1980 BC Lions season

1980 BC Lions season
General manager	Bob Ackles
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	8–7–1
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1980 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with an 8–7–1 record. Despite the winning record, they still failed to make the playoffs.

Joe Paopao took over as the starting quarterback, due to Jerry Tagge's career ending knee injury. Due to injuries to Paopao, rookie Roy Dewalt also got six starts at pivot.

With Larry Key missing half the season, John Henry White was the Lions main offensive threat with 834 rushing yards and 283 receiving yards. Harry Holt had a great season at tight end with 648 yards receiving and 6 touchdowns.

Centre Al Wilson (for 6th consecutive year) and Harry Holt were named to the CFL All-star team.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	13	3	0	505	281	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	10	6	0	394	387	20
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	407	355	18
BC Lions	16	8	7	1	381	351	17
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	284	469	4

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results
				Score	Record
1	1	July 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 39–24	1–0
2	Bye
3	2	July 22	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 26–6	2–0
4	3	July 30	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 21–33	2–1
5	4	Aug 5	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 31–23	3–1
6	5	Aug 12	at Calgary Stampeders	L 17–24	3–2
7	6	Aug 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–21	4–2
8	7	Aug 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	T 17–17	4–2–1
9	8	Sept 1	at Montreal Alouettes	W 14–6	5–2–1
10	Bye
11	9	Sept 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 14–42	5–3–1
12	10	Sept 20	at Calgary Stampeders	L 16–24	5–4–1
13	11	Sept 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22–28	5–5–1
14	12	Oct 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 44–8	6–5–1
15	13	Oct 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 9–33	6–6–1
16	14	Oct 18	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 27–7	7–6–1
17	15	Oct 26	at Toronto Argonauts	L 20–38	7–7–1
18	16	Nov 2	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 43–17	8–7–1

Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Joe Paopao	2009	57	0	0
Roy Dewalt	616	253	0	2
John Henry White		834	283	5
Al Charuk		0	674	7
Harry Holt		103	648	6
Larry Key		491	94	5
Tyrone Gray		0	349	3

Awards and records

1980 CFL All-Stars

• C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star

1980 CFL Western All-Stars

• TE – Harry Holt, CFL Western All-Star
• C – Al Wilson, CFL Western All-Star