1988 BC Lions season

1988 BC Lions season
General manager	Joe Galat
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

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

West Division
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

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

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