1982 BC Lions Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 9-7 18
Finishing 4th in the CFL's West Division
Coach: Vic Rapp (9-7)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1982 BC Lions Roster
1982 BC Lions Results

The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses for 18 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's West Division.

BC moved the ball well, scoring 449 points, while the defensive squad allowed 390. Roy Dewalt passed for 2,505 yards, and Joe Paopao spent time under center, too. Mervyn Fernandez grabbed 64 balls for 1,046 yards.

Larry Key carried the pigskin for a team-leading 820 yards for the Lions, while John White also buoyed the ground attack.

The opportunistic defense pounced on 54 turnovers. Larry Crawford intercepted 4 opponent throws. Nick Hebeler topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 53 sacks.

Vic Rapp coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Roy Dewalt	282	172	61.0	2505	8.9	18	6.4	6	2.1	85	102.3
Joe Paopao	214	115	53.7	1394	6.5	10	4.7	12	5.6	66	66.2
John Fourcade	14	5	35.7	55	3.9	0	0.0	3	21.4	23	8.6
Lui Passaglia	1	1	100.0	17	17.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	118.8
Harry Holt	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	512	293	57.2	3971	7.8	28	5.5	21	4.1	85

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Larry Key	167	820	4.9	62	10
John White	111	624	5.6	24	5
Roy Dewalt	49	415	8.5	52	5
Don Taylor	13	65	5.0	12	0
Ricky Ellis	4	61	15.2	38	0
John Fourcade	2	37	18.5	28	0
Harry Holt	4	21	5.2	22	0
Joe Paopao	5	7	1.4	2	0
Donnie Hickman	0	2		2	0
Mervyn Fernandez	2	1	0.5	4	0
Totals	357	2053	5.8	62	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mervyn Fernandez	64	1046	16.3	84	8
John Pankratz	40	683	17.1	66	6
John White	38	290	7.6	25	1
Larry Key	36	331	9.2	38	2
Harry Holt	35	588	16.8	80	4
Ricky Ellis	30	516	17.2	41	2
Ty Gray	19	204	10.7	27	2
Al Charuk	11	114	10.4	20	1
Terry Bailey	11	111	10.1	31	0
Don Taylor	5	39	7.8	16	0
Steve Kearns	2	42	21.0	27	2
Nelson Martin	1	12	12.0	12	0
Roy Dewalt	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	293	3971	13.6	84	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Lui Passaglia	45	45	100.0	35	26	74.3	8	27	1299	48.1	63	0	131
Harry Holt	0	0		0	0		0					1	1
Totals	45	45	100.0	35	26	74.3	8	27	1299	48.1	63	1	132

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Lui Passaglia	142	5813	40.9	59	3
Totals	142	5813	40.9	59	3

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Larry Crawford	70	691	9.9	53	0
Devon Ford	35	310	8.9	34	0
Mervyn Fernandez	20	179	9.0	74	1
Melvin Byrd	2	18	9.0	11	0
Harry Holt	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	128	1203	9.4	74	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Larry Crawford	27	720	26.7	60
Devon Ford	20	542	27.1	85
Ron Morehouse	4	80	20.0	26
John White	3	52	17.3	23
Larry Key	2	46	23.0	23
Mervyn Fernandez	1	32	32.0	32
Terry Bailey	1	3	3.0	3
Ricky Ellis	1	0	0.0	0
John Pankratz	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	61	1475	24.2	85

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Larry Crawford	4	41	10.2	27	0
Kerry Parker	3	37	12.3	26	0
Glen Jackson	3	2	0.7	2	0
Kevin Konar	2	52	26.0	35	1
Ken Hinton	2	15	7.5	8	0
Nick Hebeler	1	27	27.0	27	1
Nelson Martin	1	19	19.0	19	0
Tyrone Crews	1	8	8.0	8	0
Devon Ford	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ron Morehouse	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	19	201	10.6	35	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Nick Hebeler	14.0	0.0
Mack Moore	9.5	0.0
Rick Klassen	8.5	0.0
Tyrone Keys	6.5	0.0
Rick Goltz	3.0	0.0
Tony Proudfoot	3.0	0.0
Glen Jackson	2.0	0.0
Tyrone Crews	2.0	0.0
Kevin Konar	1.5	0.0
Richard Murray	1.0	0.0
Brent Racette	1.0	0.0
Larry Crawford	1.0	0.0
Totals	53.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Nick Hebeler				3	0
Glen Jackson				2	0
Tyrone Crews				2	0
Kerry Parker				2	5
Mack Moore				1	0
Ken Hinton				1	0
Harry Holt				1	0
Peter Wilson				1
Steve Kearns				1	0
Larry Key				1	3
Pete Lavorato				1	0
Nelson Martin				1	0
Rick Klassen				1	0
Dennis Guevin				1	0
Don Taylor				1	0
Rick Goltz				1	0
Devon Ford				1	0
Ricky Ellis				1	0
Totals	0	0	0	23	8	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Lui Passaglia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	45	11			134
Larry Key	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		74
Mervyn Fernandez	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		56
John Pankratz	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		38
John White	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Roy Dewalt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Harry Holt	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			25
Ricky Ellis	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Steve Kearns	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ty Gray	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Al Charuk	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kevin Konar	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Nick Hebeler	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	20	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	45	12	3	0	447