1972 BC Lions season
General managerJackie Parker
Head coachEagle Keys
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1972 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 5–11 record and failed to make the playoffs.

After Paul Brothers was traded to Ottawa late in the 1971 season and Tom Wilkinson was released, sophomore pivot Don Moorhead became the Lions' starting quarterback. While Moorhead threw for 2606 yards, he also threw 17 interceptions and the offence continued to struggle at only 15.9 points per game.

The lone bright spot on offence was receiver Jim Young. He led the league with 1362 yards receiving and won his second Schenley as Outstanding Canadian. Young was a CFL all-star along with rookie linebacker Ray Nettles, for whom the Lions outbid the Miami Dolphins of the NFL in the off-season.

For the first season since the 1950s, the team wore orange jerseys at home. The new jerseys had northwestern stripes on each arm.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 401 300 20
Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 380 368 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 8 0 330 283 16
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 331 394 12
BC Lions 16 5 11 0 254 380 10

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 Aug 1 at Edmonton Eskimos L 22–34 0–1
2 Aug 8 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 19–17 1–1
3 Aug 14 at Calgary Stampeders L 14–19 1–2
4 Aug 17 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–39 1–3
5 Aug 25 at Edmonton Eskimos L 7–29 1–4
6 Sept 7 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–42 1–5
7 Sept 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–24 1–6
8 Sept 17 at Montreal Alouettes L 17–22 1–7
9 Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts W 23–9 2–7
10 Sept 26 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 17–20 2–8
11 Oct 3 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–24 3–8
12 Oct 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–24 3–9
13 Oct 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 22–16 4–9
14 Oct 21 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 17–19 4–10
15 Oct 28 at Calgary Stampeders L 3–28 4–11
16 Nov 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 26–14 5–11

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Offensive leaders

Player Passing yds Rush yds Receiving yds TD
Don Moorhead 2606 330 0 1
Jim Young 0 1362 11
Jim Evensen 961 329 9
Monroe Eley 517 507 1
Johnny Musso 405 556 3

Awards and records

1972 CFL All-Stars

References

  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.


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