1998 BC Lions season

{{Infobox NFL_season

| logo =

| team = BC Lions

| year = 1998

| record = 9–9

| division_place = 3rd, West

| owner = David Braley

| general manager = Adam Rita

| coach = Adam Rita
Greg Mohns

| stadium = BC Place Stadium

| playoffs = Lost West semi-final

}}

The 1998 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. After beginning the year 3-6, head coach and general manager Adam Rita stepped down as coach in order to focus on his GM duties. Greg Mohns replaced him and led the Lions to a 6-3 finish and a playoff berth. They appeared in the West semi-final, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Offseason

= CFL Draft=

class="wikitable sortable" ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"\|Round ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"\|Pick ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"\|Player ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"\|Position ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"\|School
align="center" \|align=center\| 1	3	Steve Hardin	T	Oregon
align="center" \|align=center\| 2	9	Ryan Thelwell	SB	Minnesota
align="center" \|align=center\| 3	14	Matt Kellett	K	Saskatchewan
align="center" \|align=center\| 5	30	Bernard Gravel	DB	Laval
align="center" \|align=center\| 5	31	Francesco Pepe-Esposito	LB	Laval

Preseason

class="wikitable sortable"

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Week

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Date

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Opponent

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Result

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Record

style="background:#ffbbbb"

! A

| June 17

| at Calgary Stampeders

| L 6–32

| 0–1

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! B

| June 25

| vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

| W 24–18

| 1–1

Regular season

= Season standings=

class="wikitable" \|+ West Division ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
align="center" \| align="left" \|Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	558	397	24
align="center" \| align="left" \|Edmonton Eskimos	18	9	9	0	396	450	18
align="center" \| align="left" \|BC Lions	18	9	9	0	394	427	18
align="center" \| align="left" \|Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	411	525	10

{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1998/reg |title=CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2 |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729132825/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1998/reg |archive-date=2009-07-29 |url-status=dead }}

=Season schedule=

class="wikitable sortable"

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Week

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Date

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Opponent

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Result

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;"|Record

style="background:#ffbbbb"

! 1

| July 2

| vs. Edmonton Eskimos

| L 12–20

| 0–1

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! 2

| July 10

| at Edmonton Eskimos

| L 10–15

| 0–2

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! 3

| July 16

| vs. Toronto Argonauts

| L 15–30

| 0–3

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! 4

| July 24

| at Saskatchewan Roughriders

| W 25–20

| 1–3

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! 5

| July 30

| vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| W 20–13

| 2–3

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! 6

| Aug 6

| at Montreal Alouettes

| L 16–22

| 2–4

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! 7

| Aug 14

| at Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| W 24–22

| 3–4

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! 8

| Aug 20

| vs. Calgary Stampeders

| L 9–55

| 3–5

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! 9

| Aug 27

| at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| L 8–18

| 3–6

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! 10

| Sept 5

| vs. Montreal Alouettes

| L 15–26

| 3–7

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! 11

| Sept 12

| at Toronto Argonauts

| L 28–37

| 3–8

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! 12

| Sept 19

| vs. Edmonton Eskimos

| L 21–27

| 3–9

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! 13

| Sept 26

| vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| W 34–31

| 4–9

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! 14

| Oct 4

| at Calgary Stampeders

| W 22–11

| 5–9

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! 15

| Oct 9

| vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

| W 31–14

| 6–9

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! 16

| Oct 18

| at Edmonton Eskimos

| W 31–7

| 7–9

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! 17

| Oct 25

| at Saskatchewan Roughriders

| W 42–37

| 8–9

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! 18

| Oct 31

| vs. Calgary Stampeders

| W 31–22

| 9–9

{{cite web|title=BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records |url=http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm |archivedate=2009-03-11 |url-status=live |accessdate=2009-03-08 }}

Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Steve Muhammad (DB){{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook |title = CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League |accessdate=2011-05-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422013422/http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook |archivedate=2011-04-22 }}