1978 BC Lions Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 7-7-2 16
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Vic Rapp (7-7-2)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1978 BC Lions RosterTeam Record: 7-7-2 16
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Vic Rapp (7-7-2)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1978 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses and 2 ties for 16 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Conference.
The Lions ran up 359 points, and the defensive squad conceded 308. Jerry Tagge passed for 3,134 yards. Leon Bright grabbed 52 passes, while Al Charuk added 790 receiving yards, while Larry Key contributed to the receiving game as well.
Larry Key carried the ball for a team-leading 1,054 yards for BC.
Ken Hinton picked off 5 opponent throws.
Vic Rapp coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tagge | 430 | 243 | 56.5 | 3134 | 7.3 | 13 | 3.0 | 20 | 4.7 | 77 | 70.2 |
| Gary Keithley | 49 | 28 | 57.1 | 310 | 6.3 | 2 | 4.1 | 2 | 4.1 | 38 | 72.7 |
| Larry Key | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 89 | 44.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 89 | 135.4 |
| Lui Passaglia | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 62.5 |
| Totals | 483 | 273 | 56.5 | 3542 | 7.3 | 16 | 3.3 | 22 | 4.6 | 89 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Key | 215 | 1054 | 4.9 | 66 | 7 |
| John White | 56 | 276 | 4.9 | 42 | 2 |
| Calvin Culliver | 41 | 207 | 5.0 | 58 | 3 |
| Don Taylor | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 70 | 2 |
| Harry Holt | 27 | 107 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Leon Bright | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 63 | 1 |
| Gary Keithley | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Terry Bailey | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rudy Florio | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 34 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 423 | 1980 | 4.7 | 70 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Bright | 52 | 781 | 15.0 | 89 | 2 |
| Al Charuk | 51 | 790 | 15.5 | 53 | 4 |
| Larry Key | 48 | 506 | 10.5 | 46 | 3 |
| Terry Bailey | 34 | 391 | 11.5 | 32 | 2 |
| Jim Young | 25 | 343 | 13.7 | 44 | 2 |
| John White | 21 | 195 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 14 | 201 | 14.4 | 45 | 1 |
| Ricky Ellis | 12 | 196 | 16.3 | 77 | 1 |
| Calvin Culliver | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Tyrone Walls | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Rick Appleby | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Hal Lund | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 273 | 3542 | 13.0 | 89 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 44 | 37 | 84.1 | 6 | 68 | 4148 | 61.0 | 88 | 3 | 150 |
| Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 44 | 37 | 84.1 | 6 | 68 | 4148 | 61.0 | 88 | 3 | 150 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Bright | 40 | 498 | 12.4 | 51 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 62 | 478 | 7.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Devon Ford | 13 | 96 | 7.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Carlson | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Oliver | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hal Lund | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 129 | 1175 | 9.1 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Key | 20 | 649 | 32.4 | 86 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 18 | 425 | 23.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Ken Hinton | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Rudy Florio | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Sam Britts | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Calvin Culliver | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Seymour | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| John White | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Giroday | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Beaton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1559 | 25.1 | 86 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hinton | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Grady Cavness | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Fourqurean | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Oliver | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Beaton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Carlson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sam Britts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louie Richardson | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Landy | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Glen Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Giroday | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Fourqurean | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Andre Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Beaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lui Passaglia | 37 | 30 | 18 | 159 | ||||||||||
| Larry Key | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Al Charuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Calvin Culliver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Leon Bright | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| John White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Don Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Harry Holt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Terry Bailey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Rick Appleby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ricky Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gary Keithley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 357 |
