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 season ...

season was the 61st season for the team in the

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(CFL) and their 65th overall. The Lions improved upon their 7–11 record from 2017 and clinched a playoff berth following a week 19 win over the Edmonton Eskimos. They returned to the playoffs following a one-year absence where they missed the playoffs for the first time since

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. However, the team lost the East Semi-Final to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats by a 40-point margin, which is the largest in the Lions' playoff history. On November 30, 2017,

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 ...

stepped down as

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, being replaced by

Ed Hervey Edward Hervey (born May 4, 1973) is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver and currently an assistant general manager for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played in the CFL for the Edmonton Eskimos ...

in that role. Buono stayed on as head coach, which was his 12th and final season in that role. He finished his Lions coaching tenure with a record of 129-86-1, making the playoffs in 11 of his 12 seasons coached and winning two

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championships. This was the ninth consecutive season that the Lions held their training camp at

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.BC Lions 2018 training camp
/ref> Main camp opened Sunday, May 20, 2018, with rookies reporting earlier.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The

2018 CFL Draft The 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018, at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS... Sixty-nine players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in ...

took place on May 3, 2018. The Lions had seven selections in the eight round draft, but have made several trades for positioning. They traded their fourth-round pick to

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for Odell Willis, but got first and second-round picks from

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

in exchange for the Lions' second-round pick this year and a first-round pick

next year "Next Year" is a song released as the last single from the third Foo Fighters' album ''There Is Nothing Left to Lose''. History A shorter version (running at just 3:21 compared to the original's 4:36) was released as a single in 2000 and wa ...

.Lions acquire Willis after trade from Esks to Redblacks
/ref>BC acquires first round pick in swap with Bombers
/ref> The team acquired

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's sixth-round pick in exchange for

Mike Edem Anie-Ebiet Michael Edem (born July 11, 1989) is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After the 2012 CIS season, he was ranked as the tenth best player in the Canad ...

and the Lions' eighth-round pick.Riders acquire safety Mike Edem in trade with Lions
/ref>2018 CFL Draft tracker
/ref>

Preseason

Schedule

2018 BC Lions Schedule
/ref> : Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

Schedule

Just in time for the holidays: The 2018 CFL schedule
/ref> : Games played with colour uniforms. : Games played with white uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

: Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

{{BC Lions seasons BC Lions seasons 2018 Canadian Football League season by team 2018 in British Columbia