1988 BC Lions season

Template:Short description Template:Infobox NFL season The 1988 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. They appeared in the 76th Grey Cup as the team favoured to win, but they lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–21.

Offseason

CFL Draft

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Preseason

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A	Tue, June 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 27–39	0–1	BC Place	30,492
B	Tue, July 5	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 46–27	1–1	Taylor Field

Regular season

Season schedule

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1	1	Tue, July 12	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 36–3	1–0	BC Place	38,347
2	2	Fri, July 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 44–31	2–0	BC Place	33,147
3	3	Thu, July 28	at Toronto Argonauts	L 21–26	2–1	Exhibition Stadium	21,846
4	4	Sat, Aug 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 21–38	2–2	Winnipeg Stadium	24,854
5	5	Thu, Aug 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 12–24	2–3	BC Place	29,621
6	6	Thu, Aug 18	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 27–20	3–3	Lansdowne Park	24,598
7	7	Thu, Aug 25	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 28–10	4–3	BC Place	33,825
8	8	Thu, Sept 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 9–17	4–4	Commonwealth Stadium	34,157
9	9	Tue, Sept 6	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 24–11	5–4	BC Place	25,504
10	10	Sun, Sept 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 8–34	5–5	Winnipeg Stadium	23,281
11	11	Fri, Sept 16	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 32–36	5–6	BC Place	33,088
12	12	Fri, Sept 23	at Calgary Stampeders	L 22–40	5–7	McMahon Stadium	17,578
13	13	Sat, Oct 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 24–23	6–7	Ivor Wynne Stadium	14,207
14	14	Fri, Oct 7	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 25–21	7–7	BC Place	28,019
15	15	Sun, Oct 16	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 25–28	7–8	Taylor Field	27,649
16	16	Sun, Oct 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 35–15	8–8	Commonwealth Stadium	30,030
17	17	Sat, Oct 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 51–16	9–8	BC Place	32,234
18	18	Sat, Nov 5	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 45–24	10–8	BC Place	35,063

Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – David Williams (WR)
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – David Williams (WR)

1988 CFL All-Stars

• QB – Matt Dunigan, CFL All-Star
• RB – Anthony Cherry, CFL All-Star
• WR – David Williams, CFL All-Star
• OG – Gerald Roper, CFL All-Star
• OT – Jim Mills, CFL All-Star
• LB – Greg Stumon, CFL All-Star

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders	10	7	0	1	18
BC Lions	7	11	10	14	42

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	11	4	1	3	19
BC Lions	10	7	3	17	37

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	10	5	3	22
BC Lions	7	8	4	2	21

References

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