86th Grey Cup
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The 86th Grey Cup
(Canadian Football League
championship) was held in 1998
in Winnipeg
. The Calgary Stampeders
won the game over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
with a score of 26-24.
, Kelvin Anderson
; FGs, Mark McLoughlin
(4); cons., McLoughlin
; singles, McLoughlin
.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (24) - TDs, Ronald Williams
(2); FGs, Paul Osbaldiston
(3); cons., Osbaldiston
; singles, Osbaldiston
(2).
First Quarter
CAL—Single McLoughlin missed field goal, one-point granted
HAM—FG Osbaldiston 24 yard field goal
CAL—FG McLoughlin 34 yard field goal
Second Quarter
CAL—TD Anderson 3 yard run
HAM—FG Osbaldiston 20 yard field-goal
HAM—TD Williams pass from McManus (Osbaldiston convert)
HAM—FG Osbaldiston
Third Quarter
HAM—Single Osbaldiston missed 44 yard-field goal attempt, one-point granted
HAM—Single Osbaldiston 66 yard punt kick was in the end zone, one-point granted
CAL—TD Garcia 1 yard run (McLoughlin convert)
Fourth Quarter
CAL—FG McLoughlin
CAL—FG McLoughlin
HAM—TD Williams 4 yard run
CAL—FG McLoughlin
As the game began, the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius, under sunny skies. However after the sun went down, the temperatures plummeted.
Mark McLoughlin missed the opening field goal attempt, but Calgary opened the scoring with a single point.
The Ti-Cats ran the ball down the field, and Paul Osbaldiston
kicked a 24 yard field goal to make the game 3-1. Minutes later, McLoughlin made up for his earlier failure with a 34 field goal to put the Stampeders ahead 4-3.
Kelvin Anderson
ran in a 3 yard touchdown five minutes into the second quarter. The convert failed, and the Stamps led 10-3. Osbaldiston kicked in a Ti-Cats field goal from the 20 yard line to close the gap at 10-6. Hamilton got revenge with just over three minutes to go in the half, with a gorgeous reception by Ronald Williams
. Osbaldiston nailed the convert and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats led 13-10. Osbaldiston finished out the half with his third field goal of the game to put the Ti-Cats up 16-10 going into half time.
In the second half, Osbaldiston managed a single off a 44 yard missed field goal. Four minutes later, Osbaldiston had another single on a 66 yard punt. On the final play of the third quarter, the Stamps capped a 14 play drive when Jeff Garcia ran in from the one for the touchdown to bring the Stampeders within one point of the Tiger-Cats with the score 18-17.
Aldi Henry
intercepted a Danny McManus
pass to give the Stamps possession at the 13:00 mark of the fourth quarter. The Stampeders were only able to convert a field goal out of the opportunity, but it was enough to give them the lead in the game again. McLoughlin kicked another field goal 5 minutes later to give the Stamps a 23-18 advantage. Archie Amerson
made a terrific running play to take the ball to the two yard line for the Ti-Cats. Williams ran in from the four, but the two point convert attempt failed, giving Hamilton a 24-23 lead with three minutes remaining. After a Calgary drive, place kicker Mark McLoughlin
kicked the field goal on the last play of the game to give Calgary the win.
was named Grey Cup MVP, while Vince Danielsen
was named Canadian MVP.
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
(Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
championship) was held in 1998
1998 CFL season
-1998 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mike Pringle , Montreal Alouettes*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike Morreale , Hamilton Tiger-Cats*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Joe Montford , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...
in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
. The Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
won the game over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
with a score of 26-24.
Game summary
Calgary Stampeders (26) - TDs, Jeff GarciaJeff Garcia
Jeffrey Jason "Jeff" Garcia is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at San Jose State University....
, Kelvin Anderson
Kelvin Anderson
Kelvin Anderson is a retired professional gridiron football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League, a league record...
; FGs, Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin is a former placekicker in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders from 1988 to 2003 and the BC Lions in 2005...
(4); cons., McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin is a former placekicker in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders from 1988 to 2003 and the BC Lions in 2005...
; singles, McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin is a former placekicker in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders from 1988 to 2003 and the BC Lions in 2005...
.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (24) - TDs, Ronald Williams
Ronald Williams (football player)
Ronald Williams was a star Canadian Football League running back who played seven seasons for four different teams. Williams finished his career with 6110 yards rushing. He was named to the CFL Eastern Division All Star team in 1998. He won the 1999 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats...
(2); FGs, Paul Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston is a former punter and placekicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 1986-2003. Osbaldiston was a three-time CFL All-Star, seven-time East Division All-Star and a member of Hamilton’s 1986 and 1999 Grey Cup championship teams...
(3); cons., Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston is a former punter and placekicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 1986-2003. Osbaldiston was a three-time CFL All-Star, seven-time East Division All-Star and a member of Hamilton’s 1986 and 1999 Grey Cup championship teams...
; singles, Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston is a former punter and placekicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 1986-2003. Osbaldiston was a three-time CFL All-Star, seven-time East Division All-Star and a member of Hamilton’s 1986 and 1999 Grey Cup championship teams...
(2).
First Quarter
CAL—Single McLoughlin missed field goal, one-point granted
HAM—FG Osbaldiston 24 yard field goal
CAL—FG McLoughlin 34 yard field goal
Second Quarter
CAL—TD Anderson 3 yard run
HAM—FG Osbaldiston 20 yard field-goal
HAM—TD Williams pass from McManus (Osbaldiston convert)
HAM—FG Osbaldiston
Third Quarter
HAM—Single Osbaldiston missed 44 yard-field goal attempt, one-point granted
HAM—Single Osbaldiston 66 yard punt kick was in the end zone, one-point granted
CAL—TD Garcia 1 yard run (McLoughlin convert)
Fourth Quarter
CAL—FG McLoughlin
CAL—FG McLoughlin
HAM—TD Williams 4 yard run
CAL—FG McLoughlin
As the game began, the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius, under sunny skies. However after the sun went down, the temperatures plummeted.
Mark McLoughlin missed the opening field goal attempt, but Calgary opened the scoring with a single point.
The Ti-Cats ran the ball down the field, and Paul Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston
Paul Osbaldiston is a former punter and placekicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 1986-2003. Osbaldiston was a three-time CFL All-Star, seven-time East Division All-Star and a member of Hamilton’s 1986 and 1999 Grey Cup championship teams...
kicked a 24 yard field goal to make the game 3-1. Minutes later, McLoughlin made up for his earlier failure with a 34 field goal to put the Stampeders ahead 4-3.
Kelvin Anderson
Kelvin Anderson
Kelvin Anderson is a retired professional gridiron football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League, a league record...
ran in a 3 yard touchdown five minutes into the second quarter. The convert failed, and the Stamps led 10-3. Osbaldiston kicked in a Ti-Cats field goal from the 20 yard line to close the gap at 10-6. Hamilton got revenge with just over three minutes to go in the half, with a gorgeous reception by Ronald Williams
Ronald Williams (football player)
Ronald Williams was a star Canadian Football League running back who played seven seasons for four different teams. Williams finished his career with 6110 yards rushing. He was named to the CFL Eastern Division All Star team in 1998. He won the 1999 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats...
. Osbaldiston nailed the convert and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats led 13-10. Osbaldiston finished out the half with his third field goal of the game to put the Ti-Cats up 16-10 going into half time.
In the second half, Osbaldiston managed a single off a 44 yard missed field goal. Four minutes later, Osbaldiston had another single on a 66 yard punt. On the final play of the third quarter, the Stamps capped a 14 play drive when Jeff Garcia ran in from the one for the touchdown to bring the Stampeders within one point of the Tiger-Cats with the score 18-17.
Aldi Henry
Aldi Henry
Aldi Henry is a former professional Canadian football player who played defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League from 1997 to 2002. He was part of the Stampeders 1998 and 2001 Grey Cup winning teams. He won the Dick Suderman Trophy as the 89th Grey Cup's Most...
intercepted a Danny McManus
Danny McManus
Danny McManus , is a retired professional American football and Canadian football quarterback who passed for over 50,000 yards in seventeen seasons in the Canadian Football League...
pass to give the Stamps possession at the 13:00 mark of the fourth quarter. The Stampeders were only able to convert a field goal out of the opportunity, but it was enough to give them the lead in the game again. McLoughlin kicked another field goal 5 minutes later to give the Stamps a 23-18 advantage. Archie Amerson
Archie Amerson
Archie Amerson is a former running back in the Canadian Football League, spending most of his career with the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats....
made a terrific running play to take the ball to the two yard line for the Ti-Cats. Williams ran in from the four, but the two point convert attempt failed, giving Hamilton a 24-23 lead with three minutes remaining. After a Calgary drive, place kicker Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin is a former placekicker in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders from 1988 to 2003 and the BC Lions in 2005...
kicked the field goal on the last play of the game to give Calgary the win.
Trivia
McLoughlin made three field goals in the fourth quarter and four altogether. Earlier in the year he had battled to gain his spot on the team. Jeff GarciaJeff Garcia
Jeffrey Jason "Jeff" Garcia is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at San Jose State University....
was named Grey Cup MVP, while Vince Danielsen
Vince Danielsen
Vince Danielsen is a former professional Canadian football receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League from 1994 to 2001. He was selected third overall in the bonus round of the 1984 Canadian College Draft.Danielsen was a West Division All-Star two times and was the Grey...
was named Canadian MVP.
West Division
- Semi-final (November 8 @ Edmonton, Alberta) Edmonton EskimosEdmonton EskimosThe Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...
40-33 BC LionsBC LionsThe BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...
- Final (November 15 @ Calgary, Alberta) Calgary StampedersCalgary StampedersThe Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
33-10 Edmonton EskimosEdmonton EskimosThe Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...
East Division
- Semi-final (November 8 @ Toronto, Ontario) Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
41-28 Toronto ArgonautsToronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
- Final (November 15 @ Hamilton, OntarioHamilton, OntarioHamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
) Hamilton Tiger-CatsHamilton Tiger-CatsThe Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
22-20 Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...