1957 BC Lions Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-11-1 9
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Clem Crowe (4-11-1)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1957 BC Lions RosterTeam Record: 4-11-1 9
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Clem Crowe (4-11-1)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1957 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties for 9 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.
BC chalked up 284 points, while the defensive squad gave up 369. Byron Bailey carried the ball for a team-leading 885 yards for the Lions.
Maury Duncan threw for 1,827 yards. Paul Cameron topped the receiving corps, grabbing 36 passes for 593 yards. Jerry Janes was targeted regularly, too.
Paul Cameron picked off 6 opponent throws.
Clem Crowe coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maury Duncan | 236 | 127 | 53.8 | 1827 | 7.7 | 12 | 5.1 | 18 | 7.6 | 70 | 64.4 |
| Primo Villanueva | 46 | 21 | 45.7 | 406 | 8.8 | 4 | 8.7 | 3 | 6.5 | 64 | 78.7 |
| Ron Vann | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 254 | 7.7 | 3 | 9.1 | 3 | 9.1 | 36 | 72.0 |
| Paul Cameron | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 57 | 5.7 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 84.2 |
| Tony Teresa | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 39.6 |
| Bob Dickie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 332 | 169 | 50.9 | 2561 | 7.7 | 20 | 6.0 | 24 | 7.2 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bailey | 184 | 885 | 4.8 | 30 | 11 |
| Paul Cameron | 78 | 514 | 6.6 | 31 | 2 |
| Don Vicic | 77 | 399 | 5.2 | 19 | 3 |
| Primo Villanueva | 40 | 247 | 6.2 | 58 | 1 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 49 | 182 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Paul Goad | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Roberts | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Bud Laughlin | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Dubuque | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Art Shannon | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Hal Sparrow | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Teresa | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Vann | 16 | 12 | 0.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Vern Lofstrom | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Ted Hunt | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Charley Quilter | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don Ross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Maury Duncan | 33 | -103 | -3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 539 | 2347 | 4.4 | 58 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cameron | 36 | 593 | 16.5 | 70 | 5 |
| Jerry Janes | 25 | 503 | 20.1 | 68 | 6 |
| Byron Bailey | 24 | 188 | 7.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Dan Edwards | 23 | 357 | 15.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Rick Kaser | 16 | 223 | 13.9 | 37 | 1 |
| Vic Chapman | 10 | 197 | 19.7 | 58 | 3 |
| Primo Villanueva | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 44 | 2 |
| Don Vicic | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Roberts | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Dubuque | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ted Hunt | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 38 | 2 |
| Tony Teresa | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Art Shannon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Hal Sparrow | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Goad | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 169 | 2561 | 15.2 | 70 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Hunt | 25 | 20 | 80.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 |
| Maury Duncan | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 |
| Totals | 40 | 29 | 72.5 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 35 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Chapman | 130 | 5514 | 42.4 | 65 | 7 |
| Paul Cameron | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Hal Sparrow | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Ted Hunt | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Totals | 136 | 5735 | 42.2 | 65 | 7 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Hunt | 69 | 407 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 21 | 127 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Art Shannon | 15 | 89 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Kaser | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Paul Cameron | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Hal Sparrow | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Dubuque | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Vic Chapman | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Foster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 125 | 766 | 6.1 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bailey | 22 | 585 | 26.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Chuck Dubuque | 16 | 276 | 17.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Ted Hunt | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Roberts | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Art Shannon | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Rick Kaser | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Vern Lofstrom | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Edwards | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Janes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1270 | 20.5 | 51 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cameron | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Vic Chapman | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Ron Watton | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Rick Kaser | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Roberts | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 258 | 11.2 | 25 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lord | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Norm Fieldgate | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Kaser | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Enos | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lorne Reid | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Rae Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walt Mazur | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Vicic | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Cacic | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Byron Bailey | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| Paul Cameron | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Ted Hunt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| Jerry Janes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Vic Chapman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | |||||||
| Don Vicic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Primo Villanueva | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Maury Duncan | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Rick Kaser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bill Roberts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ron Vann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
