BC Lions 1998 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

9 wins, 9 losses, 0 ties
Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1998 Lost 33 – 40 @ Edmonton

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Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Wed Jun 17 9:30 PM	BC 6 @ CGY 32	L
B	Thu Jun 25 10:30 PM	SSK 18 @ BC 24	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Thu Jul 2 10:30 PM	EDM 20 @ BC 12	L	TSN
2	Fri Jul 10 9:00 PM	BC 10 @ EDM 15	L	TSN
3	Thu Jul 16 9:30 PM	TOR 30 @ BC 15	L	TSN
4	Fri Jul 24 9:30 PM	BC 25 @ SSK 20	W
5	Thu Jul 30 10:30 PM	WPG 13 @ BC 20	W
6	Thu Aug 6 7:00 PM	BC 16 @ MTL 22	L
7	Fri Aug 14 8:00 PM	BC 24 @ WPG 22	W	TSN
8	Thu Aug 20 10:30 PM	CGY 55 @ BC 9	L	TSN
9	Thu Aug 27 7:00 PM	BC 8 @ HAM 18	L
10	Sat Sep 5 10:30 PM	MTL 26 @ BC 15	L	RDS, TSN
11	Sat Sep 12 1:00 PM	BC 28 @ TOR 37	L	RDS, CBC
12	Sat Sep 19 10:00 PM	EDM 27 @ BC 21	L	CBC
13	Sat Sep 26 10:30 PM	HAM 31 @ BC 34	W
14	Sun Oct 4 4:00 PM	BC 22 @ CGY 11	W
15	Fri Oct 9 11:00 PM	SSK 14 @ BC 31	W	TSN
16	Sun Oct 18 3:30 PM	BC 31 @ EDM 7	W	RDS, TSN
17	Sun Oct 25 4:30 PM	BC 42 @ SSK 37	W
18	Sat Oct 31 11:30 PM	CGY 22 @ BC 31	W


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 8 4:00 PM	BC 33 @ EDM 40	L	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	30	30	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	0	18	394	427	W6	6-0-0
Home	9	4	5	0	8	188	238	W3	3-3-0
Visitor	9	5	4	0	10	206	189	W3	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	234	228	W5	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	160	199	W1	2-4-0

Full 1998 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	5 (3-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	9 (6-3-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (7-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.483	2-3-0 (5)	4-1-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.514	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.667	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.694	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.694	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1998	1997 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.61	-8.00
Average Winning Score	28.89	-3.36
Average Losing Score	14.89	-2.21
Average Home Score	20.89	-4.56
Average Visitor Score	22.89	+0.67
Average Margin of Victory	9.22	-1.65
Average Margin of Loss	12.89	-6.51

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	188 (20.9)	206 (22.9)	394 (21.9)
Total	Opponent	189 (21.0)	238 (26.4)	427 (23.7)
1st	BC	36 (4.0)	60 (6.7)	96 (5.3)
1st	Opponent	45 (5.0)	34 (3.8)	79 (4.4)
2nd	BC	63 (7.0)	65 (7.2)	128 (7.1)
2nd	Opponent	62 (6.9)	78 (8.7)	140 (7.8)
3rd	BC	38 (4.2)	22 (2.4)	60 (3.3)
3rd	Opponent	39 (4.3)	57 (6.3)	96 (5.3)
4th	BC	51 (5.7)	59 (6.6)	110 (6.1)
4th	Opponent	43 (4.8)	69 (7.7)	112 (6.2)

Head Coaches

Greg Mohns (Aug. 1, 1998 – Aug. 19, 2000)
Adam Rita (Dec. 23, 1996 – Aug. 1, 1998)

Assistant Coaches

Danny Barrett – Quarterbacks
Jim Sandusky – Receivers
Kani Kauahi – Offensive line
Don Wnek – Defensive Coordinator
Dave Easley – Defensive backs
Frank Smith – Special teams

BC Lions 1998 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Lui Passaglia

Defensive Star

1 – Andre Strode
1 – Antonio Armstrong
1 – Derrick Lewis

Lineman Star

1 – Daved Benefield

1998 Player Awards and Nominations

1998 Most Outstanding

Player — Mustafah Muhammad (née Stephen C. Wilson) (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Johnny Scott (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Mo Elewonibi (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dave Chaytors (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mustafah Muhammad (née Stephen C. Wilson) (Winner)

BC Lions 1998 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

T	Mo Elewonibi
DT	Johnny Scott
CB	Mustafah Muhammad
S	Dale Joseph

8 All-Division Selections

RB	Juan Johnson
T	Mo Elewonibi
DT	Dave Chaytors
DT	Johnny Scott
DHB	Glenn Rogers, Jr.
CB	Mustafah Muhammad
S	Dale Joseph
K	Lui Passaglia

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1998 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)		Steve Hardin (OT)	Oregon
2–3 (9)		Ryan Thelwell (SB)	Minnesota
3–2 (14)	[WPG]	Matt Kellett (K)	Saskatchewan
5–2 (30)	[WPG]	Bernard Gravel (DB)	Laval
5–3 (31)		Francesco Pepe-Esposito (LB)	Laval