BC Lions 1978 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

7 wins, 7 losses, 2 ties
Finished 4th in the Western Conference

BC Lions 1978 Season Resources 1978 BC Team Roster 1978 BC Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Mon Jun 12 11:00 PM	MTL 9 @ BC 15	W
B	Wed Jun 21 8:00 PM	BC 21 @ OTT 20	W
C	Thu Jun 29 11:00 PM	SSK 25 @ BC 30	W
D	Tue Jul 4 9:30 PM	BC 1 @ EDM 46	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Tue Jul 11 11:00 PM	WPG 14 @ BC 30	W	CTVW
2	Wed Jul 19 11:00 PM	BC 21 @ CGY 23	L
3	Tue Jul 25 11:00 PM	CGY 19 @ BC 19	T
4	Tue Aug 1 11:00 PM	HAM 22 @ BC 22	T
5	Tue Aug 8 10:00 PM	BC 43 @ SSK 14	W	CTVW
6	Tue Aug 15 11:00 PM	SSK 23 @ BC 24	W
7	Tue Aug 22 8:00 PM	BC 26 @ MTL 30	L	CBC
8	Wed Aug 30 9:30 PM	BC 10 @ EDM 18	L
9	Bye
10	Sat Sep 9 11:00 PM	SSK 15 @ BC 9	L
11	Sun Sep 17 4:00 PM	BC 4 @ CGY 14	L	CTV
12	Sun Sep 24 5:30 PM	BC 25 @ WPG 32	L
13	Sat Sep 30 11:00 PM	WPG 38 @ BC 27	L	CTVW
14	Mon Oct 9 4:30 PM	BC 15 @ EDM 3	W	CTV
15	Bye
16	Sat Oct 21 11:00 PM	OTT 17 @ BC 20	W	CTV
17	Sun Oct 29 2:00 PM	BC 31 @ TOR 15	W	R/C, CBC
18	Sat Nov 4 11:00 PM	EDM 11 @ BC 33	W	CTVW

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	67	100	L1	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	7	7	2	16	359	308	W4	4-2-0
Home	8	4	2	2	10	184	159	W2	3-2-1
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	175	149	W2	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	12	5	6	1	11	260	224	W2	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	1	1	5	99	84	W2	2-1-1

Full 1978 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 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-0-2)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (4-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (2-4-2)
After 2nd	2 (1-1-0)	2 (1-0-1)	4 (2-1-1)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (4-2-0)	2 (1-0-1)	8 (2-5-1)
After 3rd	6 (4-0-2)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	10 (7-1-2)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (7-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.547	3-2-1 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.453	1-0-1 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.656	0-0-1 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.281	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.563	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.344	0-0-1 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.531	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.250	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1978	1977 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.69	-1.75
Average Winning Score	28.00	+1.90
Average Losing Score	17.43	-0.57
Average Home Score	23.00	+1.88
Average Visitor Score	21.88	-3.12
Average Margin of Victory	14.14	+3.94
Average Margin of Loss	6.86	-2.98

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	184 (23.0)	175 (21.9)	359 (22.4)
Total	Opponent	149 (18.6)	159 (19.9)	308 (19.3)
1st	BC	35 (4.4)	45 (5.6)	80 (5.0)
1st	Opponent	35 (4.4)	35 (4.4)	70 (4.4)
2nd	BC	49 (6.1)	55 (6.9)	104 (6.5)
2nd	Opponent	52 (6.5)	52 (6.5)	104 (6.5)
3rd	BC	53 (6.6)	42 (5.3)	95 (5.9)
3rd	Opponent	34 (4.3)	31 (3.9)	65 (4.1)
4th	BC	47 (5.9)	33 (4.1)	80 (5.0)
4th	Opponent	28 (3.5)	41 (5.1)	69 (4.3)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1978 Player Awards and Nominations

1978 Most Outstanding

Player — Larry Key (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Sam Britts (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Al Wilson (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Al Charuk (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Larry Key (Team Nominee)

BC Lions 1978 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

C	Al Wilson

2 All-Division Selections

C	Al Wilson
OLB	Glen Jackson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1978 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[SSK]	Rick Goltz (DT)	Simon Fraser
2–6 (15)		Tom Schultz (LB)	Simon Fraser
4–6 (33)		Phil Roberts (LB)	McGill
5–6 (42)		Barry Dobson (TE)	McGill
6–6 (51)		John Tietzen (WR)	Alberta
7–6 (60)		Bill Hole (DT)	Alberta
8–6 (69)		Don Guy (DB)	Alberta