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

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 TotalSaskatchewan Roughriders 10 7 0 1 18BC Lions 7 11 10 14 42

West Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 11 4 1 3 19BC Lions 10 7 3 17 37

Grey Cup Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalWinnipeg Blue Bombers 4 10 5 3 22BC Lions 7 8 4 2 21 Roster 1988 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen G/T T C/G T G C T G

Defensive linemen DE DT DE/DT DE DT DE DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P Italics indicate International player

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