1989 BC Lions season

The 1989 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 7–11 record and failed to make to playoffs.

The Lions had been community owned throughout their history. The team became privately owned when Murray Pezim purchased it on September 7.

Offseason

CFL Draft

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Preseason

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A	Thu, June 29	at Calgary Stampeders	W 25–7	1–0	McMahon Stadium	21,547
B	Tue, July 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–13	2–0	BC Place

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	16	2	0	644	302	32
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	495	466	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	9	9	0	547	567	18
BC Lions	18	7	11	0	521	557	14

Season schedule

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1	1	Thu, July 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 15–20	0–1	Commonwealth Stadium	30,041
2	2	Tue, July 18	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 37–42	0–2	BC Place	41,472
3	3	Wed, July 26	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 26–28	0–3	BC Place	27,342
4	4	Fri, Aug 4	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 38–44	0–4	Ivor Wynne Stadium	17,433
5	5	Wed, Aug 9	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 13–33	0–5	BC Place	32,158
6	6	Tue, Aug 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 16–11	1–5	BC Place	27,436
7	7	Thu, Aug 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 37–25	2–5	Taylor Field	23,544
8	8	Thu, Aug 31	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 39–30	3–5	Lansdowne Park	18,576
9	9	Tue, Sept 5	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 49–32	4–5	BC Place	31,069
9	10	Sun, Sept 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 34–53	4–6	Winnipeg Stadium	26,689
10	11	Sun, Sept 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 20–24	4–7	BC Place	49,093
11	12	Mon, Sept 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 25–32	4–8	Commonwealth Stadium	30,173
12	13	Sun, Sept 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 32–30	5–8	Taylor Field	25,013
13	14	Fri, Oct 6	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 46–27	6–8	BC Place	27,021
14	15	Sat, Oct 14	at Calgary Stampeders	L 11–51	6–9	McMahon Stadium	16,355
15	16	Sat, Oct 21	at Toronto Argonauts	L 18–29	6–10	SkyDome	34,267
16	17	Sat, Oct 28	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 19–25	6–11	BC Place	27,116
17	18	Sat, Nov 4	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 46–21	7–11	BC Place	23,452

Awards and records

• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Matt Dunigan (QB)
• Matt Dunigan, CFL passing leader (331-for-597 for 4,509 yards)

1989 CFL All-Stars

None

References

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