1988 BC Lions season

Canadian football team 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

Round Pick Player Position School

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
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 standings

  • view
  • talk
  • edit
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 22 477 408 6–4 W1 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 22 525 452 5–3 W1 Details
BC Lions 18 10 8 0 20 489 417 4–4 W3 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 6 12 0 12 395 476 3–7 L1 Details

[1]

Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
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

[2]

Awards and records

1988 CFL All-Stars

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

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  2. ^ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  • v
  • t
  • e
BC Lions
  • Founded in 1954
  • Based in Vancouver, British Columbia
Franchise
Stadiums
Culture
Lore
Important figures
Retired numbers
Key personnel
Grey Cup
Championships (6)
Western Division
Championships (10)
Current league
affiliations


Stub icon

This Canadian football-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e