# 1988 BC Lions season

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 | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 477 | 408 | 6–4 | W1 | Details |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 525 | 452 | 5–3 | W1 | Details |
| BC Lions | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 489 | 417 | 4–4 | W3 | Details |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 395 | 476 | 3–7 | L1 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | Total |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| BC Lions | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 42 |

### West Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| BC Lions | 10 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 37 |

### Grey Cup

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| BC Lions | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 |