1998 CFL season

The 1998 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 45th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 41st Canadian Football League season.

1998 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJuly 1 – November 1, 1998
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 8, 1998
East ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats1998-11-15
West ChampionsCalgary Stampeders1998-11-15
86th Grey Cup
DateNovember 22, 1998
SiteWinnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
ChampionsCalgary Stampeders
CFL seasons

CFL News in 1998

The Canadian Football League signed a five-year television contract with TSN. With the deal, TSN had the right to all CFL television broadcasts. The league also made a sponsorship deal with Adidas, which made them the official footwear, practice wear, and sport glove provider of the CFL.

For only the second time in history, the city of Winnipeg hosted the Grey Cup game.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders18126055839724
Edmonton Eskimos1899039645018
BC Lions1899039442718
Saskatchewan Roughriders18513041152510
East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats18125150335125
Montreal Alouettes18125147043525
Toronto Argonauts1899045241018
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1831503995886
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Calgary and Hamilton both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

The Calgary Stampeders are the 1998 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26–24, at Winnipeg's Winnipeg Stadium on Mark McLoughlin's winning field goal. The Stampeders have won their first championship since 1992. The Stampeders' Jeff Garcia (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Vince Danielsen (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

  November 8: Division Semifinals     November 15: Division Finals     November 22: 86th Grey Cup @ Winnipeg StadiumWinnipeg, MB
                           
  East     E2 Montreal Alouettes 20  
  E3 Toronto Argonauts 28     E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 22    
  E2 Montreal Alouettes 41         E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
      W1 Calgary Stampeders 26
  West     W2 Edmonton Eskimos 10    
  W3 BC Lions 33     W1 Calgary Stampeders 33  
  W2 Edmonton Eskimos 40  

CFL Leaders

1998 CFL All-Stars

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Defence

Special teams

1998 Western All-Stars

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1998 Eastern All-Stars

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1998 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars

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Head coach

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1998 CFL Awards

References

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