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Canadian football team season

1988 BC Lions season
General manager	Joe Galat
Head coach	Larry Donovan
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

← 1987 BC Lions seasons 1989 →

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
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		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

References

"CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
"BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

v t e 1988 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan
Eastern	Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg
See also	1988 CFL Draft 76th Grey Cup

v t e BC Lions seasons
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Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

v t e BC Lions
Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia
Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks
Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place
Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra
Lore	Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic
Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Al Wilson Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon
Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97
Key personnel	Owner: Amar Doman General Manager: Ryan Rigmaiden Head Coach: Buck Pierce
Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011
Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011
Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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