The 1960

1960 CFL season

The 1960 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 7th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 3rd Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1960:...

 BC Lions

BC Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

finished the season in 4th place in the West Division with a 5–9–2 record. Coming off of last season's success, the fan attendance continued to be very strong, with an average of over 30,000 fans per game. However, due to inconsistent quarterbacking

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

, the Lions failed to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons. On the bright side, running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

 Willie Fleming

Willie Fleming

Willie Fleming is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League BC Lions. Fleming played collegiately as a halfback at the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Hawkeye's 1959 Rose Bowl championship team. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall...

 made the All-Star team with a team record 1,051 yards rushing for an astounding 8.4 yards per carry average. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...

 continued their dominance over the Lions, sweeping all four games and improving their all time mark to 24–4 versus BC.

Season Standings

CFL West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...	16	14	2	0	453	239	28
Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...	16	10	6	0	318	225	20
Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...	16	6	8	2	374	404	14
BC Lions BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...	16	5	9	2	296	356	12
Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...	16	2	12	2	205	422	6

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Wednesday, July 20	Montreal Alouettes	29–29	Tie	24,392	0–0–1
B	Tuesday, July 26	at Montreal Alouettes	49–7	Win	19,999	1–0–1
C	Friday, July 29	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers, defending Grey Cup champions, finished in first place in the West Division with a league-best record of 14–2–0. Their 453 points scored were the most in the CFL...  at Cedar Rapids, IA	13–7	Loss	12,583	1–1–1
D	Tuesday, Aug 2	Ottawa Rough Riders 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 9–5 record and won the Grey Cup.-Preseason:-Standings:-Schedule:-Playoffs:-Grey Cup:-Passing:-Awards and honours:...	27–26	Win	18,156	2–1–1

Season Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Thursday, Aug 11	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers, defending Grey Cup champions, finished in first place in the West Division with a league-best record of 14–2–0. Their 453 points scored were the most in the CFL...	35–21	Loss	31,837	0–1
2	Monday, Aug 15	at Edmonton Eskimos 1960 Edmonton Eskimos season The 1960 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 10–6–0 record. They defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the Western Semi-Finals and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals, and were defeated in the Grey Cup by the Ottawa Rough Riders.- Season Standings:-1960...	33–14	Loss	17,500	0–2
3	Saturday, Aug 20	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 1960 Saskatchewan Roughriders season The 1960 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 2–12–2 record. Their six points were six behind the fourth-place BC Lions, and eight points behind the third-place Calgary Stampeders who claimed the third and final playoff spot.-1960 Preseason:On July 28,...	27–12	Win	29,532	1–2
4	Monday, Aug 22	at Calgary Stampeders 1960 Calgary Stampeders season The 1960 Calgary Stampeders finished in 3rd place in the West Division with a 6–8–2 record. They were defeated in the West Semi-Finals by the Edmonton Eskimos.This was the first season at McMahon Stadium for the Stamps.- Season Standings:...	26–19	Win	n/a	2–2
5	Monday, Aug 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	26–0	Loss	28,420	2–3
6	Thursday, Sept 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19–14	Loss	18,297	2–4
7	Monday, Sept 5	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	31–21	Win	14,105	3–4
8	Monday, Sept 12	vs. Calgary Stampeders	21–21	Tie	27,759	3–4–1
9	Saturday, Sept 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–14	Loss	30,292	3–5–1
10	Monday, Sept 19	at Edmonton Eskimos	18–10	Loss	n/a	3–6–1
11	Saturday, Sept 24	at Calgary Stampeders	28–14	Loss	13,000	3–7–1
12	Thursday, Oct 6	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	21–13	Win	21,707	4–7–1
13	Thursday, Oct 13	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	49–21	Loss	16,773	4–8–1
14	Saturday, Oct 15	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–14	Tie	7,255	4–8–2
15	Saturday, Oct 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	22–10	Loss	29,599	4–9–2
16	Saturday, Oct 29	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–0	Win	21,114	5–9–2