1970 BC Lions season

1970 BC Lions season
Head coach	Jackie Parker
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1970 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 6	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	37–19	Loss	0–1
B	July 10	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–21	Loss	0–2
C	July 16	vs Toronto Argonauts	42–25	Loss	0–3
D	July 21	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–22	Loss	0–4

Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	14	2	369	206	28
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	7	282	287	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	293	209	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	295	384	12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	2	14	184	332	4

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–9	Loss	0–1
2	Aug 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	48–21	Win	1–1
3	Aug 10	at Calgary Stampeders	16–9	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	35–7	Win	2–2
5	Aug 20	vs. Calgary Stampeders	27–13	Win	3–2
6	Aug 27	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	32–30	Win	4–2
7	Sept 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	20–9	Loss	4–3
8	Sept 13	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16–13	Win	5–3
9	Sept 18	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	23–22	Loss	5–4
10	Sept 23	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	26–14	Loss	5–5
11	Oct 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	32–20	Loss	5–6
12	Oct 10	at Toronto Argonauts	50–7	Loss	5–7
13	Oct 14	at Montreal Alouettes	28–27	Loss	5–8
14	Oct 21	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7–1	Win	6–8
15	Oct 25	at Calgary Stampeders	29–0	Loss	6–9
16	Nov 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–13	Loss	6–10

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Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Jim Young (WR)

1970 CFL All-Stars

RB – Jim Evenson, CFL All-Star
OG – Ken Sugerman, CFL All-Star
LB – Greg Findlay, CFL All-Star

References

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

1970 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1970 CFL Draft 58th 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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