The 1998 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. After beginning the year 3-6, head coach and general manager Adam Rita stepped down as coach in order to focus on his GM duties. Greg Mohns replaced him and led the Lions to a 6-3 finish and a playoff berth. They appeared in the West semi-final, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Offseason

CFL draft RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool 1 3 Steve Hardin T Oregon 2 9 Ryan Thelwell SB Minnesota 3 14 Matt Kellett K Saskatchewan 5 30 Bernard Gravel DB Laval 5 31 Francesco Pepe-Esposito LB Laval

Preseason WeekDateOpponentResultRecord A June 17 at Calgary Stampeders L 6–32 0–1 B June 25 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 24–18 1–1

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecord 1 July 2 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 12–20 0–1 2 July 10 at Edmonton Eskimos L 10–15 0–2 3 July 16 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 15–30 0–3 4 July 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 25–20 1–3 5 July 30 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 20–13 2–3 6 Aug 6 at Montreal Alouettes L 16–22 2–4 7 Aug 14 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 24–22 3–4 8 Aug 20 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 9–55 3–5 9 Aug 27 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 8–18 3–6 10 Sept 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 15–26 3–7 11 Sept 12 at Toronto Argonauts L 28–37 3–8 12 Sept 19 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 21–27 3–9 13 Sept 26 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 34–31 4–9 14 Oct 4 at Calgary Stampeders W 22–11 5–9 15 Oct 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 31–14 6–9 16 Oct 18 at Edmonton Eskimos W 31–7 7–9 17 Oct 25 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 42–37 8–9 18 Oct 31 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 31–22 9–9

Roster 1998 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers K

Offensive linemen C/G T T C G T G

Defensive linemen DT DT DE DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K K/P

Injured list DT WR LB DB T/G WR LB DB LB DB SB Italics indicate International player

Awards and records CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Steve Muhammad (DB)

1998 CFL All-Stars OT – Moe Elewonibi, CFL All-Star DT – Johnny Scott, CFL All-Star CB – Steve Muhammad, CFL All-Star DS – Dale Joseph, CFL All-Star

Western Division All-Star Selections RB – Juan Johnson, Western All-Star OT – Moe Elewonibi, Western All-Star DT – Dave Chaytors, Western All-Star DT – Johnny Scott, Western All-Star CB – Steve Muhammad, Western All-Star DB – Glenn Rogers Jr., Western All-Star DS – Dale Joseph, Western All-Star K – Lui Passaglia, Western All-Star

1998 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars OG – Jamie Taras, Intergold CFLPA All-Star

Playoffs

West semi-final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 4 20 2 14 40BC Lions 3 7 15 8 33

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