1972 BC Lions season

The 1972 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 5–11 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–22	Loss	0–1
2	Aug 8	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19–17	Win	1–1
3	Aug 14	at Calgary Stampeders	19–14	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	39–7	Loss	1–3
5	Aug 25	at Edmonton Eskimos	29–7	Loss	1–4
6	Sept 7	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–7	Loss	1–5
7	Sept 12	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–13	Loss	1–6
8	Sept 17	at Montreal Alouettes	22–17	Loss	1–7
9	Sept 20	at Toronto Argonauts	23–9	Win	2–7
10	Sept 26	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	20–17	Loss	2–8
11	Oct 3	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–24	Win	3–8
12	Oct 8	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–14	Loss	3–9
13	Oct 14	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	22–16	Win	4–9
14	Oct 21	vs. Calgary Stampeders	19–17	Loss	4–10
15	Oct 28	at Calgary Stampeders	28–3	Loss	4–11
16	Nov 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–14	Win	5–11

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

1972 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1972 CFL Draft 60th 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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