The

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BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first seas ...

season was the 55th season for the team in the

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and their 59th overall. The Lions finished the season in 1st place in the West Division for the second consecutive year with a 13–5 record. The Lions attempted to repeat as Grey Cup champions for the first time in franchise history, but lost the West Final to the

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. The Lions also began the season with a new

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for the first time since 2003, after long-time head coach

Wally Buono Pasquale "Wally" Buono (born February 7, 1950) is the vice president of football operations, alternate governor and the former head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and one of the most successful head coaches in leag ...

resigned to focus on his duties as

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Offseason

Free agents

CFL draft

The

2012 CFL Draft The 2012 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET on TSN. 45 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The Calgary Stamped ...

took place on May 3, 2012, live at 12:00 PM PDT.The Lions had four selections in the draft, after trading for another first round pick, trading away their second and fourth round picks, and forfeiting their sixth round pick. The Lions further traded up in the draft to select Jabar Westerman with the second overall pick. BC followed that with two

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(

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and Matt Norman) with their first and third round picks, before selecting

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Offseason

Free agents

CFL draft

Preseason

Regular season

Standings

Season schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

Playoffs

Schedule

West Final

References