1955 BC Lions season

1955 BC Lions season
Head coach	Annis Stukus
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	4th, W.I.F.U
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1955 BC Lions finished the season in fourth place in the W.I.F.U with a 5–11 record, improving upon their inaugural season, but still could not qualify for the playoffs.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Aug 10	vs. Toronto Argonauts	30–24	Win	1–0

Regular season

Season standings

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	2	286	117	28
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	270	245	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	9	210	195	14
BC Lions	16	5	11	211	330	10
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	209	299	8

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	14–8	Win	1–0
2	Aug 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	29–12	Loss	1–1
3	Aug 29	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–13	Loss	1–2
4	Sept 3	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15–7	Win	2–2
5	Sept 5	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–23	Win	3–2
6	Sept 10	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	18–13	Loss	3–3
7	Sept 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–19	Loss	3–4
8	Sept 19	at Calgary Stampeders	24–18	Win	4–4
9	Sept 26	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	15–0	Loss	4–5
10	Oct 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–9	Loss	4–6
11	Oct 3	at Calgary Stampeders	18–6	Loss	4–7
12	Oct 8	at Edmonton Eskimos	38–3	Loss	4–8
13	Oct 10	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18–4	Loss	4–9
14	Oct 15	vs. Calgary Stampeders	36–18	Win	5–9
15	Oct 22	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–7	Loss	5–10
16	Oct 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–13	Loss	5–11

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1955 Canadian Football Awards

None

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1955 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1955 CFL Draft 43rd Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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