1978 BC Lions season

1978 BC Lions season
Head coach	Vic Rapp
Home field	Empire Stadium
Results
Record	7–7–2
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1978 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the CFL West Division with a 7–7–2 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	4	2	452	301	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	4	3	381	311	21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	371	351	18
BC Lions	16	7	7	2	359	308	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	4	11	1	330	459	9

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 11	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–14	Win	1–0
2	July 19	at Calgary Stampeders	23–21	Loss	1–1
3	July 25	vs. Calgary Stampeders	19–19	Tie	1–1–1
4	Aug 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22–22	Tie	1–1–2
5	Aug 8	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	43–14	Win	2–1–2
6	Aug 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–23	Win	3–1–2
7	Aug 22	at Montreal Alouettes	30–26	Loss	3–2–2
8	Aug 30	at Edmonton Eskimos	18–10	Loss	3–3–2
9	Sept 9	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	15–9	Loss	3–4–2
10	Sept 17	at Calgary Stampeders	14–4	Loss	3–5–2
11	Sept 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32–25	Loss	3–6–2
12	Sept 30	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–27	Loss	3–7–2
13	Oct 9	at Edmonton Eskimos	15–3	Win	4–7–2
14	Oct 21	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	20–17	Win	5–7–2
15	Oct 29	at Toronto Argonauts	31–15	Win	6–7–2
16	Nov 4	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	33–11	Win	7–7–2

Awards and records

1978 CFL All-Stars

• C – Al Wilson, CFL All-Star