1987 BC Lions season explained

Team:	BC Lions
Year:	1987
Record:	12–6
Division Place:	1st, West
General Manager:	Joe Galat
Coach:	Don Matthews Larry Donovan (Interim)
Stadium:	BC Place Stadium
Playoffs:	Lost West Final
Uniform:	Image:CFL BCL Jersey 1987.png

The 1987 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
A	Thu, June 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 14–35	0–1	Winnipeg Stadium	19,730
B	Tue, June 16	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 31–15	1–1	BC Place	28,384

Regular season

Season standings

West Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

BC Lions	18	12	6	0	502	370	24
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	617	462	22
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	453	517	20
	18	5	12	1	364	529	11

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
1	1	Sun, June 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 44–1	1–0	BC Place	30,157
2	2	Wed, July 1	at Calgary Stampeders	W 40–15	2–0	McMahon Stadium	22,239
3	Bye
4	3	Sat, July 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 26–18	3–0	BC Place	43,772
5	4	Sat, July 25	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 21–1	4–0	BC Place	33,771
6	5	Fri, July 31	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 20–21	4–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18,088
7	6	Sat, Aug 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22–30	4–2	Winnipeg Stadium	29,296
8	7	Thu, Aug 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 30–23	5–2	BC Place	37,843
9	8	Thu, Aug 20	at Calgary Stampeders	L 26–31	5–3	McMahon Stadium	24,377
10	9	Sun, Aug 30	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 24–23	6–3	BC Place	38,338
11	Bye
12	10	Fri, Sept 11	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 55–16	7–3	Lansdowne Park	19,201
13	11	Sun, Sept 20	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 30–20	8–3	BC Place	39,859
14	12	Sun, Sept 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 20–35	8–4	Taylor Field	24,682
15	13	Sun, Oct 4	at Toronto Argonauts	L 14–33	8–5	Exhibition Stadium	26,232
16	14	Sun, Oct 11	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 6–34	8–6	BC Place	31,244
17	15	Sat, Oct 17	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 25–11	9–6	BC Place	34,909
18	16	Sun, Oct 25	at Calgary Stampeders	W 32–12	10–6	McMahon Stadium	25,233
19	17	Sun, Nov 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 33–32	11–6	Commonwealth Stadium	40,414
20	18	Sun, Nov 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 34–14	12–6	BC Place	38,370

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Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Stumon (DE)

1987 CFL All-Stars

• WR – Jim Sandusky, CFL All-Star
• DE – Greg Stumon, CFL All-Star
• LB – Kevin Konar, CFL All-Star
• DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star

Playoffs

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	14	7	3	7	31
	3	4	0	0	7

Notes and References

1. Web site: CFL.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016111902/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1987/reg . 2009-10-16 . dead . 2009-03-14 .
2. Web site: BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm . 2009-03-11 . live . 2009-03-08 .