1974 BC Lions season

1974 BC Lions season
Head coach	Eagle Keys
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1974 BC Lions finished in third place in the Western Conference with an 8–8 record and appeared in the West Semi-Final.

Running back Johnny Musso got injured early in the season and played only 3 games. However, backups Lou Harris and Monroe Eley took advantage of their opportunity. Harris had 1232 yards rushing, 532 receiving, league best 12 touchdowns and was named to the CFL all-star team. Eley also rushed for over a thousand yards (1176) giving the Lions one of the best single season running games in CFL history.

Don Moorhead continued to be the starting quarterback and threw for 2468 yards passing and 17 touchdown passes. However, Moorhead injured his knee and hand late in the season and General Manager Jackie Parker traded for veteran quarterback Peter Liske in October as insurance. The Lions lost their final 4 games of the season, however, still made the final playoff spot via tiebreaker. In the Western Semi-Final, the Lions fell to Saskatchewan by a score of 24-14 (the Roughriders won all four games against the Lions in 1974).

Annis Stukus was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the Builder category.

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	10	5	1	345	247	21
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	305	289	18
BC Lions	16	8	8	0	306	299	16
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	8	0	258	350	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	285	305	12

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 25	vs. Calgary Stampeders	23–20	Win	1–0
2	July 31	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–22	Win	2–0
3	Aug 8	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–6	Win	3–0
4	Aug 14	at Calgary Stampeders	20–18	Loss	3–1
5	Aug 22	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	9–4	Loss	3–2
6	Aug 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	21–15	Win	4–2
7	Sept 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–16	Loss	4–3
8	Sept 12	at Toronto Argonauts	26–24	Win	5–3
9	Sept 15	at Montreal Alouettes	31–12	Loss	5–4
10	Sept 21	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–10	Win	6–4
11	Sept 29	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–10	Win	7–4
12	Oct 6	at Calgary Stampeders	20–7	Win	8–4
13	Oct 13	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–15	Loss	8–5
14	Oct 19	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–21	Loss	8–6
15	Oct 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	31–8	Loss	8–7
16	Nov 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	15–7	Loss	8–8

Playoffs

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	7	0	0	7	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	14	7	3	24

Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Don Moorhead	2478	204	0	3
Lou Harris		1239	532	12
Monroe Eley		1176	321	8
Jim Young		36	610	5
Brock Aynsley		0	453	0
Slade Willis		0	443	5

Awards and records

1974 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Lou Harris, CFL All-Star
• OG – Curtis Wester, CFL All-Star