1996 BC Lions season

The 1996 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 5–13 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	6	Mark Pimiskern	LB	Washington State
2	15	Andrew English	SB	British Columbia
3	24	Brad Yamaoka	RB	British Columbia
4	33	Kevin Ho-Young	RB	St. Francis Xavier
5	42	Victor Bryan	DB	Simon Fraser
6	51	Brian Bourne	OL	British Columbia
7	60	Paul Greenbow	DB	Queen's

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35–29	Win	0–1
B	June 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	33–21	Loss	1–1

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	28–14	Loss	0–1
2	July 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–22	Loss	0–2
3	July 12	at Ottawa Rough Riders	32–31	Loss	0–3
4	July 19	vs. Montreal Alouettes	44–24	Loss	0–4
5	July 27	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–24	Loss	0–5
6	Aug 2	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–25	Win	1–5
7	Aug 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	32–7	Loss	1–6
8	Aug 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–13	Loss	1–7
9	Aug 21	at Calgary Stampeders	23–21	Loss	1–8
10	Aug 26	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–20	Win	2–8
11	Bye				2–8
12	Sept 7	at Montreal Alouettes	28–27	Loss	2–9
13	Sept 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–11	Win	3–9
14	Sept 21	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–10	Win	4–9
15	Sept 29	at Edmonton Eskimos	32–12	Loss	4–10
16	Bye				4–10
17	Oct 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	34–31	Loss	4–11
18	Oct 19	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–27	Loss	4–12
19	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	25–21	Loss	4–13
20	Nov 2	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	35–24	Win	5–13

1996 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1996 CFL Draft 84th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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