BC Lions 1977 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1977 Won 33 – 32 vs Winnipeg
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 20, 1977 Lost 1 – 38 @ Edmonton

BC Lions 1977 Season Resources 1977 BC Team Roster 1977 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 16 11:00 PM	SSK 10 @ BC 19	W	14,366
B	Wed Jun 22 10:00 PM	BC 6 @ CGY 35	L	21,788
C	Tue Jun 28 11:00 PM	WPG 34 @ BC 17	L	13,428
D	Fri Jul 1 9:30 PM	BC 19 @ EDM 8	W	25,118


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 12 11:00 PM	CGY 9 @ BC 14	W	16,903
2	Wed Jul 20 10:00 PM	BC 34 @ SSK 14	W	18,455	CTVW
3	Tue Jul 26 11:00 PM	SSK 24 @ BC 5	L	26,459
4	Wed Aug 3 10:00 PM	BC 30 @ CGY 26	W	25,253	CTVW
5	Tue Aug 9 11:00 PM	EDM 24 @ BC 18	L	26,131
6	Wed Aug 17 9:00 PM	BC 25 @ WPG 17	W	25,210
7	Tue Aug 23 11:00 PM	TOR 0 @ BC 30	W	24,873	CBC
8	Wed Aug 31 8:00 PM	BC 27 @ OTT 24	W	27,248	CTV
10	Sat Sep 10 11:00 PM	CGY 21 @ BC 33	W	28,213	CTVW
11	Sat Sep 17 9:30 PM	BC 20 @ EDM 18	W	25,858
12	Sat Sep 24 11:00 PM	EDM 13 @ BC 30	W	32,419
13	Sun Oct 2 3:30 PM	BC 15 @ WPG 19	L	25,210	CBCW
15	Sat Oct 15 11:00 PM	MTL 17 @ BC 18	W	32,719
16	Sun Oct 23 2:00 PM	BC 21 @ HAM 31	L	19,133	CBC
17	Sun Oct 30 3:30 PM	BC 28 @ SSK 38	L	22,173	CBCR
18	Sat Nov 5 11:00 PM	WPG 31 @ BC 21	L	30,580


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 12 5:00 PM	WPG 32 @ BC 33	W	27,105	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 20 4:00 PM	BC 1 @ EDM 38	L	25,327	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	61	87	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	369	326	L3	2-4-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	169	139	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	200	187	L3	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	7	5	0	14	273	254	L3	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	3	1	0	6	96	72	L1	3-1-0

Full 1977 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 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	7 (6-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (3-4-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (9-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (5-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (10-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.500	3-3-0 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.469	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.500	--	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1977	1976 +/-
Average Combined Score	43.44	+3.19
Average Winning Score	26.10	+0.70
Average Losing Score	18.00	+4.33
Average Home Score	21.13	-1.50
Average Visitor Score	25.00	+9.12
Average Margin of Victory	10.20	-2.60
Average Margin of Loss	9.83	-0.39

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	169 (21.1)	200 (25.0)	369 (23.1)
Total	Opponent	187 (23.4)	139 (17.4)	326 (20.4)
1st	BC	34 (4.3)	39 (4.9)	73 (4.6)
1st	Opponent	32 (4.0)	30 (3.8)	62 (3.9)
2nd	BC	54 (6.8)	65 (8.1)	119 (7.4)
2nd	Opponent	45 (5.6)	53 (6.6)	98 (6.1)
3rd	BC	39 (4.9)	52 (6.5)	91 (5.7)
3rd	Opponent	34 (4.3)	24 (3.0)	58 (3.6)
4th	BC	42 (5.3)	44 (5.5)	86 (5.4)
4th	Opponent	76 (9.5)	32 (4.0)	108 (6.8)

Head Coach

Vic Rapp (Jan. 21, 1977 – Nov. 9, 1982)

Player Awards
All Stars

1977 Player Awards and Nominations

1977 Most Outstanding

Player — Jerry Tagge (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Grady Cavness (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Al Wilson (Winner)
Canadian Player — Lui Passaglia (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Leon Bright, Jr. (Winner)

BC Lions 1977 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Jerry Tagge
WR	Leon Bright, Jr.
C	Al Wilson

10 All-Division Selections

QB	Jerry Tagge
WR	Leon Bright, Jr.
C	Al Wilson
T	Layne McDowell
DT	Frank Landy
OLB	Glen Jackson
CB	Joe Fourqurean (Tie)
CB	Rocky Long (Tie)
S	Grady Cavness
P	Lui Passaglia

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1977 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–1 (10)	[CGY]	Robin Adair (WR)	Saskatchewan
2–3 (12)		Doug Seymour (DT)	Missouri
3–3 (21)		Mike Moore (DT)	British Columbia (UBC)
4–3 (30)		Glenn Leonhard (DT)	Manitoba
5–3 (39)		Bob Hogan (HB)	Windsor
6–3 (48)		Nigel Wilson (WR)	Western Ontario
7–3 (57)		Terry Davis (OG)	Western Ontario
8–3 (66)		Dennis Shaw (OG)	Ottawa
9–3 (75)		Paul Sheehan (WR)	Western Kentucky
10–3 (84)		Dan Dupuis (RB)	Windsor