
1972 BC Lions Statistics
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Eagle Keys (5-11)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1972 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Conference.
The Lions chalked up 254 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 380. Don Moorhead threw for 2,606 yards. Jim Young topped pass catchers, grabbing 63 passes for 1,362 yards.
Jim Evenson carried the ball for a team-leading 961 yards for BC.
Brian Donnelly intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Eagle Keys coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Moorhead | 326 | 159 | 48.8 | 2606 | 8.0 | 10 | 3.1 | 17 | 5.2 | 73 | 64.5 |
Don Bunce | 92 | 40 | 43.5 | 740 | 8.0 | 6 | 6.5 | 11 | 12.0 | 54 | 54.0 |
Eric Guthrie | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 100 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 33 | 33.0 |
Rocky Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 432 | 205 | 47.5 | 3446 | 8.0 | 16 | 3.7 | 30 | 6.9 | 73 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Evenson | 184 | 961 | 5.2 | 44 | 8 |
Monroe Eley | 105 | 517 | 4.9 | 75 | 1 |
Johnny Musso | 88 | 405 | 4.6 | 21 | 1 |
Don Moorhead | 70 | 330 | 4.7 | 17 | 1 |
Don Bunce | 8 | 58 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
Larry Highbaugh | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 20 | 0 |
Rocky Long | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
Eric Guthrie | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 465 | 2301 | 4.9 | 75 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Young | 63 | 1362 | 21.6 | 73 | 11 |
Johnny Musso | 39 | 556 | 14.3 | 41 | 2 |
Monroe Eley | 27 | 507 | 18.8 | 53 | 0 |
Jim Evenson | 26 | 329 | 12.7 | 53 | 1 |
Larry Highbaugh | 18 | 278 | 15.4 | 54 | 2 |
Dave Denny | 15 | 202 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 |
Michel Leveille | 13 | 177 | 13.6 | 38 | 0 |
Rocky Long | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
Pete Palmer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Ted Gerela | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 205 | 3446 | 16.8 | 73 | 16 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Gerela | 27 | 25 | 92.6 | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 7 | 40 | 2291 | 57.3 | 80 | 0 | 89 |
Totals | 27 | 25 | 92.6 | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 7 | 40 | 2291 | 57.3 | 80 | 0 | 89 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Guthrie | 119 | 5017 | 42.2 | 64 | 1 |
Ken Phillips | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 43 | 0 |
Ronnie Estay | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 33 | 0 |
Totals | 128 | 5323 | 41.6 | 64 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Friend | 51 | 327 | 6.4 | 26 | 0 |
Michel Leveille | 37 | 184 | 5.0 | 23 | 0 |
Mike Wilson | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
Al Rankin | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
Rocky Long | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 |
Brian Donnelly | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
Dave Easley | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 121 | 697 | 5.8 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monroe Eley | 37 | 1033 | 27.9 | 56 | 0 |
Larry Highbaugh | 14 | 445 | 31.8 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky Long | 5 | 146 | 29.2 | 38 | 0 |
Ted Gerela | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
Mike Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Dave Denny | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Johnny Musso | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Palmer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 66 | 1688 | 25.6 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Donnelly | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
Dave Easley | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 |
Rocky Long | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 43 | 0 |
Ray Nettles | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
Pete Palmer | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
Wayne Matherne | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 37 | 0 |
Mike Wilson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
Wayne Holm | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
Larry Highbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 337 | 13.0 | 43 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronnie Estay | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Rocky Long | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wayne Matherne | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Wayne Holm | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
Ray Nettles | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
Pete Palmer | 1 | 0 | |||||
Mike Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Greg Findlay | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
George Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Easley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Donnelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 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 |
Ted Gerela | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 89 | ||||||||
Jim Young | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||||
Jim Evenson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Johnny Musso | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Larry Highbaugh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Monroe Eley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Don Moorhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Eric Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 252 |