1971 BC Lions season

1971 BC Lions season
Head coach	Eagle Keys
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	6–9–1
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1971 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 6–9–1 record and failed to make the playoffs.

The Lions wore special logos on their helmets to celebrate British Columbia's Canadian Confederation Centennial. The logo was three "C"'s with the Pacific Dogwood in the middle.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	6	1	290	218	19
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	6	1	347	316	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	8	1	366	349	15
BC Lions	16	6	9	1	282	363	13
Edmonton Eskimos	16	6	10	0	237	305	12

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 27	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–10	Loss	0–1
2	Aug 4	at Edmonton Eskimos	20–19	Loss	0–2
3	Aug 9	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–16	Win	1–2
4	Aug 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	11–1	Win	2–2
5	Aug 24	at Calgary Stampeders	32–1	Loss	2–3
6	Aug 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	27–24	Win	3–3
7	Sept 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	35–14	Loss	3–4
8	Sept 12	vs. Calgary Stampeders	25–10	Loss	3–5
9	Sept 19	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–31	Tie	3–5–1
10	Sept 25	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–18	Win	4–5–1
11	Oct 2	vs. Montreal Alouettes	28–0	Win	5–5–1
12	Oct 9	at Ottawa Rough Riders	45–21	Loss	5–6–1
13	Oct 11	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–3	Loss	5–7–1
14	Oct 16	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	9–4	Loss	5–8–1
15	Oct 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	50–14	Loss	5–9–1
16	Oct 30	vs. Calgary Stampeders	31–7	Win	6–9–1

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Awards and records

1971 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Jim Evenson, CFL All-Star

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
2. "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.