1998 BC Lions season

Canadian football team season March 2026 BC Lions 1998 9–9 3rd, West David Braley Adam Rita Adam Rita Greg Mohns BC Place Stadium Lost West semi-final 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 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 Roster 1998 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks  9 I Damon Allen  8 N Danny Barrett 13 I Khari Jones Running backs 32 N Simon Baffoe 29 I Robert Drummond 23 I Juan Johnson 28 N Mark Nohra Receivers 20 N Bret Anderson K  2 I Eddie Brown 88 N Sean Graham 81 I Rod Harris  7 I Alfred Jackson Offensive linemen 55 N Doug Davies C/G 64 N Mo Elewonibi T 61 I Steve Hardin T 63 I Scott Hendrickson C 68 N Cory Mantyka G 57 N Dan Payne T 60 N Jamie Taras G Defensive linemen 92 N Noah Cantor DT 74 N Dave Chaytors DT 72 I Johnny Scott DE 91 I Herman Smith DE Linebackers 50 I Antonio Armstrong 56 I Daved Benefield 44 I DeWayne Knight  3 I Picasso Nelson 39 N Nick Richards Defensive backs 37 N Mike Crumb 10 N Dave Donaldson 12 I Dale Joseph 17 I Bo Lewis 19 I Mustafah Muhammad 26 I Glenn Rogers 16 I Andre Strode Special teams 18 N Hank Ilesic K  5 N Lui Passaglia K/P Injured list 46 N Troy Alexander DT 21 I Jimmy Cunningham WR 29 I B. J. Gallis LB 14 I Rashid Gayle DB 66 N Mark Hatfield T/G 83 I Rocky Henry WR 33 N Kelly Lochbaum LB  4 I Damion Lyons DB 96 I Virgil Robertson LB 22 I Rafael Robinson DB  1 I Al Shipman SB Italics indicate International player Awards and records CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Steve Muhammad (DB)https://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2011-05-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110422013422/http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook 2011-04-22 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 References Category:BC Lions seasons BC Lions Category:1998 in sports in British Columbia Category:1990s in Vancouver