 1975 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 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 6 (3-3-0) 4 (3-1-0) 3 (0-3-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (3-1-0) 5 (0-5-0) 7 (3-4-0)
After 2nd 3 (2-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 4 (3-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (0-3-0) 7 (5-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 8 (1-7-0)
After 3rd 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 7 (6-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 9 (0-9-0)
After 4th 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 10 (0-10-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.555 2-4-0 (6) 2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.477 1-1-0 (2) 1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.375
Edmonton Elks (3) 0.750
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.656
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.438
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.344
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.563
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.656
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.344
19751974 +/-
Average Combined Score 37.94 +0.12
Average Winning Score 23.50 -2.12
Average Losing Score 13.50 +0.88
Average Home Score 18.38 -1.25
Average Visitor Score 16.13 -2.50
Average Margin of Victory 10.50 -0.88
Average Margin of Loss 11.80 +1.30
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total BC 147 (18.4) 129 (16.1) 276 (17.3)
Opponent 171 (21.4) 160 (20.0) 331 (20.7)
1st BC 8 (1.0) 37 (4.6) 45 (2.8)
Opponent 13 (1.6) 29 (3.6) 42 (2.6)
2nd BC 47 (5.9) 35 (4.4) 82 (5.1)
Opponent 65 (8.1) 44 (5.5) 109 (6.8)
3rd BC 45 (5.6) 29 (3.6) 74 (4.6)
Opponent 31 (3.9) 45 (5.6) 76 (4.8)
4th BC 47 (5.9) 28 (3.5) 75 (4.7)
Opponent 62 (7.8) 42 (5.3) 104 (6.5)
Head Coaches
Assistant Coach
  • Cal Murphy – Defensive line (until 1975-08-29)
1975 Player Awards and Nominations
1975 Most Outstanding
BC Lions 1975 All-Star Selections
3 All-Canadian Selections
C Al Wilson (Tie)
DE Bill Baker
OLB Larry Cameron
5 All-Division Selections
RB Lou Harris
C Al Wilson
T Layne McDowell
DE Bill Baker
OLB Larry Cameron

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1975 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
3–2 (20) [TOR] Mike Harrington (DB) Saskatchewan
3–5 (23) [HAM] Pete Walker (OT) Wilfrid Laurier
4–4 (31)   Randy Ragon (WR) U.S. International
5–4 (40)   Martin Cook (DT) Wilfrid Laurier
6–4 (48)   Paul Barchiesi (DT) Western Ontario
7–4 (56)   Don McLellan (LB) Simon Fraser
8–4 (64)   Doug Murray (OT) Bishop's

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