BC Lions 1981 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1981 Won 15 – 11 @ Winnipeg
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 15, 1981 Lost 16 – 22 @ Edmonton

BC Lions 1981 Season Resources 1981 BC Team Roster 1981 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 7 3:30 PM	BC 20 @ SSK 12	W	18,740
B	Sat Jun 13 11:00 PM	CGY 4 @ BC 8	W	18,354
C	Sat Jun 20 8:00 PM	WPG 18 @ BC 28	W	15,931
D	Fri Jun 26 9:30 PM	BC 2 @ EDM 26	L	43,346


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jul 4 11:00 PM	MTL 8 @ BC 48	W	26,627	CBC, R/C
2	Bye
3	Thu Jul 16 8:00 PM	BC 32 @ TOR 29	W	37,116	CBC
4	Sat Jul 25 11:00 PM	OTT 17 @ BC 31	W	26,661	CBC
5	Fri Jul 31 9:00 PM	BC 52 @ CGY 29	W	32,135	CTV
6	Sun Aug 9 3:30 PM	BC 28 @ SSK 24	W	28,168	CBC
7	Sun Aug 16 5:00 PM	HAM 37 @ BC 23	L	30,615	CTV
8	Sun Aug 23 1:30 PM	BC 29 @ MTL 14	W	28,932	CBC
9	Sat Aug 29 11:00 PM	CGY 21 @ BC 31	W	28,932	CBCW
10	Fri Sep 4 8:00 PM	BC 7 @ OTT 17	L	18,393	CTV
11	Sun Sep 13 4:00 PM	BC 21 @ EDM 38	L	45,346	CBCW
12	Sat Sep 19 8:00 PM	TOR 14 @ BC 45	W	20,196	CTV
13	Sun Sep 27 4:00 PM	BC 10 @ WPG 46	L	27,987	CBCW
14	Sat Oct 3 11:00 PM	EDM 22 @ BC 12	L	29,458	CTVR
15	Bye
16	Sat Oct 17 11:00 PM	WPG 49 @ BC 22	L	23,836	CTVW
17	Sun Oct 25 1:30 PM	BC 34 @ HAM 7	W	20,113	CTV, R/C
18	Sat Oct 31 5:00 PM	SSK 5 @ BC 13	W	21,183	CTVW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 8 4:00 PM	BC 15 @ WPG 11	W	32,936	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 15 4:00 PM	BC 16 @ EDM 22	L	52,861	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	58	60	L1	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	438	377	W2	3-3-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	225	173	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	213	204	W1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	8	4	4	0	8	189	234	W1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	6	2	0	12	249	143	W2	4-2-0

Full 1981 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	5 (4-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (3-2-0)	7 (6-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (3-4-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	7 (7-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	9 (8-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
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	0.633	2-2-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.336	3-1-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.906	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.719	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1981	1980 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.94	+5.19
Average Winning Score	34.30	+2.42
Average Losing Score	15.83	+0.26
Average Home Score	28.13	-2.00
Average Visitor Score	26.63	+9.12
Average Margin of Victory	17.50	-0.38
Average Margin of Loss	19.00	+2.86

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	225 (28.1)	213 (26.6)	438 (27.4)
Total	Opponent	204 (25.5)	173 (21.6)	377 (23.6)
1st	BC	50 (6.3)	26 (3.3)	76 (4.8)
1st	Opponent	47 (5.9)	40 (5.0)	87 (5.4)
2nd	BC	52 (6.5)	45 (5.6)	97 (6.1)
2nd	Opponent	50 (6.3)	53 (6.6)	103 (6.4)
3rd	BC	59 (7.4)	67 (8.4)	126 (7.9)
3rd	Opponent	26 (3.3)	31 (3.9)	57 (3.6)
4th	BC	64 (8.0)	75 (9.4)	139 (8.7)
4th	Opponent	81 (10.1)	49 (6.1)	130 (8.1)

Head Coach

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

BC Lions 1981 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Larry Key
1 – Joe Paopao
1 – Ty Gray

Defensive Star

1 – Larry Crawford

Lineman Star

1 – Al Wilson
1 – Nick Hebeler
1 – Rick Goltz

1981 Player Awards and Nominations

1981 Most Outstanding

Player — Larry Key (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Glen Jackson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Al Wilson (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Glen Jackson (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mack Moore (Team Nominee)

BC Lions 1981 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Larry Key
C	Al Wilson

3 All-Division Selections

RB	Larry Key^*
WR	Ty Gray (Tie)
C	Al Wilson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1981 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)		Nelson Martin, Jr. (WR)	Seneca
3–3 (21)	[OTT]	Jamie Armstead (DB)	Calgary
3–5 (23)		Larry Priestnall (RB)	Acadia
4–5 (32)		Ed Jones (DB)	Simon Fraser
5–5 (41)		Frank Roberto (RB)	Simon Fraser
6–5 (50)		David Thornhill (WR)	Bishop's
7–5 (59)		Ed Hole (OT)	Alberta