1998 Calgary Stampeders Season
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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium a ...
season was the 41st season for the team in the
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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 The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The E ...
in the West Final and then beat the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division (CFL), East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home game ...
in the
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 And ...
in the first
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matchup between those two teams.
Wally Buono Pasquale "Wally" Buono (born February 7, 1950) is a Canadian ex-football coach currently working as the vice president of football operations, alternate governor and the former head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), a ...
completed his seventh season as the team's
head coach A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as associat ...
and fifth as the
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. 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


Preseason


Schedule


Regular season


Season Standings


Season schedule


Awards and records

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Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy The Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy is a trophy awarded to the Canadian Football League West Division's most outstanding player, chosen from the nominees from each team in the division. Either this trophy winner or the winner of the Terry Evanshen Tr ...
Kelvin Anderson Kelvin Anderson (born February 4, 1972) is an American former professional football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), a league record. He won the CFL's Gr ...
(RB)


1998 CFL All-Stars

*QB –
Jeff Garcia Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). After attending high school and junior college in ...
*RB –
Kelvin Anderson Kelvin Anderson (born February 4, 1972) is an American former professional football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), a league record. He won the CFL's Gr ...
*SB –
Allen Pitts Allen Pitts (born June 28, 1964) is an American former professional football wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1990 to 2000. He attended Cal-State Fullerton and played his entire professional car ...
*WR –
Terry Vaughn Terry Vaughn (born December 25, 1971) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) receiver most recently with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In 2005, Terry Vaughn's 1113 receiving yards combined with those of his teammates ( Kerry Watkins's 1364 yards ...
*OG –
Fred Childress Freddie Lee Childress (born September 17, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, p ...
*LB –
Alondra Johnson Alondra Johnson (born July 22, 1965) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) linebacker who played sixteen seasons in the CFL, mainly for the Calgary Stampeders. Johnson was a three-time All Star and won Grey Cups with Calgary in 1992, 1998 ...
*P – Tony Martino


Western All-Star Selections

*QB –
Jeff Garcia Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). After attending high school and junior college in ...
*RB –
Kelvin Anderson Kelvin Anderson (born February 4, 1972) is an American former professional football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), a league record. He won the CFL's Gr ...
*SB –
Allen Pitts Allen Pitts (born June 28, 1964) is an American former professional football wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1990 to 2000. He attended Cal-State Fullerton and played his entire professional car ...
*SB –
Vince Danielsen Vince Danielsen (born November 26, 1971) is a former professional Canadian football receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League from 1994 to 2001. He was selected third overall in the bonus round of the 1994 Canadian Colle ...
*WR –
Terry Vaughn Terry Vaughn (born December 25, 1971) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) receiver most recently with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In 2005, Terry Vaughn's 1113 receiving yards combined with those of his teammates ( Kerry Watkins's 1364 yards ...
*C – Jamie Crysdale *OG –
Fred Childress Freddie Lee Childress (born September 17, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, p ...
*LB – Darryl Hall *LB –
Alondra Johnson Alondra Johnson (born July 22, 1965) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) linebacker who played sixteen seasons in the CFL, mainly for the Calgary Stampeders. Johnson was a three-time All Star and won Grey Cups with Calgary in 1992, 1998 ...
*CB –
Marvin Coleman Marvin Coleman (born January 31, 1972) is a former professional gridiron football defensive back who played in the Canadian Football League for ten years. Coleman played for the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1994 to 2003. ...
*DB –
Jack Kellogg Jackie Kellogg (born March 29, 1971) is a former American and Canadian football defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL), World League of American Football (WLAF), Arena Football League (AFL) and XFL. He played college football at E ...
*P – Tony Martino *ST –
Marvin Coleman Marvin Coleman (born January 31, 1972) is a former professional gridiron football defensive back who played in the Canadian Football League for ten years. Coleman played for the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1994 to 2003. ...


Post-season


Schedule


Grey Cup


References

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