1976 BC Lions season

1976 BC Lions season
Head coach	Cal Murphy
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	5–9–2
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1976 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 5–9–2 record and 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
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	11	5	0	427	238	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	10	6	0	384	316	20
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	6	1	311	367	19
BC Lions	16	5	9	2	308	336	12
Calgary Stampeders	16	2	12	2	316	422	6

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 22	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	35–8	Loss	0–1
2	July 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	39–14	Win	1–1
3	Aug 4	at Edmonton Eskimos	19–12	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 11	at Calgary Stampeders	13–9	Win	2–2
5	Aug 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–14	Win	3–2
6	Aug 24	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	23–11	Win	4–2
7	Aug 30	at Montreal Alouettes	30–9	Loss	4–3
8	Sept 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–14	Loss	4–4
9	Sept 12	vs. Calgary Stampeders	30–15	Win	5–4
10	Sept 19	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–20	Loss	5–5
11	Bye				5–5
12	Oct 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	27–27	Tie	5–5–1
13	Oct 11	at Edmonton Eskimos	16–12	Loss	5–6–1
14	Oct 17	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–15	Loss	5–7–1
15	Oct 24	at Calgary Stampeders	31–31	Tie	5–7–2
16	Oct 30	at Toronto Argonauts	25–16	Loss	5–8–2
17	Nov 6	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23–17	Loss	5–9–2

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Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Bill Baker (DE)

1976 CFL All-Stars

• C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star
• DE – Bill Baker, CFL All-Star

References

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