1980 BC Lions season

1980 BC Lions season
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	8–7–1
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1980 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with an 8–7–1 record. Despite the winning record, they still failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	13	3	0	505	281	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	10	6	0	394	387	20
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	407	355	18
BC Lions	16	8	7	1	381	351	17
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	284	469	4

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	39–24	Win	1–0
2	Bye				1–0
3	July 22	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–6	Win	2–0
4	July 30	at Edmonton Eskimos	33–21	Loss	2–1
5	Aug 5	vs. Calgary Stampeders	31–23	Win	3–1
6	Aug 12	at Calgary Stampeders	24–17	Loss	3–2
7	Aug 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	31–21	Win	4–2
8	Aug 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17–17	Tie	4–2–1
9	Sept 1	at Montreal Alouettes	14–6	Win	5–2–1
10	Bye				5–2–1
11	Sept 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	42–14	Loss	5–3–1
12	Sept 20	at Calgary Stampeders	24–16	Loss	5–4–1
13	Sept 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–22	Loss	5–5–1
14	Oct 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	44–8	Win	6–5–1
15	Oct 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	33–9	Loss	6–6–1
16	Oct 18	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	27–7	Win	7–6–1
17	Oct 26	at Toronto Argonauts	38–20	Loss	7–7–1
18	Nov 2	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43–17	Win	8–7–1

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Awards and records

1980 CFL All-Stars

C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star

1980 CFL Western All-Stars

TE – Harry Holt, CFL Western All-Star
C – Al Wilson, CFL Western All-Star

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1980 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1980 CFL Draft 68th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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