1977 BC Lions season

1977 BC Lions season
General manager	Bob Ackles
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
Uniform

The 1977 BC Lions finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Western Final.

General Manager Bob Ackles started a complete shakeup of the organization by bringing Edmonton assistant Vic Rapp in as the 10th head coach on January 21.

Ackles also recruited Jerry Tagge, who quarterbacked the two-time NCAA champion University of Nebraska and was a high first round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers. Tagge, who never found success with Green Bay, was enticed to come up to Canada to resurrect his football career. Tagge had a solid season throwing for 2787 yards but more importantly led the Lions to 10 victories and several last-minute heroics that earned the 1977 Lions the label the "Cardiac Kids". Tagge was the western nominee for Outstanding Player, but lost out to running back JImmy Edwards of Hamilton for the Outstanding Player Award in the CFL.

Al Wilson finally won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman and receiver/return Leon Bright captured the Schenley Rookie award.

Rapp was named the Canadian Football League's Coach of the Year.

Tagge, Wilson and Bright were the 3 Lions selected to the CFL All-star team.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School

Roster

1977 BC Lions roster
Quarterbacks 7 Gary Keithley 8 Jerry Tagge Running backs 12 Rudy Florio 4 Mike Strickland Wide receivers 26 Leon Bright 25 Al Charuk 6 John Sciarra 74 Henry Sovio 70 Tyrone Walls Slotbacks 36 Terry Bailey 30 Jim Young		Offensive linemen 68 John Blain G 51 Tom Kudaba G 62 Layne McDowell T 52 Al Wilson C Defensive linemen 78 Frank Landy DT 64 Larry Watkins DT 60 Don Wunderly DT		Linebackers 40 Paul Giroday 37 Glen Jackson 44 Rob McLaren Defensive backs 27 Ted Dushinski 28 Doug Carlson 32 Grady Cavness 18 Ken Hinton 16 Rocky Long 3 Hal Lund Special teams 5 Lui Passaglia K/P		Inactive List (1 Game) (9 Game) Practice Roster Italics indicate Import players

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	0	412	320	20
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	369	326	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	10	6	0	382	336	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	8	8	0	330	389	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	0	241	327	8

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results
				Score	Record
1	1	July 12	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 14–9	1–0
2	2	July 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 34–14	2–0
3	3	July 26	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 5–24	2–1
4	4	Aug 3	at Calgary Stampeders	W 30–26	3–1
5	5	Aug 9	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 18–24	3–2
6	6	Aug 17	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 25–17	4–2
7	7	Aug 23	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 30–0	5–2
8	8	Aug 31	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 27–24	6–2
9	9	Sept 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 33–21	7–2
10	10	Sept 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 20–18	8–2
11	11	Sept 24	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 30–13	9–2
12	12	Oct 2	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15–19	9–3
13	Bye
14	13	Oct 15	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 18–17	10–3
15	14	Oct 23	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 21–31	10–4
16	15	Oct 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 28–38	10–5
17	16	Nov 5	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 21–31	10–6

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10	7	15	0	32
BC Lions	10	10	6	7	33

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	0	1	0	0	1
Edmonton Eskimos	17	3	10	8	38

Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Jerry Tagge	2787	48	0	1
Mike Strickland		751	382	6
Leon Bright		43	816	9
Jim Harrison		345	211	4
Terry Bailey		54	558	3
Jim Young		0	537	3
Al Charuk		0	317	3

Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Al Wilson (DE)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Leon Bright (WR)

1977 CFL All-Stars

• QB – Jerry Tagge, CFL All-Star
• WR- Leon Bright, CFL All-Star
• C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star