1967 BC Lions season

1967 BC Lions season
Head coach	Jim Champion
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	3–12–1
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1967 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 3–12–1 record after Joe Kapp, Willie Fleming, Tom Hinton, Pat Claridge, Jim Carphin and Dick Fouts left the team following the conclusion of the 1966 season. After losing their first five games, Grey Cup winning head coach Dave Skrien was replaced by interim coach Ron Morris and then by Jim Champion. The team was characterized by its lack of offense, only averaging 14.9 points and 1.5 touchdowns per game. 1954 veteran linebacker Norm Fieldgate retired at the end of the season after 223 games.

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	382	219	24
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	12	4	0	346	282	24
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	6	1	266	246	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	4	12	0	212	414	8
BC Lions	16	3	12	1	239	319	7

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Season schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 1	at Calgary Stampeders	20–7	Loss	0–1
2	Aug 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–16	Loss	0–2
3	Aug 11	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	36–13	Loss	0–3
4	Aug 16	vs. Toronto Argonauts	18–17	Loss	0–4
5	Aug 27	vs. Calgary Stampeders	16–7	Loss	0–5
6	Aug 31	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–13	Win	1–5
7	Sept 9	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	14–14	Tie	1–5–1
8	Sept 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	19–8	Loss	1–6–1
9	Sept 27	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17–1	Win	2–6–1
10	Oct 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19–8	Loss	2–7–1
11	Oct 8	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	19–3	Loss	2–8–1
12	Oct 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22–17	Loss	2–9–1
13	Oct 18	at Ottawa Rough Riders	19–16	Loss	2–10–1
14	Oct 23	vs. Montreal Alouettes	30–20	Win	3–10–1
15	Oct 29	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–14	Loss	3–11–1
16	Nov 4	vs. Calgary Stampeders	35–30	Loss	3–12–1

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Awards and records

1967 CFL All-Stars

None

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
2. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.