1998 BC Lions season

1998 BC Lions season
Head coach	Greg Mohns
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final

The 1998 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
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

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 17	at Calgary Stampeders	32–6	Loss	0–1
B	June 25	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–18	Won	1–1

Regular season

Season standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	558	397	24
Edmonton Eskimos	18	9	9	396	450	18
BC Lions	18	9	9	394	427	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	411	525	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	20–12	Loss	0–1
2	July 10	at Edmonton Eskimos	15–10	Loss	0–2
3	July 16	vs. Toronto Argonauts	30–15	Loss	0–3
4	July 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	25–20	Win	1–3
5	July 30	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–13	Win	2–3
6	Aug 6	at Montreal Alouettes	22–16	Loss	2–4
7	Aug 14	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–22	Win	3–4
8	Aug 20	vs. Calgary Stampeders	55–9	Loss	3–5
9	Aug 27	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18–8	Loss	3–6
10	Sept 5	vs. Montreal Alouettes	26–15	Loss	3–7
11	Sept 12	at Toronto Argonauts	37–28	Loss	3–8
12	Sept 19	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	27–21	Loss	3–9
13	Sept 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–31	Win	4–9
14	Oct 4	at Calgary Stampeders	22–11	Win	5–9
15	Oct 9	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	31–14	Win	6–9
16	Oct 18	at Edmonton Eskimos	31–7	Win	7–9
17	Oct 25	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–37	Win	8–9
18	Oct 31	vs. Calgary Stampeders	31–22	Win	9–9

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Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Steve Muhammad (DB)^[3]

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

1998 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars

OG – Jamie Taras, Intergold CFLPA All-Star

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	40
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	33

References

↑ http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1998/reg
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook

1998 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1998 CFL Draft 86th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

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	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau 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: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

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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