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1975 BC Lions season

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1975 BC Lions season
General managerJackie Parker
Bob Ackles
Head coachEagle Keys
Cal Murphy
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record6–10
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1975 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs.

With Don Moorhead injured, Peter Liske took most of the snaps during the season for the Lions. The club had a terrible start to the season going 1–5 in their first six games and on August 29 the Board of Directors finally fired both General Manager Jackie Parker and Head Coach Eagle Keys.

Bob Ackles was promoted to General Manager and Ackles elevated Cal Murphy to Head Coach. The club went 5-5 in the remaining part of the season, however, they did not get out of last place in the Western Conference.

Despite the poor season by the club, three Lions made the CFL all-star team: Centre Al Wilson, Defensive End Bill Baker and linebacker Larry Cameron.

Byron Bailey was elected to the Football Hall of Fame.

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record

Regular season

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Season standings

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Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 12 4 0 432 370 24
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 10 5 1 373 309 21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 6 8 2 340 383 14
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 387 363 12
BC Lions 16 6 10 0 276 331 12

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Season schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 1 July 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 9–17 0–1
2 2 July 30 at Calgary Stampeders L 28–30 0–2
3 3 Aug 5 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–28 0–3
4 4 Aug 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–27 1–3
5 5 Aug 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 24–27 1–4
6 Bye
7 6 Aug 27 at Edmonton Eskimos L 10–34 1–5
8 7 Sept 4 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–17 2–5
9 8 Sept 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 15–1 3–5
10 9 Sept 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 32–10 4–5
11 10 Sept 20 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 17–20 4–6
12 11 Sept 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 6–33 4–7
13 12 Oct 4 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 12–38 4–8
14 13 Oct 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 8–14 4–9
15 14 Oct 15 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 25–15 5–9
16 15 Oct 25 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 12–8 6–9
17 16 Nov 1 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 8–12 6–10

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Offensive leaders

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Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Peter Liske 2310 31 0 0
Lou Harris 958 220 4
Jim Young 27 935 9
Wayne Moseley 459 257 3
Terry Bailey 252 308 5
Ross Clarkson 0 497 5

Awards and records

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1975 CFL All-Stars

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References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.