1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

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1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach
East
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Team MOPKen Hobart
Team MOCPaul Bennett
Team MORMike Derks
Uniform

The 1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 28th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 36th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the East Division with an 8–8 record which marked the first time in league history that a team finished in first place without a winning record. The team appeared in the 73rd Grey Cup game, but lost to the BC Lions.

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 11 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–24 0–1
B June 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 13–24 0–2
C June 21 at Montreal Concordes L 13–32 0–3
D June 29 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 33–14 1–3

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Regular season

Season standings

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 8 0 377 315 16
Montreal Concordes
 16 8 8 0 284 332 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 272 402 14
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 344 397 12

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Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 6 vs. BC Lions L 8–42 0–1
2 2 July 11 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 11–16 0–2
3 Bye
4 3 July 26 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 10–35 0–3
5 4 Aug 2 at Montreal Concordes W 39–11 1–3
6 5 Aug 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–33 1–4
7 6 Aug 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 10–28 1–5
8 7 Aug 24 at BC Lions L 11–21 1–6
9 8 Sept 2 vs. Montreal Concordes W 19–16 2–6
10 9 Sept 8 at
Edmonton Eskimos
 L 17–27 2–7
11 10 Sept 15 at Toronto Argonauts W 41–10 3–7
12 11 Sept 22 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 32–11 4–7
13 12 Sept 29 at Calgary Stampeders W 30–13 5–7
14 13 Oct 5 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 12–17 5–8
15 14 Oct 14 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 51–14 6–8
16 Bye
17 15 Oct 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 36–4 7–8
18 16 Nov 2 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 21–17 8–8

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Postseason

Schedule

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Final Nov 17 vs. Montreal Concordes W 50–26 1–0
Grey Cup Nov 24 vs. BC Lions L 24–37 1–1

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Grey Cup

Main article: 73rd Grey Cup
Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 0 14 0 10 24
BC Lions 10 13 6 8 37

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References

  1. ^ a b c "1985 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  2. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1985". Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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