1998 BC Lions season

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1998 BC Lions season
Head coachAdam Rita - 3-6-0
Greg Mohns - 6-3-0
General managerAdam Rita
Home fieldBC Place Stadium
Results
Record9–9
Division place3rd, West
Playoff finishLost West Semi-Final

The 1998 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. After beginning the year 3-6, head coach and general manager Adam Rita stepped down as coach in order to focus on his GM duties. Greg Mohns replaced him and led the Lions to a 6-3 finish and a playoff berth. 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 DB Laval
5 31 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 T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 18 12 6 0 558 397 24
Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 396 450 18
BC Lions 18 9 9 0 394 427 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 13 0 411 525 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[]

1998 CFL All-Stars[]

  • OT – Moe Elewonibi, CFL All-Star
  • DT – Johnny Scott, CFL All-Star
  • CB – Steve Muhammad, CFL All-Star
  • DS – , CFL All-Star

Western Division All-Star Selections[]

  • RB – , Western All-Star
  • OT – Moe Elewonibi, Western All-Star
  • DT – Dave Chaytors, Western All-Star
  • DT – Johnny Scott, Western All-Star
  • CB – Steve Muhammad, Western All-Star
  • DB – Glenn Rogers Jr., Western All-Star
  • DS – , Western All-Star
  • K – Lui Passaglia, Western 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 4 20 2 14 40
BC Lions 3 7 15 8 33

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2017-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-15.


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