1965 BC Lions season
General managerHerb Capozzi
Head coachDave Skrien
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record6–9–1
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

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

On October 24, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (this was the CFL record that 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

The team finished 4th in the Western Conference:[1]

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

Season schedule

The team had 6 wins and 1 tie in 16 games played:[2]

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

Offensive leaders

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Joe Kapp 2961 345 0 4
Willie Fleming 595 594 8
Bill Munsey 475 84 5
Bob Swift 501 37 8
Pat Claridge 4 554 0
Mack Burton 0 501 3
Peter Kempf 0 497 3

Awards and records

1965 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  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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