Montreal Alouettes 1998 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1998 Won 41 – 28 vs Toronto
East Division Final
- Nov. 15, 1998 Lost 20 – 22 @ Hamilton

Montreal Alouettes 1998 Season Resources 1998 MTL Team Roster 1998 MTL Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 18 7:30 PM	MTL 18 @ TOR 21	L	12,645
B	Thu Jun 25 7:30 PM	WPG 18 @ MTL 44	W	11,752


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 1 3:00 PM	MTL 27 @ WPG 24	W	22,013	RDS, TSN
2	Thu Jul 9 7:30 PM	SSK 24 @ MTL 30	W	14,338
3	Thu Jul 16 9:30 PM	MTL 29 @ CGY 26	W	27,515
4	Thu Jul 23 7:30 PM	HAM 23 @ MTL 21	L	16,149
5	Fri Jul 31 9:00 PM	MTL 10 @ EDM 22	L	30,813	RDS, TSN
6	Thu Aug 6 7:00 PM	BC 16 @ MTL 22	W	14,050
7	Thu Aug 13 7:30 PM	TOR 20 @ MTL 24	W	21,175
8	Fri Aug 21 9:30 PM	MTL 13 @ SSK 12	W	22,042
9	Fri Aug 28 7:30 PM	CGY 32 @ MTL 40	W	17,501	RDS, TSN
10	Sat Sep 5 10:30 PM	MTL 26 @ BC 15	W	14,408	RDS, TSN
11	Sun Sep 13 1:00 PM	HAM 30 @ MTL 9	L	18,262
12	Sun Sep 20 1:00 PM	MTL 31 @ HAM 31 OT	T	18,509	RDS, TSN
13	Fri Sep 25 8:00 PM	MTL 23 @ WPG 34	L	22,539	RDS, TSN
14	Sun Oct 4 1:00 PM	EDM 3 @ MTL 34	W	16,152
15	Mon Oct 12 1:00 PM	TOR 40 @ MTL 13	L	16,268	CBC
16	Sat Oct 17 1:00 PM	MTL 38 @ TOR 28	W	24,230	RDS, CBC
17	Sun Oct 25 2:00 PM	WPG 44 @ MTL 58	W	16,205	CBC
18	Sun Nov 1 1:00 PM	MTL 22 @ HAM 11	W	20,025	RDS, CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 8 1:00 PM	TOR 28 @ MTL 41	W	17,495	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 15 1:00 PM	MTL 20 @ HAM 22	L	25,731	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	62	39	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	12	5	1	25	470	435	W3	4-2-0
Home	9	6	3	0	12	251	232	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	6	2	1	13	219	203	W2	4-1-1
Divisional opponent	10	5	4	1	11	266	285	W3	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	8	7	1	0	14	204	150	W5	5-1-0

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	6 (5-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-1-1)	10 (8-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (3-3-1)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-2-1)	8 (8-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (3-5-1)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-5-1)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	2 (0-2-0)	12 (12-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)
After OT2	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.478	2-3-0 (5)	3-1-1 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.486	4-0-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.694	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-1 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1998	1997 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.28	-7.56
Average Winning Score	30.25	-3.13
Average Losing Score	15.20	+0.20
Average Home Score	27.89	-5.22
Average Visitor Score	24.33	+0.89
Average Margin of Victory	9.00	+2.46
Average Margin of Loss	14.60	-7.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Montreal	251 (27.9)	219 (24.3)	470 (26.1)
Total	Opponent	203 (22.6)	232 (25.8)	435 (24.2)
1st	Montreal	59 (6.6)	36 (4.0)	95 (5.3)
1st	Opponent	46 (5.1)	37 (4.1)	83 (4.6)
2nd	Montreal	76 (8.4)	61 (6.8)	137 (7.6)
2nd	Opponent	71 (7.9)	69 (7.7)	140 (7.8)
3rd	Montreal	35 (3.9)	51 (5.7)	86 (4.8)
3rd	Opponent	34 (3.8)	41 (4.6)	75 (4.2)
4th	Montreal	81 (9.0)	71 (7.9)	152 (8.4)
4th	Opponent	52 (5.8)	85 (9.4)	137 (7.6)
OT1	Montreal	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT2	Montreal	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT2	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Head Coaches

Charlie Taaffe (Nov. 24, 1998 – Dec. 13, 2000)
Dave Ritchie, II (March 21, 1997 – Nov. 24, 1998)

Assistant Coaches

Charlie Taffe – Offensive Coordinator
Bill Stewart – Offensive line
Danny Maciocia – Running backs
Gene Gaines – Defensive backs
Jacques Dussault – Defensive line
Rod Rust – Linebackers

Montreal Alouettes 1998 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

4 – Mike Pringle
1 – Chris Armstrong

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

1 – Elfrid Payton
1 – Mike Sutherland
1 – Pierre Vercheval
1 – Swift Burch
1 – Uzooma Okeke

1998 Player Awards and Nominations

1998 Most Outstanding

Player — Mike Pringle (Winner)
Defensive Player — Elfrid Payton (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Uzooma Okeke (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Doug Petersen (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Barron Miles (Division Finalist)

Montreal Alouettes 1998 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Mike Pringle^*
G	Pierre Vercheval
T	Uzooma Okeke
DE	Elfrid Payton

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Mike Pringle^*
G	Pierre Vercheval
T	Uzooma Okeke
DT	Doug Petersen
DE	Elfrid Payton

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1998 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Ben Cahoon (WR)	Brigham Young
2–6		Forfeited pick for Tracy Ham signing
3–3 (15)	[BC, WPG]	Scott Flory (OL)	Saskatchewan
3–6 (18)		Will Loftus (DB)	Manitoba
5–6 (34)		Daniel Lafontaine (OL)	McGill
6–6 (41)		Kelly Ireland (OL)	Saint Mary's