1965 BC Lions season

Canadian football team season March 2026 BC Lions 1965 6–9–1 4th, West Herb Capozzi Dave Skrien Empire Stadium did not qualify Image:CFL Jersey BCL1965.png The 1965 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6–9–1 record and failed to defend their Grey Cup title as the team ended the season on a five-game losing streak and missed the playoffs. On October 24, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (this was the CFL record that stood for over a decade until 1976). While Joe Kapp led the league in passing for the second consecutive season with 2961 yards passing and 219 completions, the other stars on the team were getting older, including star tailback Willie Fleming who had only had 595 yards rushing. Defensive end Dick Fouts was the lone Lion to make the CFL All-star team. Regular season Season standings The team finished 4th in the Western Conference:https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1965/reg CFL.ca 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20091006091047/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1965/reg 2009-10-06 dead + Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsCalgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 340 243 24Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 301 262 22Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 7 1 276 277 17 BC Lions 16 6 9 1 286 273 13 Edmonton Eskimos 16 5 11 0 257 400 10 Season schedule The team had 6 wins and 1 tie in 16 games played:BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm 2009-03-11 live 2009-03-08 Game Date Opponent Results Score Record 1 Aug 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–23 0–1 2 Aug 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 38–13 1–1 3 Aug 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 6–12 1–2 4 Aug 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders T 10–10 1–2–1 5 Aug 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 36–1 2–2–1 6 Sept 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 14–7 3–2–1 7 Sept 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 24–10 4–2–1 8 Sept 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 6–11 4–3–1 9 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders L 7–21 4–4–1 10 Sept 27 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 26–14 5–4–1 11 Oct 2 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 41–27 6–4–1 12 Oct 9 at Edmonton Eskimos L 12–14 6–5–1 13 Oct 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–25 6–6–1 14 Oct 19 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 14–35 6–7–1 15 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–30 6–8–1 16 Oct 31 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 10–20 6–9–1 Offensive leaders Player Passing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD Joe Kapp 2961 34504 Willie Fleming 5955948 Bill Munsey 475845 Bob Swift 501378 Pat Claridge 45540 Mack Burton 05013 Peter Kempf 04973 Awards and records 1965 CFL All-Stars DE – Dick Fouts, CFL All-Star References Category:BC Lions seasons Category:1965 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1965 in British Columbia Category:1965 in sports in British Columbia