1965 BC Lions season

1965 BC Lions season
Head coach Dave Skrien
Home field Empire Stadium
Results
Record 6–9–1
Division place 4th, West
Playoff finish did not qualify
Uniform

The 1965 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 6–9–1 record and failed to defend their Grey Cup title as they ended the season on a terrible five-game losing streak and the team missing the playoffs.

On October 24th, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (at the time this the CFL record which stood for over a decade until 1976).

While Joe Kapp led the league in passing for the second consecutive season with 2961 yards passing and 219 completions, the other stars on the team were getting older, including star tailback Willie Fleming who had only had 595 yards rushing. Defensive end Dick Fouts was the lone Lion to make the CFL All-star team.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 340 243 24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 301 262 22
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 7 1 276 277 17
BC Lions 16 6 9 1 286 273 13
Edmonton Eskimos 16 5 11 0 257 400 10

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Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–21 Loss 0–1
2 Aug 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 38–13 Win 1–1
3 Aug 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12–6 Loss 1–2
4 Aug 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 10–10 Tie 1–2–1
5 Aug 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts 36–1 Win 2–2–1
6 Sept 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14–7 Win 3–2–1
7 Sept 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders 24–10 Win 4–2–1
8 Sept 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes 11–6 Loss 4–3–1
9 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders 21–7 Loss 4–4–1
10 Sept 27 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–14 Win 5–4–1
11 Oct 2 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 41–27 Win 6–4–1
12 Oct 9 at Edmonton Eskimos 14–12 Loss 6–5–1
13 Oct 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25–7 Loss 6–6–1
14 Oct 19 at Ottawa Rough Riders 35–14 Loss 6–7–1
15 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 30–14 Loss 6–8–1
16 Oct 31 vs. Calgary Stampeders 20–10 Loss 6–9–1

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Offensive leaders

Player Passing ydsRushing ydsReceving ydsTD
Joe Kapp 2961 34504
Willie Fleming 5955948
Bill Munsey 475845
Bob Swift 501378
Pat Claridge 45540
Mack Burton 05013
Peter Kempf 04973

Awards and records

1965 CFL All-Stars

References

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


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