1998 BC Lions season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1998
1998 CFL season
-1998 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mike Pringle , Montreal Alouettes*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike Morreale , Hamilton Tiger-Cats*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Joe Montford , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

BC Lions
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

finished in 3rd place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	3	Steve Hardin	T	Oregon University of Oregon -Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
2	9	Ryan Thelwell Ryan Thelwell Ryan Thelwell is a professional Canadian football wide receiver for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is known to the Lions' fans as "Automatic" . Thelwell played college football with the University of Minnesota...	SB Slotback Slotback is a position in Gridiron football . The slotback is similar to the wide receiver but also has many of the same traits as a running back, lines up closer to the offensive line and often farther back...	Minnesota University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
3	14	Matt Kellett Matt Kellett Matt Kellett is a former placekicker who played eight seasons in the Canadian Football League for the British Columbia Lions from 1998, 2001–2002, the Edmonton Eskimos from 1999–2001, the Montreal Alouettes in 2004 and the Ottawa Renegades in 2005 of the Canadian Football League. He won one Grey...	K Placekicker Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...	Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
5	30	Bernard Gravel	DB Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	Laval
5	31	Francesco Pepe-Esposito	LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	Laval

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 17	at Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...	32–6	Loss	0–1
B	June 25	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...	24–18	Won	1–1

Season Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...	18	12	6	558	397	24
Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...	18	9	9	396	450	18
BC Lions BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...	18	9	9	394	427	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...	18	5	13	411	525	10

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

1998 CFL All-Stars

OT – Moe Elewonibi
Mohammed Elewonibi
Mohammed Thomas David "Moe" Elewonibi is a Nigerian-Canadian former offensive lineman in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.- Early years:...

, CFL All-Star
DT – Johnny Scott
Johnny Scott (football player)
Johnny Scott was an all star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.Scott is rare for modern football players, as he did not go to college, but went pro directly from Johnston High School...

, CFL All-Star
CB – Steve Muhammad, CFL All-Star
DS – Dale Joseph, CFL All-Star

Western Division All-Star Selections

RB – Juan Johnson, Western All-Star
OT – Moe Elewonibi
Mohammed Elewonibi
Mohammed Thomas David "Moe" Elewonibi is a Nigerian-Canadian former offensive lineman in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.- Early years:...

, Western All-Star
DT – Dave Chaytors, Western All-Star
DT – Johnny Scott
Johnny Scott (football player)
Johnny Scott was an all star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.Scott is rare for modern football players, as he did not go to college, but went pro directly from Johnston High School...

, Western All-Star
CB – Steve Muhammad, Western All-Star
DB – Glenn Rogers Jr.
Glenn Rogers Jr.
Glenn Edward Rogers, Jr. was a football player in the Canadian Football League for seven years. Rogers played defensive back for three different teams, mainly for the Edmonton Eskimos from 1993-1999. He was a CFL All-Star three times and was part of a Grey Cup winning team for the Eskimos....

, Western All-Star
DS – Dale Joseph, Western All-Star
K – Lui Passaglia
Lui Passaglia
Lui Passaglia is a former professional Canadian football player. Passaglia was the placekicker/punter for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League for a record-breaking 25 years and scored more points in that time than any professional gridiron football player in history...

, Western All-Star

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...	?	?	?	?	40
BC Lions BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...	?	?	?	?	33

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