1999 BC Lions season explained

Team:	BC Lions
Year:	1999
Record:	13–5
Division Place:	1st, West
Owner:	David Braley
Coach:	Greg Mohns
General Manager:	Adam Rita
Stadium:	BC Place Stadium
Playoffs:	Lost West Final
Uniform:	Image:CFL BCL Jersey 1995.png -->

The 1999 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. They appeared in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Rob Meier	DE	Washington State
1	3	Greg Lotysz	OL	North Dakota
2	11	Mathieu Beaudoin	OL	Syracuse
2	14	David Pol	OL	British Columbia
2	15	Richard Mercier	OL	Miami
3	19	Jason Kralt	DB	Carleton
4	27	Craig Higgins	RB	Western
5	34	Jason Crumb	QB	Saskatchewan
6	42	Akbal Singh	RB	British Columbia

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
A	Wed, June 23	at Calgary Stampeders	L 21–24	0–1
B	Wed, June 30	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 9–49	0–2

Regular season

Season standings

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

BC Lions	18	13	5	0	429	373	26
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	503	393	24
Edmonton Eskimos	18	6	12	0	459	502	12
	18	3	15	0	370	592	6

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	1	Fri, July 9	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 25–13	1–0
2	2	Tue, July 15	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 37–27	2–0
3	3	Fri, July 23	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 32–21	3–0
4	4	Thu, July 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18–30	3–1
5	5	Thu, Aug 5	at Calgary Stampeders	W 13–9	4–1
6	6	Thu, Aug 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 26–28	4–2
7	7	Thu, Aug 19	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 38–33	5–2
8	8	Thu, Aug 26	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 28–21	6–2
9	9	Wed, Sept 2	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 44–23	7–2
10	10	Sun, Sept 12	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 20–16	8–2
11	11	Sun, Sept 19	at Montreal Alouettes	L 12–21	8–3
12	12	Sat, Sept 25	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 21–20	9–3
13	13	Sat, Oct 2	at Toronto Argonauts	W 28–19	10–3
14	14	Mon, Oct 11	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–26	10–4
15	15	Sun, Oct 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 21–13	11–4
16	16	Sun, Oct 24	at Calgary Stampeders	L 1–14	11–5
17	17	Sat, Oct 30	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 26–21	12–5
18	18	Fri, Nov 5	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 19–18	13–5

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Awards and records

• Paul Lacoste, Outstanding Rookie^[3]
• Jamie Taras, Tom Pate Memorial Award^[4]

Western Division All-Star Selections

Playoffs

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	10	13	0	3	26
	0	7	10	7	24

Notes and References

1. Web site: CFL.ca . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090629040850/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1999/reg . 2009-06-29 . dead .
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 .
3. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2011-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110422013422/http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook . 2011-04-22 .
4. Web site: CFL.ca - Player Awards . 2009-04-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090227151344/http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_tpate . 2009-02-27 .