1980 BC Lions season

Canadian football team season March 2026 BC Lions 1980 8–7–1 4th, West Bob Ackles Vic Rapp Empire Stadium 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 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 13 3 0 505 281 26Winnipeg 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 CFL.ca https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1980/reg https://web.archive.org/web/20090721010710/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1980/reg 2009-07-21 dead 2009-07-03 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 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 Offensive leaders Player Passing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD Joe Paopao 2009 5700 Roy Dewalt 616 25302 John Henry White 8342835 Al Charuk 06747 Harry Holt 1036486 Larry Key 491945 Tyrone Gray 03493 Roster 1980 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks  9 I Roy Dewalt 12 I Mike Nott  6 I Joe Paopao Running backs 70 N Mark Houghton 11 I Larry Key 19 N Don Taylor 20 I John Henry White Wide receivers 36 N Terry Bailey 25 N Al Charuk 32 I Ty Gray 21 N John Pankratz Tight ends  7 N Ricky Ellis 72 I Harry Holt 34 N Steve Kearns Offensive linemen 68 N John Blain G/T 69 N John Blake G/T 62 I Donnie Hickman T 51 N Tom Kudaba G 54 N Glenn Leonhard G 55 I Jim Lohmann T 52 N Al Wilson C Defensive linemen 63 N Rick Goltz DT 56 N Nick Hebeler DE 65 I Franklin King DT 71 I Richard Murray DE 61 N Doug Seymour DT Linebackers 45 I Sam Britts 37 N Glen Jackson 31 N Kevin Konar 44 N Ron Morehouse Defensive backs 10 N John Beaton 26 I Leon Bright 16 I Devon Ford 14 I Joe Fourqurean 18 I Ken Hinton  3 N Hal Lund 17 I Kerry Parker 27 N Tony Proudfoot Special teams  5 N Lui Passaglia K/P Italics indicate International player 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 References Category:BC Lions seasons Category:1980 Canadian Football League season by team BC Lions