1977 BC Lions season
General managerBob Ackles
Head coachVic Rapp
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishLost Western Final
Uniform

The 1977 BC Lions finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Western Final.

General Manager Bob Ackles started a complete shakeup of the organization by bringing Edmonton assistant Vic Rapp in as the 10th head coach on January 21.

Ackles also recruited Jerry Tagge, who quarterbacked the two-time NCAA champion University of Nebraska and was a high first round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers. Tagge, who never found success with Green Bay, was enticed to come up to Canada to resurrect his football career. Tagge had a solid season throwing for 2787 yards but more importantly led the Lions to 10 victories and several last-minute heroics that earned the 1977 Lions the label the "Cardiac Kids". Tagge was the western nominee for Outstanding Player, but lost out to running back JImmy Edwards of Hamilton for the Outstanding Player Award in the CFL.

Al Wilson finally won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman and receiver/return Leon Bright captured the Schenley Rookie award.

Rapp was named the Canadian Football League's Coach of the Year.

Tagge, Wilson and Bright were the 3 Lions selected to the CFL All-star team.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School

Roster

1977 BC Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

(1 Game)

(9 Game)

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import players

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 412 320 20
BC Lions 16 10 6 0 369 326 20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 382 336 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 8 0 330 389 16
Calgary Stampeders 16 4 12 0 241 327 8

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Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 1 July 12 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 14–9 1–0
2 2 July 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–14 2–0
3 3 July 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 5–24 2–1
4 4 Aug 3 at Calgary Stampeders W 30–26 3–1
5 5 Aug 9 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 18–24 3–2
6 6 Aug 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 25–17 4–2
7 7 Aug 23 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 30–0 5–2
8 8 Aug 31 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–24 6–2
9 9 Sept 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–21 7–2
10 10 Sept 17 at Edmonton Eskimos W 20–18 8–2
11 11 Sept 24 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 30–13 9–2
12 12 Oct 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 15–19 9–3
13 Bye
14 13 Oct 15 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 18–17 10–3
15 14 Oct 23 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–31 10–4
16 15 Oct 30 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 28–38 10–5
17 16 Nov 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–31 10–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 7 15 0 32
BC Lions 10 10 6 7 33

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions 0 1 0 0 1
Edmonton Eskimos 17 3 10 8 38

Offensive leaders

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Jerry Tagge 2787 48 0 1
Mike Strickland 751 382 6
Leon Bright 43 816 9
Jim Harrison 345 211 4
Terry Bailey 54 558 3
Jim Young 0 537 3
Al Charuk 0 317 3

Awards and records

1977 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. 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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