1962 BC Lions season

1962 BC Lions season
General managerHerb Capozzi
Head coachDave Skrien
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1962 BC Lions finished the season in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 7–9 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Dave Skrien's first full season as head coach saw drastic improvement from the one win team in 1961. Joe Kapp lead the CFL in passing yards (3279), completions (197) and TD passes (17). Bruising fullback Nub Beamer had a terrific season rushing for 1161 yards and duo threat tailback Willie Fleming had 925 yards rushing and 525 yards receiving.

Linebacker Tom Brown was the lone Lion on the CFL All-star team.

The Lions changed their helmets to include the now classic mountain lion claw logo.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 385 291 22
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 6 1 352 335 19
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 7 1 268 336 17
BC Lions 16 7 9 0 346 342 14
Edmonton Eskimos 16 6 9 1 310 346 13

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 Aug 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 33–7 1–0
2 Aug 16 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 20–35 1–1
3 Aug 20 at Calgary Stampeders W 12–4 2–1
4 Aug 27 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 7–18 2–2
5 Aug 31 at Edmonton Eskimos L 10–22 2–3
6 Sept 6 at Montreal Alouettes L 19–21 2–4
7 Sept 9 at Toronto Argonauts W 37–21 3–4
8 Sept 17 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 6–31 3–5
9 Sept 22 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–26 3–6
10 Sept 24 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–22 4–6
11 Sept 29 at Edmonton Eskimos W 46–24 5–6
12 Oct 6 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 18–6 6–6
13 Oct 13 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 7–26 6–7
14 Oct 20 at Calgary Stampeders L 28–36 6–8
15 Oct 27 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 34–35 6–9
16 Nov 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–8 7–9

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Offensive leaders

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Joe Kapp 3279 183 0 3
Willie Fleming 925 525 12
Nub Beamer 1161 190 14
Tom Larscheid 597 496 9
Mack Burton 0 818 6
Sonny Homer 0 669 4
Jim Carphin 0 390 2
Pat Claridge 0 263 1

1962 CFL Awards

LB – Tom Brown, CFL All-Star

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. 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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