1981 BC Lions season

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1981 BC Lions season - Wikipedia

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1981 BC Lions season
General manager	Bob Ackles
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
← 1980 BC Lions seasons 1982 →

The 1981 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–6 record.

Joe Paopao had an excellent season with 3777 yards passing and 28 passing touchdowns and running back Larry Key had 19 touchdowns in a bounceback season after missing most of the 1980 season due to injury. Wideout Ty Gray had a breakout season with 1428 yards receiving.

The Lions beat Winnipeg in the West Semi-Final, but fell to the Eskimos 22–16 in the Western Final when Warren Moon hit Brian Kelly for a late 4th quarter touchdown. The Western Final included a game changing officiating error involving a Devon Ford kickoff return for a Lions touchdown when the officials incorrectly stated he stepped out-of-bounds. Television replays showed he clearly did not step out-of-bounds (video replay was instituted 25 years later in 2006).

Running back Larry Key and centre Al Wilson made the CFL all-star team.

This season marked the first time in Lions history that every regular season (16 in all) and playoff game (2) was televised.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance

Regular season

Season standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	1	1	576	277	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	517	299	22
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	438	377	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	431	371	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	306	367	12

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
1	1	July 4	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 48–8	1–0
2	Bye
3	2	July 16	at Toronto Argonauts	W 32–28	2–0
4	3	July 25	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 31–17	3–0
5	4	July 31	at Calgary Stampeders	W 52–29	4–0
6	5	Aug 9	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 28–24	5–0
7	6	Aug 16	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 23–37	5–1
8	7	Aug 23	at Montreal Alouettes	W 29–14	6–1
9	8	Aug 29	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 31–21	7–1
10	9	Sept 4	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 7–17	7–2
11	10	Sept 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 21–38	7–3
12	11	Sept 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 45–14	8–3
13	12	Sept 27	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 10–46	8–4
14	13	Oct 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–22	8–5
15	Bye
16	14	Oct 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22–49	8–6
17	15	Oct 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 34–7	9–6
18	16	Oct 31	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 13–5	10–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	0	11	3	1	15
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	1	0	3	11

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	3	13	0	0	16
Edmonton Eskimos	6	3	6	7	22

Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Joe Paopao	3777	25	0	0
Larry Key		1098	237	19
John Henry White		482	386	1
Tyrone Gray		10	1428	9
Ricky Ellis		13	594	4
Al Charuk		0	582	5
Harry Holt		4	367	2

Awards and records

1981 CFL All-Stars

RB – Larry Key, CFL All-Star
C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star

1981 CFL Western All-Stars

RB – Larry Key, CFL Western All-Star
WR – Tyrone Grey, CFL All-Star
C – Al Wilson, CFL Western All-Star

References

^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
^ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

v t e 1981 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1981 CFL Draft 69th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

v t e 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	Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic
Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Al Wilson Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker 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: Amar Doman General Manager: Neil McEvoy and Rick Campbell Head Coach: Rick Campbell
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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