1998 Montreal Alouettes season

1998 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Dave Ritchie
Home field	Molson Stadium
Results
Record	12–5–1
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Uniform

The 1998 Montreal Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a 12–5–1 record. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished with the same record, but won the season series and thus, the tie-breaker. Hamilton also defeated the Alouettes in the East Final, denying the team a trip to the Grey Cup.

The 1998 season was significant with the signing of future all-time team passing leader Anthony Calvillo, the drafting of future Alouette touchdown leader Ben Cahoon, and longtime centre Bryan Chiu becoming a regular starter on the offensive line. Running back Mike Pringle became the first player to rush for over 2000 yards in a single season. The Alouettes also made a permanent move to Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on the campus of McGill University after dwindling attendance numbers at Olympic Stadium.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Ben Cahoon	WR	Brigham Young
3	15	Scott Flory	OL	Saskatchewan
3	18	William Loftus	D	Manitoba
5	34	Yannic Sermanou	OL	McGill
6	41	Kelly Ireland	OL	St. Mary's

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	June 18	at Toronto Argonauts	L 18–21	0–1	SkyDome	12,465
B	June 25	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 44–18	1–1	Molson Stadium	11,752

Regular season

Season Standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	12	5	1	503	351	25
Montreal Alouettes	18	12	5	1	470	435	25
Toronto Argonauts	18	9	9	0	452	410	18
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	3	15	0	399	588	6

Season Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	July 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 27–24	1–0	Winnipeg Stadium	22,013
2	2	July 9	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–24	2–0	Molson Stadium	14,388
3	3	July 16	at Calgary Stampeders	W 29–26	3–0	McMahon Stadium	27,515
4	4	July 23	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 21–23	3–1	Molson Stadium	16,149
5	5	July 31	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 10–22	3–2	Commonwealth Stadium	30,813
6	6	Aug 6	vs. BC Lions	W 22–16	4–2	Molson Stadium	14,050
7	7	Aug 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 24–20	5–2	Molson Stadium	16,399
8	8	Aug 21	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 13–12	6–2	Taylor Field	22,042
9	9	Aug 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 40–32	7–2	Molson Stadium	17,501
10	10	Sept 5	at BC Lions	W 26–15	8–2	BC Place	14,408
11	11	Sept 13	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 9–30	8–3	Molson Stadium	18,262
12	12	Sept 20	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	T 31–31	8–3–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18,509
13	13	Sept 25	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 23–34	8–4–1	Winnipeg Stadium	22,539
14	14	Oct 4	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 34–3	9–4–1	Molson Stadium	16,152
15	15	Oct 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 13–40	9–5–1	Molson Stadium	16,268
16	16	Oct 17	at Toronto Argonauts	W 38–28	10–5–1	SkyDome	24,230
17	17	Oct 25	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 58–44	11–5–1	Molson Stadium	16,205
18	18	Nov 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 22–11	12–5–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20,025

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks Running backs Receivers		Offensive linemen Defensive linemen Defensive backs Special teams Practice Roster

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	0	17	4	7	28
Montreal Alouettes	14	10	10	7	41

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	0	6	0	14	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	15	3	0	4	22

Awards

1998 CFL All-Star Selections

• Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle
• Elfrid Payton – Defensive End
• Mike Pringle – Running Back
• Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard

1998 CFL Eastern All-Star Selections

• Uzooma okeke – Offensive Tackle
• Elfrid payton – Defensive End
• Mike pringle – Running Back
• Pierre vercheval – Offensive Guard