1958 BC Lions season
1958 BC Lions season | |
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General manager | Herb Capozzi |
Head coach | Clem Crowe Dan Edwards |
Home field | Empire Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 3–13 |
Division place | 5th, W.I.F.U. |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
Uniform | |
The 1958 BC Lions finished the season in fifth place in the W.I.F.U. with a 3–13 record.
Head coach Clem Crowe was fired after an 0–5 start to the season and his replacement, former star end Dan Edwards, didn't fare much better, losing his first five games before finally recording a win in a game versus Calgary. All-star guard and linebacker Ed Sharkey on played only five games after sustaining what would be a career-ending neck injury.
After the season, Dan Edwards was fired and Winnipeg assistant Wayne Robinson was hired on December 6 to be the fourth head coach in Lions history.
Even with such a dismal start to the season, the Lions averaged 23,647 fans per game. On a stranger note, the Lions schedule was exactly the same as that of the previous season.
Rookie offensive lineman Tom Hinton was the lone Western all-star for the Lions.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 361 | 182 | 26 |
Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 312 | 292 | 19 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 320 | 324 | 16 |
Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 314 | 312 | 13 |
BC Lions | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 202 | 399 | 6 |
Season schedule
[edit]Game | Date | Opponent | Results | |
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Score | Record | |||
1 | Aug 16 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 33–49 | 0–1 |
2 | Aug 18 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 0–42 | 0–2 |
3 | Aug 25 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 13–34 | 0–3 |
4 | Aug 28 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 1–31 | 0–4 |
5 | Sept 1 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 14–22 | 0–5 |
6 | Sept 6 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 7–26 | 0–6 |
7 | Sept 13 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 7–13 | 0–7 |
8 | Sept 15 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 8–19 | 0–8 |
9 | Sept 27 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 15–29 | 0–9 |
10 | Sept 29 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 6–22 | 0–10 |
11 | Oct 6 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 15–14 | 1–10 |
12 | Oct 11 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 10–8 | 2–10 |
13 | Oct 13 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 34–16 | 3–10 |
14 | Oct 18 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 22–25 | 3–11 |
15 | Oct 25 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 3–25 | 3–12 |
16 | Nov 1 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 14–24 | 3–13 |
Offensive leaders
[edit]Player | Passing yds | Rushing yds | Receiving yds | TD |
George Herring | 1669 | -111 | 0 | 0 |
Al Dorow | 1212 | 44 | 0 | 2 |
By Bailey | 489 | 131 | 4 | |
Ed Vereb | 12 | 424 | 174 | 5 |
Paul Cameron | 31 | 304 | 834 | 3 |
Jerry Janes | 0 | 828 | 5 |
1958 CFL Awards
[edit]None
References
[edit]- ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.