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 Western Conference 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.

During the off-season, Herb Capozzi was replaced with new general manager Denny Veitch.

Former Hamilton star pivot Bernie Faloney was brought in to replace Kapp. It was Faloney's final year of professional football, and while he threw for a career best 3303 yards, he also threw 21 interceptions and was sacked 35 times. 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.

The poor field goal kicking from the previous season resulted in the Lions being the first team to use a specialist kicker in the CFL. Although Ted Gerela did backup at running back, he did represent the transition in the CFL from the era when a regular positional player did the kicking and the era of kickers who do nothing but kick.

Veteran linebacker Norm Fieldgate, who had played with the team since the 1954 expansion, retired at the end of the season after 223 games.

The Lions introduced a new helmet logo: a roaring lion's head with BC inscribed on the cheek. This would be the team's primary mark for the 'lost decade' of Lions football from 1967 to 1977 where the team won more than six games only twice.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	2
2	11
3	20
4	28

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record

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

Season schedule

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

Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Bernie Faloney	3303	236	0	2
Leroy Sledge		288	911	6
Bill Munsey		656	228	0
Jim Young		21	976	8
Jimmy Sidle		0	432	1
Sonny Homer		0	397	1

Awards and records

1967 CFL All-Stars

None