1957 BC Lions season

The 1957 BC Lions finished the season in fourth place in the W.I.F.U. with a 4–11–1 record.

1957 BC Lions season
Head coach	Clem Crowe
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	4–11–1
Division place	4th, W.I.F.U.
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

Before the season, many media sources predicted the Lions to be playoff bound, however, after going through six different quarterbacks and an eight-game losing streak, the Lions finished out of the playoffs yet again.

The biggest appointment during the 1957 season was the hiring of former Montreal Alouette Herb Capozzi as general manager. Over nine seasons, Capozzi would eventually build the expansion doormats into a powerhouse that would appear in the Grey Cup in 1963 and win it in 1964.

WIFU all-stars were running back By Bailey and Ed Sharkey at both offensive guard and linebacker.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Interprovincial Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	2	0	475	142	28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	0	406	300	24
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	221	413	12
BC Lions	16	4	11	1	284	369	9
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	3	12	1	276	438	7

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Season schedule

Don Vicic, Ron Vann, and Paul Cameron

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 17	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	44–20	Win	1–0
2	Aug 19	at Calgary Stampeders	8–1	Loss	1–1
3	Aug 26	vs. Calgary Stampeders	22–20	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 30	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–14	Loss	1–3
5	Sept 2	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–13	Loss	1–4
6	Sept 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	35–13	Loss	1–5
7	Sept 14	at Edmonton Eskimos	25–6	Loss	1–6
8	Sept 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	41–21	Loss	1–7
9	Sept 25	at Calgary Stampeders	22–21	Loss	1–8
10	Sept 30	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–21	Tie	1–8–1
11	Oct 7	vs. Calgary Stampeders	27–1	Win	2–8–1
12	Oct 12	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–16	Win	3–8–1
13	Oct 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–10	Win	4–8–1
14	Oct 19	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	29–12	Loss	4–9–1
15	Oct 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	29–0	Loss	4–10–1
16	Nov 2	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–19	Loss	4–11–1

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Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Maury Duncan	1827	-133	0	0
By Bailey		885	188	11
Paul Cameron	57	514	593	4
Jerry Janes		0	503	6
Don Vicic		399	44	3
Dan Edwards		0	357	0

1957 Canadian Football Awards

None

References

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