1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager	Jeff Reinebold
Head coach	Jeff Reinebold
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	3–15
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
4	22	Garrett Sutherland	LB	Northern Illinois
4	23	Jean Daniel Roy	DL	Ottawa
4	26	Eddie Williams	WR	Southwest Minnesota State
6	37	John Baunemann	K	Manitoba
6	38	Chad Vath	LB	Manitoba

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	July 1	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 24–27	0–1
2	July 8	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 13–33	0–2
3	July 17	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–29	0–3
4	July 24	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 25–44	0–4
5	July 30	at BC Lions	L 13–20	0–5
6	Aug 6	at Toronto Argonauts	L 14–29	0–6
7	Aug 14	vs. BC Lions	L 22–24	0–7
8	Aug 21	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 16–25	0–8
9	Aug 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 16–37	0–9
10	Sept 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 18–32	0–10
11	Sept 13	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 36–35	1–10
12	Sept 19	at Toronto Argonauts	L 22–46	1–11
13	Sept 25	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 34–23	2–11
14	Oct 4	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 21–35	2–12
15	Oct 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–40	2–13
16	Oct 18	at Calgary Stampeders	L 23–39	2–14
17	Oct 25	at Montreal Alouettes	L 44–58	2–15
18	Oct 30	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 31–12	3–15

Awards and records

• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Glen Scrivener (DT)

1998 CFL All-Stars

• ST – Eric Blount, CFL All-Star
• DT – Joe Fleming, CFL All-Star

Eastern All-Star Selections

• OT – Chris Perez, CFL Eastern All-Star
• ST – Eric Blount, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DT – Joe Fleming, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DT – Doug Petersen, CFL Eastern All-Star
• LB – Grant Carter, CFL Eastern All-Star