1965 BC Lions season

The 1965 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6–9–1 record and failed to defend their Grey Cup title as they ended the season on a five-game losing streak and the team missing the playoffs.

1965 BC Lions season
Head coach	Dave Skrien
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	6–9–1
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

On October 24, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (at the time this the CFL record which stood for over a decade until 1976).

While Joe Kapp led the league in passing for the second consecutive season with 2961 yards passing and 219 completions, the other stars on the team were getting older, including star tailback Willie Fleming who had only had 595 yards rushing. Defensive end Dick Fouts was the lone Lion to make the CFL All-star team.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	340	243	24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	301	262	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	8	7	1	276	277	17
BC Lions	16	6	9	1	286	273	13
Edmonton Eskimos	16	5	11	0	257	400	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23–21	Loss	0–1
2	Aug 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	38–13	Win	1–1
3	Aug 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12–6	Loss	1–2
4	Aug 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	10–10	Tie	1–2–1
5	Aug 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	36–1	Win	2–2–1
6	Sept 2	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14–7	Win	3–2–1
7	Sept 11	vs. Calgary Stampeders	24–10	Win	4–2–1
8	Sept 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	11–6	Loss	4–3–1
9	Sept 25	at Calgary Stampeders	21–7	Loss	4–4–1
10	Sept 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–14	Win	5–4–1
11	Oct 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	41–27	Win	6–4–1
12	Oct 9	at Edmonton Eskimos	14–12	Loss	6–5–1
13	Oct 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25–7	Loss	6–6–1
14	Oct 19	at Ottawa Rough Riders	35–14	Loss	6–7–1
15	Oct 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–14	Loss	6–8–1
16	Oct 31	vs. Calgary Stampeders	20–10	Loss	6–9–1

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Offensive leaders

Player	Passing yds	Rushing yds	Receiving yds	TD
Joe Kapp	2961	345	0	4
Willie Fleming		595	594	8
Bill Munsey		475	84	5
Bob Swift		501	37	8
Pat Claridge		4	554	0
Mack Burton		0	501	3
Peter Kempf		0	497	3

Awards and records

1965 CFL All-Stars

• DE – Dick Fouts, CFL All-Star

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
2. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.