The

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 frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Calgary Stampeders 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

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in the West Final and then beat the

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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 Ande ...

in the first

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

matchup between those two teams. Wally Buono completed his seventh season as the team's

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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 The 1998 CFL Draft took place on April 7, 1998. 43 Canadian football players were chosen from among 490 eligible players from Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...

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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– Kelvin Anderson (RB)

1998 CFL All-Stars

*QB – Jeff Garcia *RB – Kelvin Anderson *SB – Allen Pitts *WR – Terry Vaughn *OG –

Fred Childress Fred Childress, also known as Freddie Childress (born September 17, 1966) is a former all-star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. He was nicknamed as "the Big Chill" for his 6 feet 4 inch and 345 p ...

*LB –

Alondra Johnson Alondra Johnson (born July 22, 1965) is a former Canadian Football League linebacker who played sixteen seasons in the CFL, mainly for the Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, ...

*P – Tony Martino

Western All-Star Selections

*QB – Jeff Garcia *RB – Kelvin Anderson *SB – Allen Pitts *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 Colleg ...

*WR – Terry Vaughn *C –

Jamie Crysdale Jamie Crysdale (born December 14, 1968, in Calgary, Alberta) is a former offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders from 1993 to 2005. He played in three Grey Cups for the Stampeders, winning two. He was an CFL Western Division All-Star centre ...

*OG –

*LB – Darryl Hall *LB –

*CB –

Marvin Coleman Marvin Coleman (born January 31, 1972) was a football player in the Canadian Football League for ten years. Coleman played cornerback for the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadia ...

*DB – Jack Kellogg *P – Tony Martino *ST –

Post-season

Schedule

Grey Cup

References

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