1965 BC Lions season

1965 BC Lions season
General manager	Herb Capozzi
Head coach	Dave Skrien
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	6–9–1
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1965 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6–9–1 record and failed to defend their Grey Cup title as the team ended the season on a five-game losing streak and missed the playoffs.

On October 24, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (this was the CFL record that stood for over a decade until 1976).

While Joe Kapp led the league in passing for the second consecutive season with 2961 yards passing and 219 completions, the other stars on the team were getting older, including star tailback Willie Fleming who had only had 595 yards rushing. Defensive end Dick Fouts was the lone Lion to make the CFL All-star team.

Regular season

Season standings

The team finished 4th in the Western Conference:^[1]

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	340	243	24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	301	262	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	8	7	1	276	277	17
BC Lions	16	6	9	1	286	273	13
Edmonton Eskimos	16	5	11	0	257	400	10

Season schedule

The team had 6 wins and 1 tie in 16 games played:^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Results
			Score	Record
1	Aug 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 21–23	0–1
2	Aug 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 38–13	1–1
3	Aug 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 6–12	1–2
4	Aug 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	T 10–10	1–2–1
5	Aug 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 36–1	2–2–1
6	Sept 2	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 14–7	3–2–1
7	Sept 11	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 24–10	4–2–1
8	Sept 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 6–11	4–3–1
9	Sept 25	at Calgary Stampeders	L 7–21	4–4–1
10	Sept 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 26–14	5–4–1
11	Oct 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 41–27	6–4–1
12	Oct 9	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–14	6–5–1
13	Oct 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–25	6–6–1
14	Oct 19	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 14–35	6–7–1
15	Oct 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 14–30	6–8–1
16	Oct 31	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 10–20	6–9–1

Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Joe Kapp	2961	345	0	4
Willie Fleming		595	594	8
Bill Munsey		475	84	5
Bob Swift		501	37	8
Pat Claridge		4	554	0
Mack Burton		0	501	3
Peter Kempf		0	497	3

Awards and records

1965 CFL All-Stars

• DE – Dick Fouts, CFL All-Star

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
2. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.