1981 BC Lions season

1981 BC Lions season
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final

The 1981 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	1	1	576	277	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	517	299	22
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	438	377	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	431	371	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	306	367	12

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 4	vs. Montreal Alouettes	48–8	Win	1–0
2	Bye				1–0
3	July 16	at Toronto Argonauts	32–28	Win	2–0
4	July 25	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	31–17	Win	3–0
5	July 31	at Calgary Stampeders	52–29	Win	4–0
6	Aug 9	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–24	Win	5–0
7	Aug 16	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37–23	Loss	5–1
8	Aug 23	at Montreal Alouettes	29–14	Win	6–1
9	Aug 29	vs. Calgary Stampeders	31–21	Win	7–1
10	Sept 4	at Ottawa Rough Riders	17–7	Loss	7–2
11	Sept 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	38–21	Loss	7–3
12	Sept 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	45–14	Win	8–3
13	Sept 27	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	46–10	Loss	8–4
14	Oct 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	22–12	Loss	8–5
15	Bye				8–5
16	Oct 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	49–22	Loss	8–6
17	Oct 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–7	Win	9–6
18	Oct 31	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	13–5	Win	10–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	0	11	3	1	15
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	1	0	3	11

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	3	13	0	0	16
Edmonton Eskimos	6	3	6	7	22

Awards and records

1981 CFL All-Stars

RB – Larry Key, CFL All-Star
C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star

1981 CFL Western All-Stars

RB – Larry Key, CFL Western All-Star
WR – Tyrone Grey, CFL All-Star
C – Al Wilson, CFL Western 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.

1981 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1981 CFL Draft 69th 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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