1981 BC Lions season

1981 BC Lions season
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final

The 1981 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	1	1	576	277	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	517	299	22
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	438	377	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	431	371	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	306	367	12

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 4	vs. Montreal Alouettes	48–8	Win	1–0
2	Bye				1–0
3	July 16	at Toronto Argonauts	32–28	Win	2–0
4	July 25	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	31–17	Win	3–0
5	July 31	at Calgary Stampeders	52–29	Win	4–0
6	Aug 9	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–24	Win	5–0
7	Aug 16	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37–23	Loss	5–1
8	Aug 23	at Montreal Alouettes	29–14	Win	6–1
9	Aug 29	vs. Calgary Stampeders	31–21	Win	7–1
10	Sept 4	at Ottawa Rough Riders	17–7	Loss	7–2
11	Sept 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	38–21	Loss	7–3
12	Sept 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	45–14	Win	8–3
13	Sept 27	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	46–10	Loss	8–4
14	Oct 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	22–12	Loss	8–5
15	Bye				8–5
16	Oct 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	49–22	Loss	8–6
17	Oct 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–7	Win	9–6
18	Oct 31	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	13–5	Win	10–6

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	0	11	3	1	15
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	1	0	3	11

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	3	13	0	0	16
Edmonton Eskimos	6	3	6	7	22

Awards and records

1981 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Larry Key, CFL All-Star
• C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star

1981 CFL Western All-Stars

• RB – Larry Key, CFL Western All-Star
• WR – Tyrone Grey, CFL All-Star
• C – Al Wilson, CFL Western All-Star