86th Grey Cup The 86th Grey Cup ( Canadian Football League championship ) was held in 1998 in Winnipeg . The Calgary Stampeders won the game over the Hamilton Tiger - Cats with a score of 26 - 24 . Game summary . Calgary Stampeders ( 26 ) - TDs , Jeff Garcia , Kelvin Anderson ; FGs , Mark McLoughlin ( 4 ) ; cons . , McLoughlin ; singles , McLoughlin . Hamilton Tiger - Cats ( 24 ) - TDs , Ronald Williams ( 2 ) ; FGs , Paul Osbaldiston ( 3 ) ; cons . , Osbaldiston ; singles , Osbaldiston ( 2 ) . First Quarter < br > CAL — Single McLoughlin missed field goal , one - point granted < br > HAM — FG Osbaldiston 24 yard field goal < br > CAL — FG McLoughlin 34 yard field goal < br > Second Quarter < br > CAL — TD Anderson 3 yard run < br > HAM — FG Osbaldiston 20 yard field - goal < br > HAM — TD Williams pass from McManus ( Osbaldiston convert ) < br > HAM — FG Osbaldiston < br > Third Quarter < br > HAM — Single Osbaldiston missed 44 yard - field goal attempt , one - point granted < br > HAM — Single Osbaldiston 66 yard punt kick was in the end zone , one - point granted < br > CAL — TD Garcia 1 yard run ( McLoughlin convert ) < br > Fourth Quarter < br > CAL — FG McLoughlin < br > CAL — FG McLoughlin < br > HAM — TD Williams 4 yard run < br > CAL — FG McLoughlin As the game began , the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius , under sunny skies . However after the sun went down , the temperatures plummeted . Mark McLoughlin missed the opening field goal attempt , but Calgary opened the scoring with a single point . The Ti - Cats ran the ball down the field , and Paul Osbaldiston kicked a 24 yard field goal to make the game 3 - 1 . Minutes later , McLoughlin made up for his earlier failure with a 34 field goal to put the Stampeders ahead 4 - 3 . Kelvin Anderson ran in a 3 yard touchdown five minutes into the second quarter . The convert failed , and the Stamps led 10 - 3 . Osbaldiston kicked in a Ti - Cats field goal from the 20 yard line to close the gap at 10 - 6 . Hamilton got revenge with just over three minutes to go in the half , with a gorgeous reception by Ronald Williams . Osbaldiston nailed the convert and the Hamilton Tiger - Cats led 13 - 10 . Osbaldiston finished out the half with his third field goal of the game to put the Ti - Cats up 16 - 10 going into half time . In the second half , Osbaldiston managed a single off a 44 yard missed field goal . Four minutes later , Osbaldiston had another single on a 66 yard punt . On the final play of the third quarter , the Stamps capped a 14 play drive when Jeff Garcia ran in from the one for the touchdown to bring the Stampeders within one point of the Tiger - Cats with the score 18 - 17 . Aldi Henry intercepted a Danny McManus pass to give the Stamps possession at the 13 : 00 mark of the fourth quarter . The Stampeders were only able to convert a field goal out of the opportunity , but it was enough to give them the lead in the game again . McLoughlin kicked another field goal 5 minutes later to give the Stamps a 23 - 18 advantage . Archie Amerson made a terrific running play to take the ball to the two yard line for the Ti - Cats . Williams ran in from the four , but the two point convert attempt failed , giving Hamilton a 24 - 23 lead with three minutes remaining . After a Calgary drive , place kicker Mark McLoughlin kicked the field goal on the last play of the game to give Calgary the win . Trivia . McLoughlin made three field goals in the fourth quarter and four altogether . Earlier in the year he had battled to gain his spot on the team . Jeff Garcia was named Grey Cup MVP , while Vince Danielsen was named Canadian MVP .