1988 BC Lions season

1988 BC Lions season
Head coach	Larry Donovan
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

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

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	11	7	0	477	408	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	11	7	0	525	452	22
BC Lions	18	10	8	0	489	417	20
Calgary Stampeders	18	6	12	0	395	476	12

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	July 12	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 36–3	1–0
2	July 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 44–31	2–0
3	July 28	at Toronto Argonauts	L 21–26	2–1
4	Aug 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 21–38	2–2
5	Aug 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 12–24	2–3
6	Aug 18	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 27–20	3–3
7	Aug 25	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 28–10	4–3
8	Sept 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 9–17	4–4
9	Sept 6	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 24–11	5–4
10	Sept 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 8–34	5–5
11	Sept 16	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 32–36	5–6
12	Sept 23	at Calgary Stampeders	L 22–40	5–7
13	Oct 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 24–23	6–7
14	Oct 7	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 25–21	7–7
15	Oct 16	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 25–28	7–8
16	Oct 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 35–15	8–8
17	Oct 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 51–16	9–8
18	Nov 5	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 45–24	10–8

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