The 1998 Montreal Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a 12–5–1 record. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished with the same record, but won the season series and thus, the tie-breaker. Hamilton also defeated the Alouettes in the East Final, denying the team a trip to the Grey Cup.
The 1998 season was significant with the signing of future all-time team passing leader Anthony Calvillo, the drafting of future Alouette touchdown leader Ben Cahoon, and longtime centre Bryan Chiu becoming a regular starter on the offensive line. Running back Mike Pringle became the first player to rush for over 2000 yards in a single season. The Alouettes also made a permanent move to Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on the campus of McGill University after dwindling attendance numbers at Olympic Stadium.
Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 6 Ben Cahoon WR Brigham Young 3 15 Scott Flory OL Saskatchewan 3 18 William Loftus D Manitoba 5 34 Yannic Sermanou OL McGill 6 41 Kelly Ireland OL St. Mary's https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1998 1998 CFL Canadian Draft
Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 18 at Toronto Argonauts L 18–21 0–1 SkyDome 12,465 B June 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 44–18 1–1 Molson Stadium 11,752
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 1 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–24 1–0 Winnipeg Stadium 22,013 2 2 July 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–24 2–0 Molson Stadium 14,388 3 3 July 16 at Calgary Stampeders W 29–26 3–0 McMahon Stadium 27,515 4 4 July 23 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–23 3–1 Molson Stadium 16,149 5 5 July 31 at Edmonton Eskimos L 10–22 3–2 Commonwealth Stadium 30,813 6 6 Aug 6 vs. BC Lions W 22–16 4–2 Molson Stadium 14,050 7 7 Aug 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 24–20 5–2 Molson Stadium 16,399 8 8 Aug 21 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 13–12 6–2 Taylor Field 22,042 9 9 Aug 28 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 40–32 7–2 Molson Stadium 17,501 10 10 Sept 5 at BC Lions W 26–15 8–2 BC Place 14,408 11 11 Sept 13 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 9–30 8–3 Molson Stadium 18,262 12 12 Sept 20 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats T 31–31 8–3–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 18,509 13 13 Sept 25 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 23–34 8–4–1 Winnipeg Stadium 22,539 14 14 Oct 4 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 34–3 9–4–1 Molson Stadium 16,152 15 15 Oct 12 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 13–40 9–5–1 Molson Stadium 16,268 16 16 Oct 17 at Toronto Argonauts W 38–28 10–5–1 SkyDome 24,230 17 17 Oct 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 58–44 11–5–1 Molson Stadium 16,205 18 18 Nov 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 22–11 12–5–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 20,025
Roster 1998 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen C G/T T T G/C G
Defensive linemen DE DE NT DE NT
Special teams K/P Linebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list T WR LB DB DB WR FB WR
Italics indicate American player
Playoffs East Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalToronto Argonauts 0 17 4 7 28Montreal Alouettes 14 10 10 7 41
East Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalMontreal Alouettes 0 6 0 14 20Hamilton Tiger-Cats 15 3 0 4 22
Awards 1998 CFL All-Star Selections Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle Elfrid Payton – Defensive End Mike Pringle – Running Back Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard
1998 CFL Eastern All-Star Selections Uzooma okeke – Offensive Tackle Elfrid payton – Defensive End Mike pringle – Running Back Pierre vercheval – Offensive Guard
1998 Intergold CFLPA All-Star Selections
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