The 1998 Calgary Stampeders season was the 41st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 64th overall. The Stampeders finished first in the West Division for the seventh time in nine seasons with a 12–6 record. The Stampeders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the West Final and then beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 86th Grey Cup in the first Grey Cup matchup between those two teams. Wally Buono completed his seventh season as the team's head coach and fifth as the general manager. It was the fourth Grey Cup victory in Stampeders history and Buono became the first head coach to win multiple Grey Cup championships for the franchise.

Offseason

The 1998 CFL Draft took place on April 7, 1998.[1] The Stampeders had six selections in the six-round draft.

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 4 Marc Pilon LB Syracuse
2 10 Andre Arlain SB St. Francis Xavier
3 16 Harland Ah You DL Brigham Young
4 24 Aubrey Cummings WR Acadia
5 32 Gene Stahl RB Calgary
6 39 Jodi Bednarek LB Calgary

Preseason

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record
A Wed, June 17 BC Lions W 32–6 1–0
B Thurs, June 23 at Edmonton Eskimos W 26–23 2–0

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 18 12 6 0 558 397 24
Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 396 450 18
BC Lions 18 9 9 0 394 427 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 13 0 411 525 10

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 Wed, July 1 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 21–20 1–0
2 Thurs, July 9 at Toronto Argonauts W 22–19 2–0
3 Thurs, July 16 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 26–29 2–1
4 Fri, July 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 44–25 3–1
5 Thurs, July 30 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 14–15 3–2
6 Fri, Aug 7 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 46–27 4–2
7 Thurs, Aug 13 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 47–24 5–2
8 Thurs, Aug 20 at BC Lions W 55–9 6–2
9 Fri, Aug 28 at Montreal Alouettes L 32–40 6–3
10 Mon, Sept 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 26–8 7–3
11 Fri, Sept 11 at Edmonton Eskimos W 30–23 8–3
12 Fri, Sept 18 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 35–18 9–3
13 Sun, Sept 27 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 22–27 9–4
14 Sun, Oct 4 vs. BC Lions L 11–22 9–5
15 Sun, Oct 11 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 35–18 10–5
16 Sun, Oct 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 39–23 11–5
17 Sun, Oct 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 31–19 12–5
18 Sat, Oct 31 at BC Lions L 22–31 12–6

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Awards and records

1998 CFL All-Stars

Western All-Star Selections

Post-season

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record
West Semi-Final Bye
West Final Sun, Nov 15 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 33–10 1–0
Grey Cup Sun, Nov 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 26–24 2–0

Grey Cup

Main article: 86th Grey Cup
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 13 2 6 24
Calgary Stampeders 4 6 7 9 26

References

  1. ^ 1998 CFL Canadian College Draft prospects
  2. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  3. ^ "Minor League Sports News on OurSports Central". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ^ "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Calgary_Stampeders_season
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