1966 BC Lions season

1966 BC Lions season
General managerHerb Capozzi
Head coachDave Skrien
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1966 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 5–11 record continuing to regress as their star players were in the twilights of their careers.

The Lions lost many close games, including five by one or two points. Placekicker Bill Mitchell kicked a woeful 11 for 25 field goal attempts.

After the season, Joe Kapp was traded to the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL and in return the Lions got a young Canadian receiver, Jim Young. A number of former stars retired, including standouts Willie Fleming and Tom Hinton.

The first gooseneck or slingshot field goal post was installed at Empire Stadium for the 1966 Grey Cup game.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 9 6 1 351 318 19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 8 7 1 264 230 17
Edmonton Eskimos 16 6 9 1 251 328 13
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 9 1 227 459 13
BC Lions 16 5 11 0 254 269 10

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 Aug 3 at Calgary Stampeders W 21–3 1–0
2 Aug 8 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 7–27 1–1
3 Aug 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–16 1–2
4 Aug 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–11 1–3
5 Aug 28 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–30 1–4
6 Sept 2 at Edmonton Eskimos L 6–13 1–5
7 Sept 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 14–3 2–5
8 Sept 17 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 16–21 2–6
9 Sept 25 at Toronto Argonauts L 27–29 2–7
10 Sept 27 at Montreal Alouettes L 23–25 2–8
11 Oct 3 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 17–10 3–8
12 Oct 10 at Edmonton Eskimos W 10–7 4–8
13 Oct 15 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 21–22 4–9
14 Oct 17 at Calgary Stampeders W 13–9 5–9
15 Oct 23 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–16 5–10
16 Oct 30 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 13–27 5–11

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Offensive leaders

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Joe Kapp 2889 341 0 2
Bill Munsey 853 256 7
Larry Eilmes 756 247 7
Willie Fleming 260 653 8
Dave Moton 15 552 2
Sonny Homer 0 549 2
Pat Claridge 0 399 1

Awards and records

1966 CFL All-Stars

None

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  2. ^ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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