1977 BC Lions season

Canadian football team season March 2026 BC Lions 1977 10–6 2nd, West Bob Ackles Vic Rapp Empire Stadium Lost Western Final Image:CFL BCL Jersey 1976.png The 1977 BC Lions finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Western Final. General Manager Bob Ackles started a complete shakeup of the organization by bringing Edmonton assistant Vic Rapp in as the 10th head coach on January 21. Ackles also recruited Jerry Tagge, who quarterbacked the two-time NCAA champion University of Nebraska and was a high first round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers. Tagge, who never found success with Green Bay, was enticed to come up to Canada to resurrect his football career. Tagge had a solid season throwing for 2787 yards but more importantly led the Lions to 10 victories and several last-minute heroics that earned the 1977 Lions the label the "Cardiac Kids". Tagge was the western nominee for Outstanding Player, but lost out to running back JImmy Edwards of Hamilton for the Outstanding Player Award in the CFL. Al Wilson finally won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman and receiver/return Leon Bright captured the Schenley Rookie award. Rapp was named the Canadian Football League's Coach of the Year. Tagge, Wilson and Bright were the 3 Lions selected to the CFL All-star team. Offseason CFL draft RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record Regular season Season standings + Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsEdmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 412 320 20BC Lions 16 10 6 0 369 326 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 382 336 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 8 0 330 389 16 Calgary Stampeders 16 4 12 0 241 327 8 CFL.ca https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1977/reg https://web.archive.org/web/20090923213720/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1977/reg 2009-09-23 dead 2009-07-03 Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Score Record 1 1 July 12 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 14–9 1–0 2 2 July 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–14 2–0 3 3 July 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 5–24 2–1 4 4 Aug 3 at Calgary Stampeders W 30–26 3–1 5 5 Aug 9 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 18–24 3–2 6 6 Aug 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 25–17 4–2 7 7 Aug 23 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 30–0 5–2 8 8 Aug 31 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–24 6–2 9 9 Sept 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–21 7–2 10 10 Sept 17 at Edmonton Eskimos W 20–18 8–2 11 11 Sept 24 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 30–13 9–2 12 12 Oct 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 15–19 9–3 13 Bye 14 13 Oct 15 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 18–17 10–3 15 14 Oct 23 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–31 10–4 16 15 Oct 30 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 28–38 10–5 17 16 Nov 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–31 10–6 British Columbia 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 Playoffs West Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalWinnipeg Blue Bombers 10 7 15 0 32BC Lions 10 10 6 7 33 West Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalBC Lions 0 1 0 0 1Edmonton Eskimos 17 3 10 8 38 Offensive leaders Player Passing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD Jerry Tagge 2787 4801 Mike Strickland 7513826 Leon Bright 438169 Jim Harrison 3452114 Terry Bailey 545583 Jim Young 05373 Al Charuk 03173 Roster 1977 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks  7 I Gary Keithley  8 I Jerry Tagge Running backs 36 N Terry Bailey 12 N Rudy Florio 35 I Jim Harrison 35 I Leroy Moss  4 I Mike Strickland Wide receivers 26 I Leon Bright 25 N Al Charuk  6 I John Sciarra 30 N Jim Young Tight ends 72 I Rick Appleby 70 I Tyrone Walls Offensive linemen 68 N John Blain G/T 50 N Gerry Inglis C 51 N Tom Kudaba G 54 N Glenn Leonhard G 62 I Layne McDowell T 66 I Al Simpson T 64 I Larry Watkins T 52 N Al Wilson C Defensive linemen 76 I Mark Chalmers DT 78 N Frank Landy DT 79 I Jesse O'Neal DE 67 N Gary Robinson DE 61 N Doug Seymour DE/DT 60 I Don Wunderly DE/DT Linebackers 58 I Charles Anthony 40 N Paul Giroday 37 N Glen Jackson 44 N Rob McLaren Defensive backs 28 N Doug Carlson 32 I Grady Cavness 27 N Ted Dushinski 14 I Joe Fourqurean 18 I Ken Hinton 16 I Rocky Long 17 N Larry Uteck  3 N Hal Lund Special teams  5 N Lui Passaglia K/P Italics indicate International player Awards and records CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Al Wilson (DE) CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Leon Bright (WR) 1977 CFL All-Stars QB – Jerry Tagge, CFL All-Star WR- Leon Bright, CFL All-Star C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star References Category:BC Lions seasons Category:1977 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1977 in British Columbia Category:1977 in sports in British Columbia