1970 BC Lions season

1970 BC Lions season
General managerDenny Veitch
Head coachJackie Parker
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record6–10
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1970 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs. New coach Jackie Parker had led the team to a 4–2 record in the final six games of 1969 after taking over for Jim Champion and there was reason for optimism after a 5–3 start to 1970. However, the wheels fell off in the fall as the Lions won only one game in the second half of the season.

Before the season, Empire Stadium became the first facility in Canada to have artificial playing surface installed, made by 3M, under the brand name "Tartan Turf".

Running back Jim Evenson had his third consecutive 1,000-yard season with 1003 yards in an injury-shortened 14 games and receiver Jim Young had 1041 yards receiving. The big offseason addition of Ottawa star Vic Washington was a bust as he played only 9 games and was openly disgruntled for most of season.[citation needed]

For the first time in five seasons, the Lions had CFL All-stars as Evenson, guard Ken Sugarman and linebacker Greg Findlay were all league all-stars. Young won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award.

The Lions introduced a new jersey which featured orange "ti-cat" stripes down the arms of home and away jerseys. As well, the Lions went to grey pants which they would wear for the next eight seasons. The "BC" on the lion's cheek was black for only this season; all other seasons it was white because it showed up better on television.

After the season, Jackie Parker was promoted to general manager and he hired Eagle Keys away from Saskatchewan to become head coach of the Lions for the 1971 season.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Result Record
A July 6 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 19–37 0–1
B July 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 21–27 0–2
C July 16 vs Toronto Argonauts L 25–42 0–3
D July 21 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 22–25 0–4

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 14 2 0 369 206 28
Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 7 0 282 287 18
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 7 0 293 209 18
BC Lions 16 6 10 0 295 384 12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 2 14 0 184 332 4

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 July 28 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 9–42 0–1
2 Aug 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 48–21 1–1
3 Aug 10 at Calgary Stampeders L 9–16 1–2
4 Aug 13 at Edmonton Eskimos W 35–7 2–2
5 Aug 20 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 27–13 3–2
6 Aug 27 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 32–30 4–2
7 Sept 1 at Edmonton Eskimos L 9–20 4–3
8 Sept 13 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 16–13 5–3
9 Sept 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 22–23 5–4
10 Sept 23 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–26 5–5
11 Oct 3 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 20–32 5–6
12 Oct 10 at Toronto Argonauts 7–50 5–7
13 Oct 14 at Montreal Alouettes L 27–28 5–8
14 Oct 21 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 7–1 6–8
15 Oct 25 at Calgary Stampeders L 0–29 6–9
16 Nov 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–33 6–10

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Offensive leaders

Player Passing yds Rushing yds Receiving yds TD
Paul Brothers 2604 227 0 3
Jim Evenson 1003 125 11
A.D. Whitfield 754 495 3
Jim Young 171 1041 7
Vic Washington 10 475 2
Lefty Hendrickson 0 431 1

Awards and records

1970 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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