# 1987 BC Lions season

The 1987 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Thu, June 11 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 14–35 | 0–1 | Winnipeg Stadium | 19,730 |
| B | Tue, June 16 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 31–15 | 1–1 | BC Place | 28,384 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| BC Lions | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 502 | 370 | 6–3 | W4 | Details |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 617 | 462 | 5–4 | W1 | Details |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 453 | 517 | 5–3 | L2 | Details |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 364 | 529 | 2–7 | L3 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Sun, June 28 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 44–1 | 1–0 | BC Place | 30,157 |
| 2 | 2 | Wed, July 1 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 40–15 | 2–0 | McMahon Stadium | 22,239 |
| 3 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 4 | 3 | Sat, July 18 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 26–18 | 3–0 | BC Place | 43,772 |
| 5 | 4 | Sat, July 25 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 21–1 | 4–0 | BC Place | 33,771 |
| 6 | 5 | Fri, July 31 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 20–21 | 4–1 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18,088 |
| 7 | 6 | Sat, Aug 8 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 22–30 | 4–2 | Winnipeg Stadium | 29,296 |
| 8 | 7 | Thu, Aug 13 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 30–23 | 5–2 | BC Place | 37,843 |
| 9 | 8 | Thu, Aug 20 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 26–31 | 5–3 | McMahon Stadium | 24,377 |
| 10 | 9 | Sun, Aug 30 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 24–23 | 6–3 | BC Place | 38,338 |
| 11 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 12 | 10 | Fri, Sept 11 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 55–16 | 7–3 | Lansdowne Park | 19,201 |
| 13 | 11 | Sun, Sept 20 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 30–20 | 8–3 | BC Place | 39,859 |
| 14 | 12 | Sun, Sept 27 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 20–35 | 8–4 | Taylor Field | 24,682 |
| 15 | 13 | Sun, Oct 4 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 14–33 | 8–5 | Exhibition Stadium | 26,232 |
| 16 | 14 | Sun, Oct 11 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 6–34 | 8–6 | BC Place | 31,244 |
| 17 | 15 | Sat, Oct 17 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 25–11 | 9–6 | BC Place | 34,909 |
| 18 | 16 | Sun, Oct 25 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 32–12 | 10–6 | McMahon Stadium | 25,233 |
| 19 | 17 | Sun, Nov 1 | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 33–32 | 11–6 | Commonwealth Stadium | 40,414 |
| 20 | 18 | Sun, Nov 8 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 34–14 | 12–6 | BC Place | 38,370 |

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Stumon (DE)

### 1987 CFL All-Stars

* WR – Jim Sandusky, CFL All-Star
* DE – Greg Stumon, CFL All-Star
* LB – Kevin Konar, CFL All-Star
* DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star

## Playoffs
### West Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| BC Lions | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |