# 2012 BC Lions season

The 2012 BC Lions season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 59th overall. The Lions finished the season in first place in the West Division for the second consecutive year with a 13–5 record. The Lions attempted to repeat as Grey Cup champions for the first time in franchise history, but lost the West Final to the Calgary Stampeders. The Lions also began the season with a new head coach for the first time since 2003, after long-time head coach Wally Buono resigned to focus on his duties as general manager.

## Offseason
### Free agents

| Position | Player | 2012 team | Date signed | Notes |
| DT | Aaron Hunt | Montreal Alouettes | Feb. 21, 2012 | |
| OL | Andrew Jones | Toronto Argonauts | Mar. 2, 2012 | |
| RB | Jamall Lee | None | | Retired |
| CB | Dante Marsh | BC Lions | Feb. 15, 2012 | |
| P/K | Paul McCallum | BC Lions | Feb. 2, 2012 | |
| LB | Anton McKenzie | BC Lions | Jan. 30, 2012 | |
| DT | Khalif Mitchell | BC Lions | Jan. 16, 2012 | |
| DB | Ryan Phillips | BC Lions | Feb. 15, 2012 | |

### CFL draft

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012, live at 12:00 PM PDT.The Lions had four selections in the draft, after trading for another first round pick, trading away their second and fourth round picks, and forfeiting their sixth round pick. The Lions further traded up in the draft to select Jabar Westerman with the second overall pick. BC followed that with two offensive linemen (Kirby Fabien and Matt Norman) with their first and third round picks, before selecting linebacker Jordan Verdone in the fifth round.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/club team |
| 1 | 2 | Jabar Westerman | DL | Eastern Michigan |
| 1 | 7 | Kirby Fabien | OL | Calgary |
| 3 | 22 | Matt Norman | OL | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 37 | Jordan Verdone | LB | Calgary |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| A | Wed, June 13 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 44–10 | Win | 24,871 | 1–0 |
| B | Thurs, June 21 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 24–16 | Win | 30,891 | 2–0 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.

## Regular season
### Standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| BC Lions | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 481 | 354 | 26 | Details |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 534 | 431 | 24 | Details |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 457 | 409 | 16 | Details |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 422 | 450 | 14 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Fri, June 29 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33–16 | Win | 29,351 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Fri, July 6 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 39–36 | Win | 25,109 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sat, July 14 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23–20 | Loss | 32,080 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Fri, July 20 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 27–14 | Loss | 28,335 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Sat, July 28 | at Calgary Stampeders | 34–8 | Win | 27,968 | 3–2 |
| 6 | Mon, Aug 6 | at Toronto Argonauts | 18–9 | Win | 22,841 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 4–2 |
| 8 | Sun, Aug 19 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24–5 | Win | 34,343 | 5–2 |
| 9 | Fri, Aug 24 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20–17 | Win | 29,533 | 6–2 |
| 10 | Fri, Aug 31 | at Montreal Alouettes | 30–25 | Loss | 22,239 | 6–3 |
| 11 | Sat, Sept 8 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 43–10 | Win | 29,734 | 7–3 |
| 12 | Sat, Sept 15 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 28–23 | Win | 28,526 | 8–3 |
| 13 | Sat, Sept 22 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 19–18 | Win | 35,578 | 9–3 |
| 14 | Sat, Sept 29 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27–21 | Loss | 32,360 | 9–4 |
| 15 | Sat, Oct 6 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 27–22 | Win | 31,347 | 10–4 |
| 16 | Fri, Oct 12 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 37–17 | Win | 26,842 | 11–4 |
| 17 | Fri, Oct 19 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 39–19 | Win | 30,102 | 12–4 |
| 18 | Fri, Oct 26 | at Calgary Stampeders | 41–21 | Loss | 27,014 | 12–5 |
| 19 | Sat, Nov 3 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17–6 | Win | 36,357 | 13–5 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.

## Playoffs
### Schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance |
| 20 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 21 | West Final | Nov 18 | 1:30 PM PST | Calgary Stampeders | 34–29 | Loss | 43,216 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.

### West Final

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Stampeders | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| Lions | 7 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 29 |