1976 British Columbia Lions (CFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	6/25/1976	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	6-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	16057
Tue	6/29/1976	H	Toronto Argonauts	27-18	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	15639
Thu	7/8/1976	H	Edmonton Eskimos	18-11	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	17603
Thu	7/15/1976	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24-19	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17727
Thu	7/22/1976	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8-35	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21983
Thu	7/29/1976	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39-14	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	15731
Wed	8/4/1976	A	Edmonton Eskimos	12-19	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25295
Wed	8/11/1976	A	Calgary Stampeders	13-9	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23606
Tue	8/17/1976	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22-14	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21505
Tue	8/24/1976	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	23-11	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	24797
Mon	8/30/1976	A	Montreal Alouettes	9-30	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	20108
Mon	9/6/1976	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14-17	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	21726
Sun	9/12/1976	H	Calgary Stampeders	30-15	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	18103
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20-22	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22809
Sat	10/2/1976	H	Edmonton Eskimos	27-27	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21704
Mon	10/11/1976	A	Edmonton Eskimos	12-16	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25982
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	15-28	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21534
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Calgary Stampeders	31-31	T	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	22717
Sat	10/30/1976	A	Toronto Argonauts	16-25	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	45404
Sat	11/6/1976	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17-23	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	14469

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
10	Barry Ardern	DB	5-10	181	30	none	16
36	Terry Bailey	RB	6-0	205	25	Simon Fraser	16
76	Bill Baker	DE	6-4	250	32	Otterbein	16
35	Jim Baker	LB	5-11	225	26	Arizona State	4
55	Edgar Bell	OG	6-1	236	23	New Mexico	14
68	Paul Brock	OT	6-3	250	21	Tulane	9
28	Doug Carlson	DB	6-1	195	24	Colorado	16
12	Rick Cassata	QB	6-1	205	29	Syracuse	7
32	Grady Cavness	DB	5-11	186	29	Texas-El Paso	16
20	Ross Clarkson	FL	5-10	175	25	Simon Fraser	16
27	Ted Dushinski	DB	6-0	195	33	none	15
14	Joe Fourqurean	DB	6-0	190	26	Bluefield State	16
64	Allen Gallaher	OT	6-3	255	26	Southern California	10
40	Paul Giroday	LB	6-2	225	25	California	16
8	Eric Guthrie	QB-P	6-1	200	29	Boise State	16
31	Lou Harris	RB	5-10	205	26	Sacramento CC; Southern California	13
21	Barry Houlihan	HB	5-11	205	23	Washington; Simon Fraser	15
37	Glen Jackson	LB	6-3	206	22	Simon Fraser	16
16	Rocky Long	DB	5-10	175	26	New Mexico	16
79	Dan McDonough	LB	6-2	230	25	Missouri	8
62	Layne McDowell	OT	6-3	255	27	Iowa	16
54	Ted McEachern	LB	6-1	220	28	Guelph	12
	Don McLellan	LB	6-1	198	23	Simon Fraser	1
51	Ray Nettles	LB	6-2	220	27	Tennessee	15
18	Lui Passaglia	K-P	5-11	180	22	Simon Fraser	16	0
	Bob Pearce	DB	5-10	186	30	Cisco JC; Texas-El Paso; Stephen F. Austin State	1
25	Len Platt	SE	6-2	185	23	Tulsa	7
67	Gary Robinson	DT	6-4	255	30	Simon Fraser	12
65	Jim Schnietz	OG	6-3	253	25	Missouri	15
6	John Sciarra	QB	5-11	185	22	UCLA	16
	Larry Sherrer	RB	6-2	205	26	Hawaii	2
58	Neal Skarin	DT	6-4	250	24	Pasadena CC; Arizona State	16
	Rollen Smith	DB	6-1	186	25	Garden City CC; Arkansas	1
70	Wayne Smith	DE	6-4	230	26	none	16
72	Merced Solis	TE	6-2	223	23	West Texas A&M	13
50	Brian Sopatyk	OG	6-2	235	29	Boise State	16
74	Henry Sovio	TE	6-3	234	27	Hawaii	3
4	Mike Strickland	RB	5-8	180	25	Eastern Michigan	16
74	Slade Willis	SE	6-1	180	26	Drake	4
54	Al Wilson	C	6-1	240	26	Montana State	16
60	Don Wunderly	DT	6-3	235	26	Arkansas	16
30	Jim Young	SE	6-0	205	33	Queen's	10

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Mitch Davies	E	Calgary
Glen Jackson	LB	Simon Fraser
Bill Norton	DT	Weber State

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Randy Graham	DB	Simon Fraser
1	5	Lui Passaglia	WR	Simon Fraser
2	10	Len Platt	WR	Tulsa
2	11	John Turecki	DE	British Columbia
3	20	Dale Parkhouse	TE	Western Ontario
4	29	Gerry Inglis	LB	Alberta
5	38	Jim Cimba	DB	Western Ontario
6	47	Greg Gardner	QB	British Columbia
8	65	Glen Wallace	RB	Simon Fraser
9	74	Peter Coll	DB	Dalhousie
10	82	Tony Ricci	OG	British Columbia
10	88	Bob Janzen	OT	British Columbia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	48	100	74	86
Opponents Totals	61	115	30	130

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		259	122	117	20	135	1058
Opponents Totals		289	101	165	23	132	928

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Lui Passaglia	1	28	28	100.0	0		28	49	57.1	12	0	130
Mike Strickland	11	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	66
Lou Harris	7	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	42
Rick Cassata	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	12
Jim Young	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	12
Terry Bailey	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Paul Brock	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Eric Guthrie	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Rocky Long	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
John Sciarra	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Merced Solis	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Slade Willis	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	30	28	28	100.0	0	2	28	49	57.1	12	2	308
Opponents Totals	32	29			1		32	47	68.1	17	0	336

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Strickland	223	1119	5.0	49	10
Lou Harris	128	784	6.1	69	4
Rick Cassata	25	116	4.6	29	2
John Sciarra	30	92	3.1	27	1
Larry Sherrer	13	89	6.8	22	0
Terry Bailey	18	84	4.7	37	1
Eric Guthrie	18	59	3.3	23	1
Barry Houlihan	6	32	5.3	14	0
Layne McDowell	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ted Dushinski	1	4	4.0	4	0
Rocky Long	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	464	2386	5.1		19
Opponents Totals	441	1741	3.9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Eric Guthrie	221	108	48.9	102	1399	6.3	13.0	78	6	2.7	11	5.0	57.5
Rick Cassata	169	78	46.2	84	954	5.6	12.2	53	1	.6.0	7	4.1	48.8
John Sciarra	31	8	25.8	21	105	3.4	13.1	43	2	6.5	2	6.5	35.8
Lui Passaglia	2	1	50.0	1	18	9.0	18.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	81.3
Rocky Long	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Larry Sherrer	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	425	195	45.9	210	2476	5.8	12.7		9	2.1	20	4.7	52.0
Opponents Totals	470	257	54.7	189	3341	7.1	13.0				24	5.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Sciarra	34	563	16.6	53	0
Mike Strickland	33	358	10.8	37	1
Ross Clarkson	26	273	10.5	26	0
Lou Harris	26	166	6.4	43	3
Terry Bailey	22	249	11.3	38	0
Jim Young	18	327	18.2	78	2
Merced Solis	17	329	19.4	55	1
Barry Houlihan	9	94	10.4	23	0
Henry Sovio	5	58	11.6	15	0
Len Platt	2	29	14.5	16	0
Slade Willis	1	16	16.0	16t	1
Lui Passaglia	1	10	10.0	10t	1
Larry Sherrer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	195	2476	12.7		9
Opponents Totals	257	3341	13.0

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Grady Cavness	7	58	8.3	39	0
Barry Ardern	3	42	14.0	21	0
Rocky Long	3	0	0.0	0	0
Ted Dushinski	2	55	27.5	28	0
Joe Fourqurean	2	7	3.5	7	0
Glen Jackson	2	1	0.5	1	0
Paul Giroday	1	26	26.0	26	0
Dan McDonough	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ray Nettles	1	10	10.0	10	0
John Sciarra	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Baker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	213	8.9		0
Opponents Totals	20	294	14.7

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Lui Passaglia	143	5913	41.3	67	-
Team Totals	143	5913	41.3		-
Opponents Totals	149	6076	40.8		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky Long	63	688	10.9	71	1
John Sciarra	46	598	13.0	66	0
Bob Pearce	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ross Clarkson	1	2	2.0	2	0
Slade Willis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Grady Cavness	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Team Totals	114	1301	11.4		1
Opponents Totals	138	1210	8.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Lui Passaglia	53	2531	47.8	75	0
Henry Sovio	7	427	61.0	64	0
Eric Guthrie	10	480	48.0	60	0
Team Totals	70	3438	49.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky Long	34	979	28.8	59	0
Mike Strickland	12	304	25.3	42	0
John Sciarra	8	169	21.1	34	0
Larry Sherrer	4	94	23.5	38	0
Barry Houlihan	4	80	20.0	26	0
Lui Passaglia	1	44	44.0	44	0
Paul Giroday	3	22	7.3	22	0
Merced Solis	3	15	5.0	13	0
Doug Carlson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Terry Bailey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	71	1711	24.1		0
Opponents Totals	68	1489	21.9

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bill Baker	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Baker	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Paul Brock	0	0	0	2	2	0	1
Rick Cassata	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grady Cavness	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ross Clarkson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ted Dushinski	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Guthrie	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Harris	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Jackson	0	0	0	4	4	1	0
Rocky Long	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Layne McDowell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Nettles	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Lui Passaglia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Schnietz	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Sciarra	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Brian Sopatyk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Strickland	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Slade Willis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Wilson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Wunderly	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	17	14	3	20	23	5	1
Opponents Totals		20		15	15

Tom Keele	Assistant Coach
Bob Ryan	Linebackers/Receivers
Dick Zornes	Assistant Coach