1958 BC Lions Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Dan Edwards (3-8)
Coach: Team (0-2)
Coach: Clem Crowe (0-3)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1958 BC Lions RosterTeam Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Dan Edwards (3-8)
Coach: Team (0-2)
Coach: Clem Crowe (0-3)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1958 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses for 6 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.
BC managed just 202 points, worst in the league, while the leaky defense gave up 399, most in the circuit. George Herring threw for 1,669 yards, and Al Dorow threw the ball as well. Paul Cameron topped the receiving corps, grabbing 58 passes, while Jerry Janes added 868 receiving yards.
Byron Bailey carried the ball for a team-leading 489 yards for the Lions, and Ed Vereb additionally aided the ground game.
Paul Cameron picked off 5 opponent throws.
Dan Edwards, Team and Clem Crowe coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Herring | 232 | 113 | 48.7 | 1669 | 7.2 | 5 | 2.2 | 20 | 8.6 | 85 | 43.9 |
| Al Dorow | 160 | 84 | 52.5 | 1212 | 7.6 | 9 | 5.6 | 14 | 8.8 | 67 | 59.7 |
| Paul Cameron | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 45.5 |
| Pete Neft | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 118.8 |
| Ed Vereb | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 12 | 6.9 |
| Primo Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Sonny Homer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Mike Davies | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 407 | 200 | 49.1 | 2939 | 7.2 | 14 | 3.4 | 36 | 8.8 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bailey | 99 | 489 | 4.9 | 45 | 4 |
| Ed Vereb | 80 | 424 | 5.3 | 24 | 2 |
| Paul Cameron | 54 | 304 | 5.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Britton | 48 | 210 | 4.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 61 | 205 | 3.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 34 | 161 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Sonny Homer | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 14 | 2 |
| Primo Villanueva | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Al Dorow | 37 | 44 | 1.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mel Gillett | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Neft | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Douglas Nagle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Duke Washington | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Charley Quilter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Mike Davies | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| George Herring | 73 | -111 | -1.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 526 | 1899 | 3.6 | 45 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cameron | 58 | 834 | 14.4 | 61 | 2 |
| Jerry Janes | 47 | 868 | 18.5 | 85 | 5 |
| Vic Chapman | 20 | 368 | 18.4 | 67 | 1 |
| Ed Vereb | 19 | 174 | 9.2 | 29 | 3 |
| Byron Bailey | 16 | 131 | 8.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Howard Schnellenberger | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 41 | 1 |
| Rick Kaser | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Britton | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Sonny Homer | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Ted Hunt | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Pete Neft | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Duke Washington | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Watton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 2935 | 14.7 | 85 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Hunt | 27 | 19 | 70.4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Jerry Janes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 28 | 20 | 71.4 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Herring | 107 | 4570 | 42.7 | 77 | 2 |
| Vic Chapman | 36 | 1393 | 38.7 | 72 | 1 |
| Ted Hunt | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 65 | 1 |
| Paul Cameron | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Totals | 148 | 6143 | 41.5 | 77 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Hunt | 71 | 478 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 45 | 373 | 8.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Mel Gillett | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Douglas Nagle | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Cameron | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Kaser | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Enos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 136 | 962 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bailey | 24 | 569 | 23.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Ed Vereb | 10 | 250 | 25.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Sonny Homer | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Britton | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Cameron | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Mel Gillett | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Douglas Nagle | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Neft | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Howard Schnellenberger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Frank | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 65 | 1315 | 20.2 | 68 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cameron | 5 | 137 | 27.4 | 35 | 1 |
| Mike Davies | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Rick Kaser | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Douglas Nagle | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Brady | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Bill Britton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Lord | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Gillett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 329 | 15.7 | 44 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cameron | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Davies | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Urban Henry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hall Whitley | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Don Vicic | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Enos | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Laurie Hodgson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sonny Homer | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Janes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marty Martinello | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Gillett | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Dubuque | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Britton | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jerry Janes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||
| Ed Vereb | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Ted Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 27 | |||||||
| Byron Bailey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Sonny Homer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Paul Cameron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Al Dorow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Vic Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Rick Kaser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Don Vicic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Howard Schnellenberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Primo Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
