1998 CFL season explained

1998 CFL season
Duration:July 1 – November 1, 1998
Conf1:East
Conf1 Champ:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Conf2:West
Conf2 Champ:Calgary Stampeders
Finals:86th Grey Cup
Finals Date:November 22, 1998
Finals Venue:Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
Finals Champ:Calgary Stampeders
Prevseason Year:1997
Nextseason Year:1999
Seasonslist:List of Canadian Football League seasons
Seasonslistnames:CFL

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

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! 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
18 5 13 0 411 525 10
East Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 12 5 1 503 351 25
Montreal Alouettes 18 12 5 1 470 435 25
Toronto Argonauts 18 9 9 0 452 410 18
18 3 15 0 399 588 6

Grey Cup playoffs

See main article: 86th Grey Cup.

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

CFL Leaders

1998 CFL All-Stars

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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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFLapedia.
  2. http://cflpa.com/index.php?module=page&id=5034 1998 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars