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

1987 BC Lions season
General managerJoe Galat
Head coachDon Matthews
Larry Donovan (Interim)
Home fieldBC Place Stadium
Results
Record12–6
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishLost West Final
Uniform

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School

Preseason

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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

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Season standings

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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
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 12 1 364 529 11

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Season schedule

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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

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1987 CFL All-Stars

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Playoffs

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West Final

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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 14 7 3 7 31
BC Lions 3 4 0 0 7

References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  2. ^ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.