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

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

1971 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1971 CFL Draft 59th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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