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1959 BC Lions Statistics
Team Record: 9-7 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 0-2 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Wayne Robinson (9-7)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1959 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses for 18 points, finishing third in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
BC racked up 306 points, while the defense allowed 301. Don Vicic carried the ball for a team-leading 802 yards for the Lions, while Willie Fleming and Ed Vereb additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Randy Duncan threw for 2,746 yards. Jerry Janes grabbed 41 passes for 936 yards. Ed Vereb and Bruce Claridge were targeted regularly also.
Bill Jessup picked off 5 opponent throws.
Wayne Robinson coached the team. The 1959 BC Lions lost in the Semifinal.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Duncan | 318 | 154 | 48.4 | 2746 | 8.6 | 18 | 5.7 | 30 | 9.4 | 91 | 58.0 |
Earl Keeley | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 232 | 8.9 | 2 | 7.7 | 4 | 15.4 | 53 | 76.6 |
Ed Vereb | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 94 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 53.2 |
Willie Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 360 | 174 | 48.3 | 3072 | 8.5 | 20 | 5.6 | 35 | 9.7 | 91 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Vicic | 165 | 802 | 4.9 | 23 | 6 |
Willie Fleming | 110 | 774 | 7.0 | 52 | 3 |
Ed Vereb | 129 | 648 | 5.0 | 40 | 1 |
Bill Britton | 51 | 242 | 4.7 | 19 | 2 |
Byron Bailey | 33 | 142 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
Randy Duncan | 29 | 123 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
Vern Lofstrom | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 17 | 1 |
Joe Yamauchi | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
Douglas Nagle | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
Sonny Homer | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 1 |
Earl Keeley | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 |
Chuck Dubuque | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Wood | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Hal Sparrow | 4 | -14 | -3.5 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 568 | 2908 | 5.1 | 52 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Janes | 41 | 936 | 22.8 | 75 | 6 |
Bruce Claridge | 32 | 519 | 16.2 | 53 | 4 |
Ed Vereb | 31 | 544 | 17.5 | 91 | 3 |
Willie Fleming | 26 | 517 | 19.9 | 53 | 5 |
Bill Britton | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 28 | 0 |
Don Vicic | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
Jim Wood | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 60 | 0 |
Bill Jessup | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 20 | 2 |
Paul Cameron | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
Byron Bailey | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
Douglas Nagle | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
Chuck Dubuque | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Urban Henry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Vern Lofstrom | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 174 | 3062 | 17.6 | 91 | 20 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Kristopaitis | 32 | 27 | 84.4 | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 45 | 2415 | 53.7 | 66 | 0 | 65 |
Jerry Janes | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Totals | 39 | 31 | 79.5 | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 2 | 45 | 2415 | 53.7 | 66 | 0 | 69 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Sparrow | 77 | 2940 | 38.2 | 53 | 3 |
Jim Wood | 26 | 1076 | 41.4 | 57 | 0 |
Vic Kristopaitis | 9 | 365 | 40.6 | 51 | 0 |
Bill Jessup | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Totals | 113 | 4402 | 39.0 | 57 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Yamauchi | 48 | 298 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 |
Sonny Homer | 40 | 278 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
Douglas Nagle | 36 | 187 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
Bill Jessup | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
Bill Britton | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
Don Vassos | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 143 | 854 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Fleming | 21 | 545 | 26.0 | 52 | 0 |
Byron Bailey | 13 | 336 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 |
Sonny Homer | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 |
Don Vassos | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 25 | 0 |
Don Vicic | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 17 | 0 |
Bill Britton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
Douglas Nagle | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bruce Claridge | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Bob Brady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 1156 | 22.2 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Jessup | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
Norm Fieldgate | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 40 | 0 |
Vic Kristopaitis | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
Don Vassos | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 1 |
Ted Tully | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Britton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Furey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sonny Homer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 145 | 6.6 | 40 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Tully | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Don Lord | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Jessup | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vic Kristopaitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Hinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Urban Henry | 2 | 32 | 1 | ||||
Chuck Gavin | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||
Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Ted Roman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charley Quilter | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Furey | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ed Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hall Whitley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Britton | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Douglas Nagle | 0 | 66 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 124 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Vic Kristopaitis | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 65 | ||||||||
Willie Fleming | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Jerry Janes | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | |||||||||
Don Vicic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Bruce Claridge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Ed Vereb | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Bill Britton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Bill Jessup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Douglas Nagle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Urban Henry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Sonny Homer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Vern Lofstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Norm Fieldgate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Don Vassos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Byron Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Hal Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Totals | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 306 |