1961 British Columbia Lions (CFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/20/1961	A	Toronto Argonauts	17-28	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	22415
Mon	7/24/1961	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	38-27	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	18769
Sat	7/29/1961	N	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-3	W	Seattle, WA	Husky Stadium	28000
Tue	8/1/1961	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	14-22	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	17988
Mon	8/7/1961	H	Edmonton Eskimos	19-29	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	28617
Sat	8/12/1961	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	7-41	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17329
Tue	8/15/1961	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-30	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17103
Mon	8/21/1961	H	Montreal Alouettes	7-7	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	26863
Thu	8/24/1961	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	6-25	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	12341
Mon	8/28/1961	A	Edmonton Eskimos	20-21	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	13000
Sat	9/9/1961	H	Calgary Stampeders	17-35	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	32066
Thu	9/14/1961	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15-36	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16016
Mon	9/18/1961	H	Toronto Argonauts	7-15	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	24428
Sat	9/23/1961	A	Calgary Stampeders	9-28	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	16000
Sat	9/30/1961	H	Edmonton Eskimos	21-9	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	20210
Sat	10/7/1961	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20-24	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	13050
Mon	10/9/1961	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-17	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	11529
Mon	10/16/1961	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15-16	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	20778
Sat	10/28/1961	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-17	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	19836
Sun	11/5/1961	H	Calgary Stampeders	7-43	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	19564

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
By Bailey	38	FB	5-10	192	31	Washington State	14
Jerry Beabout	68	DE-OT	6-3	240	21	Purdue	2
Nub Beamer	35	FB	5-11	210	25	Oregon State	16
Neal Beaumont	27	OHB-S	6-1	225	20	none	16
Bob Belak	20	OHB	6-0	185	22	none	16
Walt Bilicki	44	LB-C	5-10	205	25	Manitoba	14
Dave Bosson		T	6-1	245	22	Duke	1
Billy Brewer		HB	6-0	190	27	Mississippi	1
Bill Britton	30	LB	5-11	190	27	Western Ontario	16
Tom Brown	69	DT	6-0	251	25	Minnesota	13
Mike Cacic	67	MG	6-5	265	24	none	16
Jim Carphin	72	OE	6-3	210	22	Olympic JC; Washington	13
Pat Claridge	78	OE	6-2	212	23	Washington	14
Steve Cotter	58	OG	6-3	225	20	Wenatchee Valley JC	16
Lonnie Dennis	56	OT	6-1	230	24	Brigham Young	14
Norm Fieldgate	75	E	6-2	210	29	British Columbia	16
Willie Fleming	15	OHB	5-10	182	22	Iowa	15
George Grant	60	K	6-4	235	29	Colorado College	7	0
Russ Haines	66	G	6-1	237	27	none	6
Tom Hinton	54	OG	6-0	225	25	Louisiana Tech	9
Sonny Homer	21	CB	6-0	185	25	Grays Harbor JC	15
Bob Jeter	11	HB	6-1	203	24	Iowa	9
Dick Johnson	70	OE	6-4	220	22	Minnesota	15
Jim Jones	32	OHB	6-1	205	26	Washington	2
Joe Kapp	22	QB	6-2	214	23	California	11
Earl Keeley	12	QB	6-0	180	25	Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana	8
Vic Kristopaitis	57	LB	6-2	205	26	Dayton	9
Vern Lofstrom	37	FB	5-8	185	24	none	13
Bill MacDougall	51	G	6-1	220	23	none	5
Gordie Mitchell	62	OT	6-3	230	28	none	16
Baz Nagle	26	HB	5-11	188	28	none	2
Ed O'Bradovich	77	DE	6-3	255	21	Illinois	3
Ken Reid	66	T	6-3	230	23	Western Washington	2
Rae Ross	74	E	6-1	185	30	British Columbia	16
Bob Schloredt	17	DB-QB	6-0	195	22	Washington	11
Mel Semenko	64	DE	6-2	235	24	Wyoming; Colorado	15
Ed Sullivan	40	C-LB	6-1	200	26	Notre Dame	16
Barney Therrien	50	DT	6-2	235	21	Washington	16
Clyde Thomas	24	HB	5-10	187	21	Ohio University	2
Ed Vereb	25	HB	6-0	190	27	Maryland	4
Don Vicic	36	LB-FB	6-1	215	26	Ohio State	9
Jimmy Walden	10	QB	6-2	185	23	Itawamba CC; Wyoming	3
Ron Watton	42	C	6-1	219	29	none	16
Joe Wendryhoski	55	DE	6-2	245	23	Illinois	13

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	60	60	62	33	215
Opponents Totals	95	93	97	108	393

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		233	120	97	16	115	716
Opponents Totals		330	201	114	15	79	729

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Nub Beamer	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	54
Vic Kristopaitis	0	14	14	100.0	-	-	-	5	12	41.7	4	0	33
Dick Johnson	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
George Grant	0	8	13	61.5	-	-	-	3	9	33.3	0	0	17
By Bailey	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Sonny Homer	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Bob Jeter	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Vern Lofstrom	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Don Vicic	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Neal Beaumont	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		2	0	2
Willie Fleming	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	54
Bob Schloredt	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	1
Team Totals	27	22	27	81.5	8	21	38.1	7	0	215
Opponents Totals	51	41	51	80.4	9	23	39.1	15	2	393

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nub Beamer	169	878	5.2	53	9
Willie Fleming	96	468	4.9	64	2
By Bailey	76	386	5.1	36	1
Bob Jeter	28	127	4.5	17	0
Joe Kapp	37	127	3.4	20	0
Ed Vereb	16	72	4.5	15	0
Jimmy Walden	12	69	5.8		0
Bob Schloredt	26	48	1.8	42	0
Clyde Thomas	11	45	4.1	13	0
Vern Lofstrom	9	35	3.9	10	0
Jim Jones	8	30	3.8	5	0
Neal Beaumont	7	19	2.7	7	0
Sonny Homer	3	16	5.3	14	0
Earl Keeley	2	6	3.0	8	0
Vic Kristopaitis	1	-11	-11.0	-11	0
Team Totals	504	2315	4.6		12
Opponents Totals	622	3580	5.8		26

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Kapp	209	85	40.7	109	1580	7.6	18.6	100	9	4.3	15	7.2		52	1528	51.9
Jimmy Walden	61	33	54.1	26	514	8.4	15.6	40	3	4.9	2	3.3	0	0	514	85.0
Earl Keeley	21	11	52.4	7	118	5.6	10.7	19	1	4.8	3	14.3		0	118	45.4
Bob Schloredt	21	8	38.1	12	117	5.6	14.6	46	1	4.8	1	4.8		49	68	53.1
Bob Jeter	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0	39.6
Ed Vereb	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Willie Fleming	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	315	137	43.5	156	2329	7.4	17.0		14	4.4	22	7.0				54.8
Opponents Totals	283	148	52.3	114	2539	9.0	17.2		21	7.4	21	7.4				76.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Johnson	33	645	19.5	68	4
Pat Claridge	28	327	11.7	19	0
By Bailey	12	125	10.4	24	0
Nub Beamer	7	108	15.4	39	0
Bob Jeter	7	101	14.4	33	1
Ed Vereb	4	74	18.5	29	0
Vern Lofstrom	4	66	16.5	22	1
Jim Carphin	4	53	13.3	13	0
Neal Beaumont	3	47	15.7	21	0
Clyde Thomas	2	43	21.5	31	0
Jim Jones	1	15	15.0	15	0
Sonny Homer	1	9	9.0	9t	1
Don Vicic	1	7	7.0	7t	1
Willie Fleming	28	680	24.3	100	6
Bob Belak	2	29	14.5	20	0
Team Totals	137	2329	17.0		14
Opponents Totals	148	2539	17.2		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Norm Fieldgate	5	70	14.0	23	0
Rae Ross	4	8	2.0	5	0
Bob Schloredt	3	42	14.0	27	0
Sonny Homer	3	36	12.0	23	0
Neal Beaumont	2	40	20.0	40	0
Team Totals	21	223	10.6		0
Opponents Totals	22	407	18.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Neal Beaumont	62	2686	43.3	57	0	2
Bob Schloredt	42	1720	41.0	58	0	1
Vic Kristopaitis	22	907	41.2	76	0	0
Earl Keeley	9	334	37.1	44	0	0
Team Totals	135	5647	41.8		0
Opponents Totals	125	5392	43.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bob Belak	40	191	4.8	17
Neal Beaumont	37	157	4.2	16
Bill Britton	35	147	4.2	10
Sonny Homer	5	54	10.8	18
Bob Jeter	4	20	5.0	18
Willie Fleming	2	18	9.0	13
Baz Nagle	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	123	587	4.8
Opponents Totals	135	719	5.3

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Vic Kristopaitis	24	1253	52.2	71	0
George Grant	21	1060	50.5	70	0
Team Totals	45	2313	51.4
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
By Bailey	16	312	19.5	32	0
Willie Fleming	13	301	23.2	92	1
Bob Jeter	3	170	56.7	35	0
Nub Beamer	8	114	14.3	24	0
Jim Jones	4	74	18.5	25	0
Dick Johnson	4	64	16.0	38	0
Neal Beaumont	3	54	18.0	27	0
Vern Lofstrom	3	25	8.3	17	0
Don Vicic	2	24	12.0	16	0
Joe Wendryhoski	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	62	1140	18.4		1
Opponents Totals	46	906	19.7		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Nub Beamer	2			0	0	0	0
Neal Beaumont	2			1	1	3	0
Bob Belak	2			0	0	0	0
Bill Britton	4		1	1	2	3	0
Tom Brown				0	2	0	0
Mike Cacic				1	1	0	0
Lonnie Dennis				1	1	0	0
Sonny Homer	2			0	0	0	0
Bob Jeter	2			0	0	0	0
Dick Johnson				2	2	0	0
Vic Kristopaitis				2	2	0	0
Gordie Mitchell				2	2	0	0
Ed O'Bradovich				1	1	0	0
Bob Schloredt	3			1	1	0	0
Mel Semenko				2	2	7	0
Ed Sullivan				1	1	0	0
Barney Therrien				2	2	0	0
Team Totals	24	18	6	17	23	13	0
Opponents Totals		17		18	18		3

Don Branby	Line
Dave Skrien	Backfield
Ed Vereb	Backfield