1980 BC Lions season

1980 BC Lions season
General managerBob Ackles
Head coachVic Rapp
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record8–7–1
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid 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

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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Season schedule

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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

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Offensive leaders

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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

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1980 CFL All-Stars

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1980 CFL Western All-Stars

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References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.