1998 Calgary Stampeders season

1998 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Sig Gutsche
General manager	Wally Buono
Head coach	Wally Buono
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform
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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.

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

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Wed, June 17	BC Lions	32–6	Win	1-0
Thurs, June 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	26–23	Win	2-0

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

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• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Kelvin Anderson (RB)

• QB – Jeff Garcia
• RB – Kelvin Anderson
• SB – Allen Pitts
• WR – Terry Vaughn
• OG – Fred Childress
• LB – Alondra Johnson
• P – Tony Martino

• QB – Jeff Garcia
• RB – Kelvin Anderson
• SB – Allen Pitts
• SB – Vince Danielsen
• WR – Terry Vaughn
• C – Jamie Crysdale
• OG – Fred Childress
• LB – Darryl Hall
• LB – Alondra Johnson
• CB – Marvin Coleman
• DB – Jack Kellogg
• P – Tony Martino
• ST – Marvin Coleman

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 15	Edmonton Eskimos	33-10	Win
Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 22	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	26-24	Win

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	13	2	6	24
Calgary Stampeders	4	6	7	9	26