Toronto Argonauts 1998 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

9 wins, 9 losses, 0 ties
Finished 3rd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1998 Lost 28 – 41 @ Montreal

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Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Thu Jun 18 7:30 PM	MTL 18 @ TOR 21	W
B	Wed Jun 24 7:00 PM	TOR 22 @ HAM 14	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Fri Jul 3 9:30 PM	TOR 10 @ SSK 19	L	TSN
2	Thu Jul 9 7:30 PM	CGY 22 @ TOR 19	L
3	Thu Jul 16 9:30 PM	TOR 30 @ BC 15	W	TSN
4	Thu Jul 23 7:30 PM	EDM 30 @ TOR 27 OT	L
5	Thu Jul 30 10:00 PM	TOR 15 @ CGY 14	W	TSN
6	Thu Aug 6 7:30 PM	WPG 14 @ TOR 29	W	RDS, TSN
7	Thu Aug 13 7:30 PM	TOR 20 @ MTL 24	L
8	Thu Aug 20 7:00 PM	HAM 6 @ TOR 42	W
9	Thu Aug 27 8:00 PM	TOR 37 @ WPG 16	W
10	Mon Sep 7 1:00 PM	TOR 7 @ HAM 26	L	CBC
11	Sat Sep 12 1:00 PM	BC 28 @ TOR 37	W	RDS, CBC
12	Sat Sep 19 1:00 PM	WPG 22 @ TOR 46	W	RDS, TSN
13	Sat Sep 26 9:00 PM	TOR 30 @ EDM 29	W	CBC
14	Sat Oct 3 1:00 PM	SSK 18 @ TOR 15	L	CBC
15	Mon Oct 12 1:00 PM	TOR 40 @ MTL 13	W	CBC
16	Sat Oct 17 1:00 PM	MTL 38 @ TOR 28	L	RDS, CBC
17	Fri Oct 23 7:30 PM	HAM 45 @ TOR 8	L	RDS, TSN
18	Fri Oct 30 8:00 PM	TOR 12 @ WPG 31	L	RDS, TSN


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 8 1:00 PM	TOR 28 @ MTL 41	L	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	43	32	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	0	18	452	410	L3	2-4-0
Home	9	4	5	0	8	251	223	L3	3-3-0
Visitor	9	5	4	0	10	201	187	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	10	5	5	0	10	269	235	L3	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	4	4	0	8	183	175	L1	4-2-0

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

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.483	3-2-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.486	1-3-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.694	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.694	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.167	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1998	1997 +/-
Average Combined Score	47.89	-6.94
Average Winning Score	34.00	-3.60
Average Losing Score	16.22	-15.78
Average Home Score	27.89	-9.00
Average Visitor Score	22.33	-14.11
Average Margin of Victory	16.56	-6.91
Average Margin of Loss	11.89	+5.56

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	251 (27.9)	201 (22.3)	452 (25.1)
Total	Opponent	187 (20.8)	223 (24.8)	410 (22.8)
1st	Toronto	37 (4.1)	40 (4.4)	77 (4.3)
1st	Opponent	15 (1.7)	33 (3.7)	48 (2.7)
2nd	Toronto	64 (7.1)	64 (7.1)	128 (7.1)
2nd	Opponent	63 (7.0)	77 (8.6)	140 (7.8)
3rd	Toronto	65 (7.2)	29 (3.2)	94 (5.2)
3rd	Opponent	37 (4.1)	48 (5.3)	85 (4.7)
4th	Toronto	85 (9.4)	68 (7.6)	153 (8.5)
4th	Opponent	72 (8.0)	62 (6.9)	134 (7.4)
OT1	Toronto	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT2	Toronto	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT2	Opponent	0 (0.0)	3 (3.0)	3 (3.0)

Head Coach

Don Matthews (Feb. 5, 1996 – Jan. 13, 1999)

Assistant Coaches

Jim Barker – Offensive Coordinator
John Jenkins – Offensive Coordinator
Gary Etcheverry – Defensive line
Gregg Butler – Defensive backfield
Daryl Edralin – Special teams

Toronto Argonauts 1998 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

3 – Kerwin Bell
2 – Derrell Mitchell

Defensive Star

1 – Kelly Wiltshire
1 – Marcello Simmons

Lineman Star

1 – Chris Gioskos

1998 Player Awards and Nominations

1998 Most Outstanding

Player — Derrell “Mookie” Mitchell (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Demetrious Maxie (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Willie Williams, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Kelly Wiltshire (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Jermaine Haley (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1998 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

SB	Derrell “Mookie” Mitchell

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Kerwin Bell
SB	Derrell “Mookie” Mitchell^*
WR	Paul Masotti
LB	Kelly Wiltshire
CB	Donald Smith
S	Les Smith
P	Noel Prefontaine

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1998 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)	[WPG]	Dave Miller-Johnston (K)	Concordia
1–8		Forfeited pick for 1997 Supplemental Draft Pick Andre Kirwan
2–2	[WPG]	Forfeited pick for 1997 Supplemental Draft Pick Andre Kirwan
2–7 (12)	[SSK]	Roger Dunbrack (RB)	Western Ontario
2–8		Forfeited pick for 1997 Supplemental Draft Pick Jeremy O'Day
3–8 (20)		Jermaine Brown (RB)	Winona State
4–8 (28)		Brian Mlachak (K)	Calgary
5–7 (35)	[SSK]	Eric Shilts (WR)	Toronto (UofT)
5–8		Forfeited pick for 1997 Supplemental Draft Pick Stephan LeClerc
6–8 (43)		Bill Mitoulas (LB)	Notre Dame