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

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.