After Paul Brothers was traded to Ottawa late in the 1971 season and Tom Wilkinson was released, sophomore pivot Don Moorhead became the Lions' starting quarterback. While Moorhead threw for 2606 yards, he also threw 17 interceptions and the offence continued to struggle at only 15.9 points per game.
The lone bright spot on offence was receiver Jim Young. He led the league with 1362 yards receiving and won his second Schenley as Outstanding Canadian. Young was a CFL all-star along with rookie linebacker Ray Nettles, for whom the Lions outbid the Miami Dolphins of the NFL in the off-season.
For the first season since the 1950s, the team wore orange jerseys at home. The new jerseys had northwestern stripes on each arm.
1972, lions, season, 1972, lions, finished, fifth, place, western, conference, with, record, failed, make, playoffs, head, coacheagle, keyshome, fieldempire, stadiumresultsrecord5, 11division, place5th, westplayoff, finishdid, qualifyuniform, 1971, lions, seas. The 1972 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 5 11 record and failed to make the playoffs 1972 BC Lions seasonHead coachEagle KeysHome fieldEmpire StadiumResultsRecord5 11Division place5th WestPlayoff finishdid not qualifyUniform 1971 BC Lions seasons 1973 After Paul Brothers was traded to Ottawa late in the 1971 season and Tom Wilkinson was released sophomore pivot Don Moorhead became the Lions starting quarterback While Moorhead threw for 2606 yards he also threw 17 interceptions and the offence continued to struggle at only 15 9 points per game The lone bright spot on offence was receiver Jim Young He led the league with 1362 yards receiving and won his second Schenley as Outstanding Canadian Young was a CFL all star along with rookie linebacker Ray Nettles for whom the Lions outbid the Miami Dolphins of the NFL in the off season For the first season since the 1950s the team wore orange jerseys at home The new jerseys had northwestern stripes on each arm Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 CFL Draft 2 Preseason 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Season schedule 3 3 Offensive leaders 4 Awards and records 4 1 1972 CFL All Stars 5 ReferencesOffseason EditCFL Draft Edit Rd Pick Player Position SchoolPreseason EditDate Opponent Score ResultRegular season EditSeason standings Edit Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsWinnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 401 300 20Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 380 368 20Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 8 0 330 283 16Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 331 394 12BC Lions 16 5 11 0 254 380 10 1 Season schedule Edit Week Date Opponent Score Result Record1 Aug 1 at Edmonton Eskimos 34 22 Loss 0 12 Aug 8 vs Hamilton Tiger Cats 19 17 Win 1 13 Aug 14 at Calgary Stampeders 19 14 Loss 1 24 Aug 17 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers 39 7 Loss 1 35 Aug 25 at Edmonton Eskimos 29 7 Loss 1 46 Sept 7 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 42 7 Loss 1 57 Sept 12 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders 24 13 Loss 1 68 Sept 17 at Montreal Alouettes 22 17 Loss 1 79 Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts 23 9 Win 2 710 Sept 26 vs Ottawa Rough Riders 20 17 Loss 2 811 Oct 3 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26 24 Win 3 812 Oct 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 24 14 Loss 3 913 Oct 14 vs Edmonton Eskimos 22 16 Win 4 914 Oct 21 vs Calgary Stampeders 19 17 Loss 4 1015 Oct 28 at Calgary Stampeders 28 3 Loss 4 1116 Nov 4 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders 26 14 Win 5 11 2 Offensive leaders Edit Player Passing yds Rush yds Receiving yds TDDon Moorhead 2606 330 0 1Jim Young 0 1362 11Jim Evensen 961 329 9Monroe Eley 517 507 1Johnny Musso 405 556 3Awards and records EditCFL s Most Outstanding Canadian Award Jim Young WR 1972 CFL All Stars Edit WR Jim Young CFL All Star LB Ray Nettles CFL All StarReferences Edit CFL ca Archived from the original on 2009 10 06 Retrieved 2009 07 03 British Columbia Lions All Time Canadian Football League CFL Records Archived from the original on 2009 03 11 Retrieved 2009 03 08 This Canadian football related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 BC Lions season amp oldid 1094985690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
