1956 BC Lions season

1956 BC Lions season
Head coach	Clem Crowe
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	4th, W.I.F.U
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1956 BC Lions finished the season in fourth place in the W.I.F.U with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs. The Lions earned their first win over the Edmonton Eskimos on September 24th as the club continued to make improvements. Fullback By Bailey scored the first kickoff return touchdown in Lions history against Winnipeg on September 17th.

Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	11	5	358	235	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	353	272	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	315	228	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	251	361	12
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	229	410	8

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 18	at Calgary Stampeders	17–14	Win	1–0
2	Aug 20	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–3	Win	2–0
3	Aug 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	18–0	Loss	2–1
4	Aug 31	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3–1	Loss	2–2
5	Sept 3	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–10	Loss	2–3
6	Sept 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	45–15	Win	3–3
7	Sept 15	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–8	Loss	3–4
8	Sept 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16–15	Loss	3–5
9	Sept 24	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	11–1	Win	4–5
10	Sept 29	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	46–28	Loss	4–6
11	Oct 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–7	Loss	4–7
12	Oct 6	vs. Calgary Stampeders	24–7	Win	5–7
13	Oct 13	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–8	Loss	5–8
14	Oct 15	at Calgary Stampeders	22–21	Win	6–8
15	Oct 20	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	25–22	Loss	6–9
16	Oct 22	at Edmonton Eskimos	54–13	Loss	6–10

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1956 Canadian Football Awards

None

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1956 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1956 CFL Draft 44th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

The Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important Figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired Numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key Personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager: Wally Buono Head Coach: Jeff Tedford

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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