# 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.

## Offseason

The 1998 CFL Draft took place on April 7, 1998. 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 |

### 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 |

## 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 | Bye | Bye | 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

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