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	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	477	408	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	11	7	525	452	22
BC Lions	18	10	8	489	417	20
Calgary Stampeders	18	6	12	395	476	12

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Season schedule

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

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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	?	?	?	?	18
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	42

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	19
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	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

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1988 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1988 CFL Draft 76th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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