1988 BC Lions season

Canadian football team season March 2026 BC Lions 1988 10–8 3rd, West Joe Galat Larry Donovan BC Place Stadium Lost Grey Cup Image:CFL BCL Jersey 1987.png 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 BC 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 BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm 2009-03-11 live 2009-03-08 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 16 I Matt Dunigan  1 I Rickey Foggie 12 I Willie Gillus Running backs 24 I Tony Cherry 21 N Wes Cooper 35 N Kevin Dixon 19 I Anthony Parker 23 N Jamie Taras 26 I Reggie Taylor Receivers 27 N Jan Carinci 34 N Scott Lecky 33 N Andrew Murray 80 I Eric Streater  6 N Mark Waterman  2 I David Williams Offensive linemen 69 N Jamie Buis G/T 67 N Larry Clarkson T 62 N John Coflin C/G 66 N Jim Mills T 65 N Gerald Roper G 55 I Ian Sinclair C 54 N Rob Smith T 50 N Pieter Vanden Bos G Defensive linemen 79 I Walter Ballard DE 64 N Brian Belway DT 70 N Dwayne Derban DE/DT 91 I Gino Mingo DE 78 I Mack Moore DT 40 I James Parker DE 72 I Mark Turner DT Linebackers 44 I Jeff Braswell  7 N Bernie Glier 31 N Kevin Konar 36 N Rob Moretto 53 I Mark Smith 45 I Gregg Stumon 76 I John Ulmer Defensive backs 28 I Larry Crawford 39 I Anthony Drawhorn 14 I Andre Francis 18 I Keith Gooch  8 N Rick Ryan 38 I Marcus Thomas 32 N Todd Wiseman Special teams  5 N Lui Passaglia K/P Italics indicate International player References Category:BC Lions seasons Category:N. J. Taylor Trophy championship seasons Category:1988 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1988 in British Columbia Category:1988 in sports in British Columbia