Season of Canadian Football League team the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The 1998 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 41st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 49th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the East Division for the first time since 1989, when they last appeared in the Grey Cup, with a 12–5–1 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup where they lost to the Stampeders.
Offseason
CFL Draft
Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
1 | 1 | Tim Fleiszer | DL | Harvard |
3 | 13 | Devin Grant | OL | Utah |
4 | 21 | Tarek Jayoussi | WR | Calgary |
5 | 29 | Jeff Brown | CB | Acadia |
6 | 36 | Benjie Hutchison | DL | British Columbia |
6 | 43 | Robert Yelenich | LB | York |
Preseason
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
A | June 18 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17–9 | Loss | 0–1 |
B | June 24 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 22–14 | Loss | 0–2 |
Regular season
Season standings
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
1 | July 1 | at Calgary Stampeders | 21–20 | Loss | 0–1 |
2 | July 8 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33–13 | Win | 1–1 |
3 | July 17 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29–7 | Win | 2–1 |
4 | July 23 | at Montreal Alouettes | 23–21 | Win | 3–1 |
5 | July 30 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 26–8 | Win | 4–1 |
6 | Aug 7 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 39–10 | Win | 5–1 |
7 | Aug 13 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 48–23 | Win | 6–1 |
8 | Aug 20 | at Toronto Argonauts | 42–6 | Loss | 6–2 |
9 | Aug 27 | vs. BC Lions | 28–8 | Win | 7–2 |
10 | Sept 7 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 26–7 | Win | 8–2 |
11 | Sept 13 | at Montreal Alouettes | 30–9 | Win | 9–2 |
12 | Sept 20 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 31–31 | Tie | 9–2–1 |
13 | Sept 27 | at BC Lions | 34–31 | Loss | 9–3–1 |
14 | Oct 4 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 35–21 | Win | 10–3–1 |
15 | Oct 11 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 35–18 | Loss | 10–4–1 |
16 | Oct 16 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 34–31 | Win | 11–4–1 |
17 | Oct 23 | at Toronto Argonauts | 45–8 | Win | 12–4–1 |
18 | Nov 1 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 22–11 | Loss | 12–5–1 |
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Postseason
Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
Nov 15 | East Final | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 22–20 | Win |
Nov 22 | Grey Cup | Calgary Stampeders | 26–24 | Loss |
Grey Cup
Awards and honours
1998 CFL All-Stars
References
- ^ "1998 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". www.cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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- Founded in 1950
- Based in Hamilton, Ontario
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Grey Cup championships (8) | |
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East Division championships (22) | |
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