1998 Calgary Stampeders season

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.

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

• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Kelvin Anderson (RB)

1998 CFL All-Stars

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

Western All-Star Selections

• 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

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