Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Fri Jun 19 9:30 PM
EDM 22 @ SSK 3 W  
B
Thu Jun 25 9:00 PM
CGY 26 @ EDM 23 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Thu Jul 2 10:30 PM
EDM 20 @ BC 12 W TSN
2
Fri Jul 10 9:00 PM
BC 10 @ EDM 15 W TSN
3
Thu Jul 16 9:30 PM
EDM 14 @ SSK 28 L  
4
Thu Jul 23 7:30 PM
EDM 30 @ TOR 27 OT W  
5
Fri Jul 31 9:00 PM
MTL 10 @ EDM 22 W RDS, TSN
6
Fri Aug 7 9:00 PM
HAM 39 @ EDM 10 L TSN
7
Thu Aug 13 7:00 PM
EDM 23 @ HAM 48 L  
8
Fri Aug 21 9:00 PM
WPG 16 @ EDM 25 W TSN
9
Thu Aug 27 10:00 PM
SSK 13 @ EDM 35 W TSN
10
Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM
EDM 8 @ CGY 26 L CBC
11
Fri Sep 11 9:00 PM
CGY 30 @ EDM 23 L TSN
12
Sat Sep 19 10:00 PM
EDM 27 @ BC 21 W CBC
13
Sat Sep 26 9:00 PM
TOR 30 @ EDM 29 L CBC
14
Sun Oct 4 1:00 PM
EDM 3 @ MTL 34 L  
15
Mon Oct 12 4:00 PM
EDM 40 @ WPG 20 W CBC
16
Sun Oct 18 3:30 PM
BC 31 @ EDM 7 L RDS, TSN
17
Sun Oct 25 5:00 PM
EDM 19 @ CGY 31 L TSN
18
Sun Nov 1 3:30 PM
SSK 24 @ EDM 46 W  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 8 4:00 PM
BC 33 @ EDM 40 W CBC
Final
Sun Nov 15 4:00 PM
EDM 10 @ CGY 33 L CBC
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 2 1 1 0 2 45 29 L1 1-1-0
Regular Season 18 9 9 0 18 396 450 W1 2-4-0
    Home 9 5 4 0 10 212 203 W1 3-3-0
    Visitor 9 4 5 0 8 184 247 L1 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 10 5 5 0 10 214 226 W1 2-4-0
   Non-divisional opponent 8 4 4 0 8 182 224 W1 2-4-0

Full 1998 League Standings

Home Visitor Total
Quarter Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record)
After 1st 4 (3-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 2 (1-1-0) 2 (0-2-0) 5 (3-2-0) 6 (4-2-0) 3 (1-2-0) 9 (4-5-0)
After 2nd 5 (4-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 5 (4-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 10 (8-2-0) 1 (1-0-0) 7 (0-7-0)
After 3rd 6 (5-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 10 (9-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 8 (0-8-0)
After 4th 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 3 (3-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 8 (8-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 9 (0-9-0)
After OT1 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0)
After OT2 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.483 3-2-0 (5) 2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.514 2-2-0 (4) 2-2-0 (4)
BC Lions (4) 0.500
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.667
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.278
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2) 0.694
Montreal Alouettes (2) 0.694
Toronto Argonauts (2) 0.500
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2) 0.167
19981997 +/-
Average Combined Score 47.00 -1.83
Average Winning Score 28.89 -2.78
Average Losing Score 15.11 -1.39
Average Home Score 23.56 -10.22
Average Visitor Score 20.44 +1.00
Average Margin of Victory 11.89 -2.03
Average Margin of Loss 17.89 +3.22
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Edmonton 212 (23.6) 184 (20.4) 396 (22.0)
Opponent 247 (27.4) 203 (22.6) 450 (25.0)
1st Edmonton 67 (7.4) 31 (3.4) 98 (5.4)
Opponent 40 (4.4) 42 (4.7) 82 (4.6)
2nd Edmonton 58 (6.4) 58 (6.4) 116 (6.4)
Opponent 75 (8.3) 60 (6.7) 135 (7.5)
3rd Edmonton 53 (5.9) 28 (3.1) 81 (4.5)
Opponent 36 (4.0) 39 (4.3) 75 (4.2)
4th Edmonton 34 (3.8) 64 (7.1) 98 (5.4)
Opponent 96 (10.7) 62 (6.9) 158 (8.8)
OT1 Edmonton 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Opponent 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
OT2 Edmonton 0 (0.0) 3 (3.0) 3 (3.0)
Opponent 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Mike Bender – Offensive line
  • Rich Stubler – Defensive Coordinator
  • Brad Miller – Defensive assistant
  • Scott Fawcett – Special teams
Edmonton Eskimos 1998 Stars of the Week
Offensive Star
  • 1 – David Archer
Defensive Star
  • 1 – Kavis Reed
  • 1 – Malikia Griffin
  • 1 – Rio Wells
  • 1 – Willie Pless
Lineman Star
  • 2 – Malvin Hunter
1998 Player Awards and Nominations
1998 Most Outstanding
Edmonton Eskimos 1998 All-Star Selections
1 All-Canadian Selections
LB Willie Pless
4 All-Division Selections
G Bruce Beaton
DE Leroy Blugh
DE Malvin Hunter
LB Willie Pless*

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1998 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–5 (5)   Philippe Girard (DB) Mount Allison
2–5 (11)   Samir Chahine (OG) McGill
3–5 (17)   Scott Deibert (RB) Minot State
4–5 (25)   Chris Evraire (SB) Ottawa
5–5 (33)   Jim Cooper (OL) British Columbia (UBC)
6–5 (40)   Adam Kossack (OL) Hastings

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