Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1998 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the East Division

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1998 Season Resources 1998 WPG Team Roster 1998 WPG Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 18 8:00 PM	HAM 9 @ WPG 17	W	26,084
B	Thu Jun 25 7:30 PM	WPG 18 @ MTL 44	L	11,752


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 1 3:00 PM	MTL 27 @ WPG 24	L	22,013	RDS, TSN
2	Wed Jul 8 7:00 PM	WPG 13 @ HAM 33	L	17,104	RDS, TSN
3	Fri Jul 17 10:30 PM	HAM 29 @ WPG 7	L	20,817	RDS, TSN
4	Fri Jul 24 9:00 PM	CGY 44 @ WPG 25	L	21,399	TSN
5	Thu Jul 30 10:30 PM	WPG 13 @ BC 20	L	15,726
6	Thu Aug 6 7:30 PM	WPG 14 @ TOR 29	L	15,712	RDS, TSN
7	Fri Aug 14 8:00 PM	BC 24 @ WPG 22	L	20,293	TSN
8	Fri Aug 21 9:00 PM	WPG 16 @ EDM 25	L	29,123	TSN
9	Thu Aug 27 8:00 PM	TOR 37 @ WPG 16	L	20,102
10	Sun Sep 6 5:00 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 32	L	30,152	TSN
11	Sun Sep 13 2:00 PM	SSK 35 @ WPG 36	W	23,726
12	Sat Sep 19 1:00 PM	WPG 22 @ TOR 46	L	13,894	RDS, TSN
13	Fri Sep 25 8:00 PM	MTL 23 @ WPG 34	W	22,539	RDS, TSN
14	Sun Oct 4 1:00 PM	WPG 21 @ HAM 35	L	14,879
15	Mon Oct 12 4:00 PM	EDM 40 @ WPG 20	L	19,448	CBC
16	Sun Oct 18 4:00 PM	WPG 23 @ CGY 39	L	26,727
17	Sun Oct 25 2:00 PM	WPG 44 @ MTL 58	L	16,205	CBC
18	Fri Oct 30 8:00 PM	TOR 12 @ WPG 31	W	33,810	RDS, TSN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	35	53	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	3	15	0	6	399	588	W1	2-4-0
Home	9	3	6	0	6	215	271	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	0	9	0	0	184	317	L9	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	10	2	8	0	4	226	329	W1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	1	7	0	2	173	259	L2	1-5-0

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	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (3-3-0)	2 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	13 (3-10-0)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	3 (0-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (2-5-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	15 (1-14-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	15 (0-15-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.617	2-3-0 (5)	0-5-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.486	1-3-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.694	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.694	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1998	1997 +/-
Average Combined Score	54.83	-0.22
Average Winning Score	33.67	-5.58
Average Losing Score	19.87	-0.56
Average Home Score	23.89	+0.89
Average Visitor Score	20.44	-5.78
Average Margin of Victory	10.33	-15.67
Average Margin of Loss	14.67	-0.26

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	215 (23.9)	184 (20.4)	399 (22.2)
Total	Opponent	317 (35.2)	271 (30.1)	588 (32.7)
1st	Winnipeg	28 (3.1)	31 (3.4)	59 (3.3)
1st	Opponent	79 (8.8)	52 (5.8)	131 (7.3)
2nd	Winnipeg	79 (8.8)	57 (6.3)	136 (7.6)
2nd	Opponent	71 (7.9)	96 (10.7)	167 (9.3)
3rd	Winnipeg	28 (3.1)	24 (2.7)	52 (2.9)
3rd	Opponent	77 (8.6)	52 (5.8)	129 (7.2)
4th	Winnipeg	80 (8.9)	72 (8.0)	152 (8.4)
4th	Opponent	90 (10.0)	71 (7.9)	161 (8.9)

Head Coaches

Dave Ritchie, II (Nov. 24, 1998 – Aug. 9, 2004)
Gary Hoffman* (Oct. 8, 1998 – Nov. 24, 1998)
Jeff Reinebold (Jan. 7, 1997 – Oct. 8, 1998)

Assistant Coaches

Gary Hoffman – Offensive line
James Murphy – Receivers
Steve Carson – Defensive secondary
Greg Battle – Linebackers
Lee Johnson – Defensive line
Darren Richens – Quality control
Harry Justvig – Assistant

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1998 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

None

Defensive Star

1 – David Maeva

Lineman Star

1 – Chris Perez

1998 Player Awards and Nominations

1998 Most Outstanding

Player — Eric Blount (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Joe Fleming (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Perez (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bob Cameron (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mitch Running (Team Nominee)

1998 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Glen Scrivener (Winner)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1998 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Joe Fleming
ST	Eric Blount^*

4 All-Division Selections

T	Chris Perez
DT	Joe Fleming
LB	Grant Carter
ST	Eric Blount

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
4–2 (22)		Garrett Sutherland (LB)	Northern Illinois
4–3 (23)	[BC]	Jean-Daniel Roy (DL)	Ottawa
4–6 (26)	[MTL]	Eddie Williams (WR)	Southwest Minnesota State
6–2 (37)		John Baunemann (K)	Manitoba
6–3 (38)	[BC]	Chad Vath (LB)	Manitoba