1988 BC Lions season explained

Team:BC Lions
Year:1988
Record:10–8
Division Place:3rd, West
General Manager:Joe Galat
Coach:Larry Donovan
Stadium:BC Place Stadium
Playoffs:Lost Grey Cup
Uniform:Image:CFL BCL Jersey 1987.png

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

Preseason

GameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
ATue, June 28vs. Calgary StampedersL 27–390–1BC Place30,492
BTue, July 5at Saskatchewan RoughridersW 46–271–1Taylor Field

Regular season

Season standings

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Season schedule

WeekGameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
11Tue, July 12vs. Winnipeg Blue BombersW 36–31–0BC Place38,347
22Fri, July 22vs. Calgary StampedersW 44–312–0BC Place33,147
33Thu, July 28at Toronto ArgonautsL 21–262–1Exhibition Stadium21,846
44Sat, Aug 6at Winnipeg Blue BombersL 21–382–2Winnipeg Stadium24,854
55Thu, Aug 11vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 12–242–3BC Place29,621
66Thu, Aug 18at Ottawa Rough RidersW 27–203–3Lansdowne Park24,598
77Thu, Aug 25vs. Edmonton EskimosW 28–104–3BC Place33,825
88Thu, Sept 1at Edmonton EskimosL 9–174–4Commonwealth Stadium34,157
99Tue, Sept 6vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 24–115–4BC Place25,504
1010Sun, Sept 11at Winnipeg Blue BombersL 8–345–5Winnipeg Stadium23,281
1111Fri, Sept 16vs. Saskatchewan RoughridersL 32–365–6BC Place33,088
1212Fri, Sept 23at Calgary StampedersL 22–405–7McMahon Stadium17,578
1313Sat, Oct 1at Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 24–236–7Ivor Wynne Stadium14,207
1414Fri, Oct 7vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 25–217–7BC Place28,019
1515Sun, Oct 16at Saskatchewan RoughridersL 25–287–8Taylor Field27,649
1616Sun, Oct 23at Edmonton EskimosW 35–158–8Commonwealth Stadium30,030
1717Sat, Oct 29vs. Edmonton EskimosW 51–169–8BC Place32,234
1818Sat, Nov 5vs. Winnipeg Blue BombersW 45–2410–8BC Place35,063
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Awards and records

1988 CFL All-Stars

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
10 7 0 1 18
7 11 10 14 42

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
11 4 1 3 19
10 7 3 17 37

Grey Cup

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
4 10 5 3 22
7 8 4 2 21

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFL.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20091020123000/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1988/reg . 2009-10-20 . dead . 2009-03-08 .
  2. Web site: BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm . 2009-03-11 . live . 2009-03-08 .