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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 frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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 the Brick Field at Commo ...

, coached by

Kay Stephenson George Kay Stephenson (born December 17, 1944) is an American former college and professional football player and retired coach, whose latter career has seen him work in four different professional leagues. Stephenson played quarterback for the ...

, finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. They were defeated in the West Final by the Calgary Stampeders.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Preseason

Schedule

Regular season

Season standings

Team GP W L T PF PA Pts BC Lions 18 13 5 0 429 373 26 Calgary Stampeders 18 12 6 0 503 393 24

18 6 12 0 459 502 12 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 3 15 0 370 592 6

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record Streak 1 July 9 vs British Columbia Lions 25–13 L 33404 0–1 L1 2 July 16 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders 39–6 W 32113 1–1 W1 3 July 22 at Calgary Stampeders 41–27 L 31246 1–2 L1 4 July 29 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 54–8 L 16815 1–3 L2 5 August 6 vs Montreal Alouettes 20–13 L 33154 1–4 L3 6 August 13 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 56–26 W 22454 2–4 W2 7 August 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–27 L 16544 2–5 L1 8 August 27 vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–23 OTL 34180 2–6 L2 9 September 6 at Calgary Stampeders 33–30 OTW 37611 3–6 W1 10 September 10 vs Calgary Stampeders 38–13 L 52458 3–7 L1 11 September 17 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 41–38 W 18321 4–7 W1 12 September 26 vs Toronto Argonauts 20–16 L 31085 4–8 L1 13 October 3 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–19 L 27211 4–9 L2 14 October 11 at British Columbia Lions 26–20 W 26177 5–9 W1 15 October 17 vs British Columbia Lions 21–13 OTL 30713 5–10 L1 16 October 23 at Montreal Alouettes 36–33 L 19461 5–11 L2 17 October 30 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders 34–21 W 33850 6–11 W1 18 November 6 at Toronto Argonauts 20–15 L 19460 6–12 L1 Awards and records

1999 CFL All-Stars

Offence

* OG –

Leo Groenewegen Leo Groenewegen (born August 13, 1965) is a former all-star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. He played from 1987 to 2004 for the Ottawa Rough Riders, British Columbia Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. He was an All-Star three times ...

Western All-Star Selections

Offence

* OG –

, Edmonton Eskimos * OG –

Val St. Germain Val St. Germain is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa Renegades, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Saskatchewan Rou ...

, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence

* DT – Doug Petersen, Edmonton Eskimos * LB – Terry Ray, Edmonton Eskimos

Playoffs

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Tot Calgary Stampeders 7 14 6 3 30

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