1968 BC Lions season

1968 BC Lions season
Head coach	Jim Champion
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	4–11–1
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1968 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 4–11–1 record and continued to have an inept offense. The Lions scored just 16 touchdowns all season as their placekicker, Ted Gerela, accounted for 115 of the team's 217 points. Once again, the Lions finished out of a playoff spot. The Lions played their first ever regular season game in July.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	12	3	1	345	223	25
Calgary Stampeders	16	10	6	0	412	249	20
Edmonton Eskimos	16	8	7	1	228	288	17
BC Lions	16	4	11	1	217	318	9
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	3	13	0	210	374	6

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 30	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18–16	Win	1–0
2	Aug 6	vs. Calgary Stampeders	41–7	Loss	1–1
3	Aug 15	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	18–17	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 20	at Edmonton Eskimos	12–4	Win	2–2
5	Aug 25	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17–10	Loss	2–3
6	Sept 2	at Calgary Stampeders	26–6	Loss	2–4
7	Sept 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–8	Loss	2–5
8	Sept 14	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	22–22	Tie	2–5–1
9	Sept 22	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	16–12	Loss	2–6–1
10	Sept 30	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16–13	Loss	2–7–1
11	Oct 5	at Edmonton Eskimos	13–5	Loss	2–8–1
12	Oct 12	at Toronto Argonauts	43–29	Loss	2–9–1
13	Oct 14	at Montreal Alouettes	13–4	Win	3–9–1
14	Oct 19	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16–14	Win	4–9–1
15	Oct 26	at Calgary Stampeders	42–23	Loss	4–10–1
16	Nov 2	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	12–6	Loss	4–11–1

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Awards and records

1968 CFL All-Stars

None

References

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