1973 BC Lions Statistics
Team Record: 5-9-2 12
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Eagle Keys (5-9-2)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1973 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses and 2 ties for 12 points, finishing third in the CFL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Eagle Keys coached the team. The 1973 BC Lions lost in the Division Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Don Moorhead | 278 | 160 | 57.6 | 2005 | 7.2 | 4 | 1.4 | 12 | 4.3 | 73 | 66.9 | Karl Douglas | 128 | 61 | 47.7 | 1020 | 8.0 | 4 | 3.1 | 10 | 7.8 | 52 | 52.9 | Eric Guthrie | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 109 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 40 | 43.4 | Johnny Musso | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 418 | 227 | 54.3 | 3159 | 7.6 | 8 | 1.9 | 23 | 5.5 | 73 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Musso | 220 | 1029 | 4.7 | 25 | 10 | Lou Harris | 91 | 482 | 5.3 | 58 | 5 | Monroe Eley | 72 | 373 | 5.2 | 40 | 1 | Don Moorhead | 53 | 283 | 5.3 | 38 | 0 | Karl Douglas | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 | Jim Young | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 9 | 1 | Ross Clarkson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 | Brock Aynsley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 471 | 2333 | 5.0 | 58 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Musso | 46 | 475 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 | Jim Young | 45 | 719 | 16.0 | 49 | 2 | Lynn Hendrickson | 39 | 631 | 16.2 | 73 | 3 | Lou Harris | 29 | 416 | 14.3 | 40 | 1 | Monroe Eley | 26 | 388 | 14.9 | 51 | 2 | Ross Clarkson | 18 | 240 | 13.3 | 50 | 0 | Slade Willis | 15 | 197 | 13.1 | 24 | 0 | Brock Aynsley | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 41 | 0 | Ted Gerela | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 227 | 3159 | 13.9 | 73 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Ivan MacMillan | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | Ted Gerela | 18 | 16 | 88.9 | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 7 | 33 | 1820 | 55.2 | 85 | 0 | 41 | Eric Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Friend | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 27 | 23 | 85.2 | 46 | 20 | 43.5 | 9 | 33 | 1820 | 55.2 | 85 | 0 | 92 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Friend | 46 | 252 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 | Ross Clarkson | 31 | 179 | 5.8 | 53 | 0 | Slade Willis | 15 | 97 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 | Brock Aynsley | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 | Dave Lee | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | Mike Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Barry Ardern | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | Brian Donnelly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 113 | 620 | 5.5 | 53 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lou Harris | 15 | 342 | 22.8 | 35 | 0 | Monroe Eley | 12 | 327 | 27.2 | 46 | 0 | Ross Clarkson | 10 | 243 | 24.3 | 39 | 0 | Brock Aynsley | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 | Harry Abofs | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 24 | 0 | Joe Fourqurean | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 33 | 0 | Ted Gerela | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | Johnny Musso | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Bob Friend | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | George Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 50 | 1152 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Wilson | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 56 | 1 | Wayne Matherne | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 | George Anderson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | Joe Fourqurean | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 9 | 0 | Barry Ardern | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | Brian Donnelly | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Pete Palmer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Ray Nettles | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Rocky Long | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 18 | 235 | 13.1 | 56 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Bud Magrum | 3 | 2 | 0 | Rocky Long | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ray Nettles | 2 | 0 | 0 | Eric Guthrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mike Walker | 1 | 8 | 0 | Carl Weathers | 1 | -2 | 0 | Barry Ardern | 1 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Johnny Musso | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Ivan MacMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 51 | Ted Gerela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 41 | Lou Harris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Monroe Eley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Lynn Hendrickson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Young | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Karl Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Eric Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 256 |
