1996 BC Lions season

Canadian football team 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

Round	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	Result	Record
A	June 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 35–29	0–1
B	June 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 21–33	1–1

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	1	June 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 14–28	0–1	BC Place
2	2	July 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22–25	0–2	Winnipeg Stadium
3	3	July 12	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 31–32	0–3	Frank Clair Stadium
4	4	July 19	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 24–44	0–4	BC Place
5	5	July 27	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 24–28	0–5	BC Place
6	6	Aug 2	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 30–25	1–5	Ivor Wynne Stadium
7	7	Aug 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 7–32	1–6	BC Place
8	8	Aug 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 13–38	1–7	BC Place
9	9	Aug 21	at Calgary Stampeders	L 21–23	1–8	McMahon Stadium
10	10	Aug 26	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 22–20	2–8	Winnipeg Stadium
11	Bye
12	11	Sept 7	at Montreal Alouettes	L 27–28	2–9	Olympic Stadium
13	12	Sept 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 35–11	3–9	BC Place
14	13	Sept 21	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 22–10	4–9	BC Place
15	14	Sept 29	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–32	4–10	Commonwealth Stadium
16	Bye
17	15	Oct 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 31–34	4–11	BC Place
18	16	Oct 19	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 27–29	4–12	Taylor Field
19	17	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	L 21–25	4–13	SkyDome
20	18	Nov 2	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 35–24	5–13	BC Place

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Western

Eastern

See also

v t e BC Lions seasons
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BC Lions seasons

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v t e 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	Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic
Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Al Wilson Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker 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: Amar Doman General Manager: Neil McEvoy and Rick Campbell Head Coach: Rick Campbell
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