1966 BC Lions season

1966 BC Lions season
Head coach	Dave Skrien
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1966 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 5–11 record continuing to regress as their star players were in the twilights of their careers. Joe Kapp ended his career after the 1966 season, finishing a run of 91 straight starts and as the franchise leader in passing yards. The Lions lost many close games, including five by one or two points and placekicker Bill Mitchell kicked a woeful 11 field goals from 25 attempts.

Regular season

Season standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	6	1	351	318	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	7	1	264	230	17
Edmonton Eskimos	16	6	9	1	251	328	13
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	9	1	227	459	13
BC Lions	16	5	11	0	254	269	10

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Season schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 3	at Calgary Stampeders	21–3	Win	1–0
2	Aug 8	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	27–7	Loss	1–1
3	Aug 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	16–14	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–7	Loss	1–3
5	Aug 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–29	Loss	1–4
6	Sept 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	13–6	Loss	1–5
7	Sept 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	14–3	Win	2–5
8	Sept 17	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	21–16	Loss	2–6
9	Sept 25	at Toronto Argonauts	29–27	Loss	2–7
10	Sept 27	at Montreal Alouettes	25–23	Loss	2–8
11	Oct 3	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17–10	Win	3–8
12	Oct 10	at Edmonton Eskimos	10–7	Win	4–8
13	Oct 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–21	Loss	4–9
14	Oct 17	at Calgary Stampeders	13–9	Win	5–9
15	Oct 23	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16–7	Loss	5–10
16	Oct 30	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–13	Loss	5–11

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Awards and records

1966 CFL All-Stars

None

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1966 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1966 CFL Draft 54th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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