1979 BC Lions season

1979 BC Lions season
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	9–6–1
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final

The 1979 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–6–1 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	12	2	2	495	219	26
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	382	278	24
BC Lions	16	9	6	1	328	333	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	4	12	0	283	340	8
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	194	437	4

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 11	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–4	Win	1–0
2	July 17	vs. Montreal Alouettes	25–10	Win	2–0
3	July 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19–18	Win	3–0
4	July 31	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–15	Win	4–0
5	Aug 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	14–14	Tie	4–0–1
6	Aug 15	at Calgary Stampeders	22–10	Loss	4–1–1
7	Aug 21	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22–16	Win	5–1–1
8	Aug 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	18–17	Win	6–1–1
9	Bye				6–1–1
10	Sept 9	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17–15	Win	7–1–1
11	Sept 16	at Edmonton Eskimos	40–8	Loss	7–2–1
12	Sept 22	vs. Toronto Argonauts	34–25	Win	8–2–1
13	Sept 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–21	Win	9–2–1
14	Bye				9–2–1
15	Oct 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	28–26	Loss	9–3–1
16	Oct 20	vs. Calgary Stampeders	37–32	Loss	9–4–1
17	Oct 28	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–12	Loss	9–5–1
18	Nov 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	25–17	Loss	9–6–1

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	1	0	0	1	2
Calgary Stampeders	3	5	29	0	37

Awards and records

1979 CFL All-Stars

RB – Larry Key, CFL All-Star
C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star
K – Lui Passaglia, 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.

1979 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1979 CFL Draft 67th 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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