1989 BC Lions season

1989 BC Lions season
Head coach	Larry Donovan Joe Galat (Interim)
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

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

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

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

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	20–15	Loss	0–1
2	July 18	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–37	Loss	0–2
3	July 26	vs. Calgary Stampeders	28–26	Loss	0–3
4	Aug 4	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	44–38	Loss	0–4
5	Aug 9	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	33–13	Loss	0–5
6	Aug 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	16–11	Win	1–5
7	Aug 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–25	Win	2–5
8	Aug 31	at Ottawa Rough Riders	39–30	Win	3–5
9	Sept 5	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	49–32	Win	4–5
10	Sept 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	53–34	Loss	4–6
11	Sept 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–20	Loss	4–7
12	Sept 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	32–25	Loss	4–8
13	Sept 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–30	Win	5–8
14	Oct 6	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	46–27	Win	6–8
15	Oct 14	at Calgary Stampeders	51–11	Loss	6–9
16	Oct 21	at Toronto Argonauts	29–18	Loss	6–10
17	Oct 28	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	25–19	Loss	6–11
18	Nov 4	vs. Calgary Stampeders	46–21	Win	7–11

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