Edmonton Eskimos 1998 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1998 Won 40 – 33 vs BC
West Division Final
- Nov. 15, 1998 Lost 10 – 33 @ Calgary

Edmonton Eskimos 1998 Season Resources 1998 EDM Team Roster 1998 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 19 9:30 PM	EDM 22 @ SSK 3	W	17,999
B	Thu Jun 25 9:00 PM	CGY 26 @ EDM 23	L	38,114


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 2 10:30 PM	EDM 20 @ BC 12	W	16,212	TSN
2	Fri Jul 10 9:00 PM	BC 10 @ EDM 15	W	31,582	TSN
3	Thu Jul 16 9:30 PM	EDM 14 @ SSK 28	L	21,686
4	Thu Jul 23 7:30 PM	EDM 30 @ TOR 27 OT	W	15,106
5	Fri Jul 31 9:00 PM	MTL 10 @ EDM 22	W	30,813	RDS, TSN
6	Fri Aug 7 9:00 PM	HAM 39 @ EDM 10	L	22,588	TSN
7	Thu Aug 13 7:00 PM	EDM 23 @ HAM 48	L	16,399
8	Fri Aug 21 9:00 PM	WPG 16 @ EDM 25	W	29,123	TSN
9	Thu Aug 27 10:00 PM	SSK 13 @ EDM 35	W	31,894	TSN
10	Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM	EDM 8 @ CGY 26	L	37,611	CBC
11	Fri Sep 11 9:00 PM	CGY 30 @ EDM 23	L	50,856	TSN
12	Sat Sep 19 10:00 PM	EDM 27 @ BC 21	W	13,380	CBC
13	Sat Sep 26 9:00 PM	TOR 30 @ EDM 29	L	31,923	CBC
14	Sun Oct 4 1:00 PM	EDM 3 @ MTL 34	L	16,152
15	Mon Oct 12 4:00 PM	EDM 40 @ WPG 20	W	19,448	CBC
16	Sun Oct 18 3:30 PM	BC 31 @ EDM 7	L	30,362	RDS, TSN
17	Sun Oct 25 5:00 PM	EDM 19 @ CGY 31	L	27,984	TSN
18	Sun Nov 1 3:30 PM	SSK 24 @ EDM 46	W	28,470


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 8 4:00 PM	BC 33 @ EDM 40	W	26,102	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 15 4:00 PM	EDM 10 @ CGY 33	L	31,121	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 %	@ EDM	EDM @
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	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.278	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.694	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.694	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1998	1997 +/-
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)
Total	Opponent	247 (27.4)	203 (22.6)	450 (25.0)
1st	Edmonton	67 (7.4)	31 (3.4)	98 (5.4)
1st	Opponent	40 (4.4)	42 (4.7)	82 (4.6)
2nd	Edmonton	58 (6.4)	58 (6.4)	116 (6.4)
2nd	Opponent	75 (8.3)	60 (6.7)	135 (7.5)
3rd	Edmonton	53 (5.9)	28 (3.1)	81 (4.5)
3rd	Opponent	36 (4.0)	39 (4.3)	75 (4.2)
4th	Edmonton	34 (3.8)	64 (7.1)	98 (5.4)
4th	Opponent	96 (10.7)	62 (6.9)	158 (8.8)
OT1	Edmonton	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT2	Edmonton	0 (0.0)	3 (3.0)	3 (3.0)
OT2	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Head Coach

Kay Stephenson (Dec. 15, 1997 – Dec. 1, 1998)

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

Player — Malvin Hunter (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Malvin Hunter (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Bruce Beaton (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Don Blair (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Robert Brown (Team Nominee)

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