Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Hamilton,ON) were founded in 1869 as the Hamilton Football Club (nicknamed 'Tigers') and in merged with the cross-town upstart Hamilton Flying Wildcats and renamed the Tiger-Cats.

Although,the Tiger-Cats recognise their Grey Cup wins,prior to the merger and all Hamilton-based teams,with 15 (Tigers with 5 and,Flying Wildcats with 1 and Alerts with 1) but CFL only recognises its 8 wins with 1999 being their last victory. However,since 1990,they have missed the playoffs 11 times and won just 1 Grey Cup in 1999 and therefore have the longest Grey Cup drought in not only the East Division but the CFL, having not won the Grey Cup in the 21st century.

NAMES

Both Tigers and Wildcats merged in 1950

Hamilton Tigers 1869-1949
Hamilton Wildcats 1941-1949
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1950-

AFFILIATIONS

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1958-
Eastern Football Conference 1960-1980
East Division 1981-1994/1996-
North Division 1995

SEASONS

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SEASON LEAGUE DIVISION FINISH W L T PLAYOFFS
1950 IRFU - 1st 7 5 0 Lost IRFU Semi-Finals (Argonauts) 1-1 series (19-35)
1951 IRFU - 2nd 7 5 0 Won IRFU Semi-Finals (Argonauts) 1-1 series (31-28)
Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 0-2 series (16-28)
1952 IRFU - 1st 9 2 1 Lost IRFU Finals (Argonauts) 1-2 series (45-40)
1953 IRFU - 2nd 8 6 0 Won IRFU Finals (Alouettes) 2-0 series (59-23)
Won 41st41st Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 12-6
1954 IRFU - 2nd 9 5 0 Lost IRFU Finals (Alouettes) 0-2 series (38-28)
1955 IRFU - 2nd 8 4 0 Lost IRFU Semi-Finals (Argonauts) 32-28
1956 IRFU - 2nd 7 7 0 Won IRFU Semi-Finals (Rough Riders) 46-21
Lost IRFU Finals (Alouettes) 0-2 series (78-62)
1957 IRFU - 1st 10 4 0 Won East Final (Alouettes) 2-0 series (56-11)
Won 45th45th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 32-7
1958 CFL IRFU 1st 10 3 1 Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (54-14)
Lost 46th46th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 35-28
1959 CFL IRFU 1st 10 4 0 Won East Final (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (26-24)
Lost 47th47th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 21-7
1960 CFL IRFU 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1961 CFL East 1st 10 4 0 Won East Final (Argonauts) 1-1 series (55-27)
Lost 49th49th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 21-14 (OT)
1962 CFL East 1st 9 4 1 Won East Final (Alouettes) 2-0 series (58-38)
Lost 50th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 28-27
1963 CFL East 1st 10 4 0 Won East Final (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (63-35)
Won 51st Grey Cup (Lions) 21-10
1964 CFL East 1st 10 3 1 Won East Final (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (39-38)
Lost 52nd Grey Cup (Lions) 34-24
1965 CFL East 1st 10 4 0 Won East Final (Rough Riders) 1-0-1 series (25-20)
Won 53rd Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 22-16
1966 CFL East 2nd 9 5 0 Won East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 24-14
Lost East Final (Rough Riders) 0-2 series (17-72)
1967 CFL East 1st 10 4 0 Won East Final (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (37-3)
Won 55th Grey Cup (Roughriders) 24-1
1968 CFL East 3rd 6 7 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 33-21
1969 CFL East 3rd 8 5 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 15-9
1970 CFL East 1st 8 5 1 Lost East Final (Alouettes) 0-2 series (26-43)
1971 CFL East 2nd 7 7 0 Won East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 23-4
Lost East Final (Argonauts) 0-1-1 series (25-40)
1972 CFL East 1st 11 3 0 Won East Final (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (30-27)
Won 60th Grey Cup (Roughriders) 13-10
1973 CFL East 4th 7 7 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1974 CFL East 3rd 7 9 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 21-19
1975 CFL East 3rd 5 10 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 35-12
1976 CFL East 2nd 8 8 0 Won East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 23-0
Lost East Final (Rough Riders) 17-15
1977 CFL East 4th 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1978 CFL East 3rd 5 10 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 35-20
1979 CFL East 3rd 6 10 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 29-26
1980 CFL East 1st 8 7 1 Won East Final (Alouettes) 24-13
Lost 68th Grey Cup (Eskimos) 48-10
1981 CFL East 1st 11 4 1 Lost East Final (Rough Riders) 17-13
1982 CFL East 2nd 8 7 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 30-20
1983 CFL East 3rd 5 10 1 Won East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 33-31
Lost East Final (Argonauts) 41-36
1984 CFL East 2nd 6 9 1 Won East Semi-Final (Concordes) 17-11
Won East Final (Argonauts) 14-13 (OT)
Lost 72nd Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 47-17
1985 CFL East 1st 8 8 0 Won East Final (Concordes) 50-26
Lost 73rd Grey Cup (Lions) 37-24
1986 CFL East 2nd 9 8 1 Won East Final (Argonauts) 1-1 series (59-56)
Won 74TH Grey Cup (Eskimos) 39-15
1987 CFL East 3rd 7 11 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 29-13
1988 CFL East 3rd 9 9 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Blue Bombers) 35-28
1989 CFL East 1st 12 6 0 Won East Final (Blue Bombers) 14-10
Lost 77th Grey Cup (Roughriders) 43-40
1990 CFL East 4th 6 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1991 CFL East 4th 3 15 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1992 CFL East 2nd 11 7 0 Won East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 29-28
Lost East Final (Blue Bombers) 59-11
1993 CFL East 2nd 6 12 0 Won East Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 21-10
Lost East Final (Blue Bombers) 20-19
1994 CFL East 5th 4 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1995 CFL North 4th 8 10 0 Lost North Semi-Final (Stampeders) 31-13
1996 CFL East 3rd 8 10 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 22-11
1997 CFL East 4th 2 16 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1998 CFL East 1st 12 5 1 Won East Final (Alouettes) 22-20
Lost 86th Grey Cup (Stampeders) 26-24
1999 CFL East 2nd 11 7 0 Won East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 27-6
Won East Final (Alouettes) 27-26
Won 87th Grey Cup (Stampeders) 32-21
2000 CFL East 2nd 9 9 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Blue Bombers) 22-20
2001 CFL East 2nd 11 7 0 Won East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 24-12
Lost East Final (Blue Bombers) 28-13
2002 CFL East 3rd 7 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2003 CFL East 4th 1 17 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2004 CFL East 3rd 9 8 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 24-6
2005 CFL East 4th 5 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2006 CFL East 4th 4 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2007 CFL East 4th 3 15 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2008 CFL East 4th 3 15 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2009 CFL East 2nd 9 9 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Lions) 34-27 (OT)
2010 CFL East 2nd 9 9 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 16-13
2011 CFL East 3rd 8 10 0 Won East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 52-44 (OT)
Lost East Final (Blue Bombers) 19-3
2012 CFL East 4th 6 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2013 CFL East 2nd 10 8 0 Won East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 19-16 (OT)
Won East Final (Argonauts) 36-24
Lost 101st Grey Cup (Roughriders) 45-23
2014 CFL East 1st 9 9 0 Won East Final (Alouettes) 40-24
Lost 102nd Grey Cup (Stampeders) 20-16
2015 CFL East 2nd 10 8 0 Won East Semi-Final (Argonauts) 25-22
Lost East Final (Redblacks) 35-28
2016 CFL East 2nd 7 11 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Eskimos) 24-21
2017 CFL East 3rd 6 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2018 CFL East 2nd 8 10 0 Won East Semi-Final (Lions) 48-8
Lost East Final (Redblacks) 46-27
2019 CFL East 1st 15 3 0 Won East Final (Eskimos) 36-16
Lost 107th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 33-12
2020 CFL East Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 CFL East 2nd 8 6 0 Won East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 23-12
Won East Final (Argonauts) 27-19
Lost 108th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 33-25 (OT)
2022 CFL East 3rd 8 10 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 28-17
2023 CFL East 3rd 8 10 0 Lost East Semi-Final (Alouettes) 12-27
2024 CFL East 4th 7 11 0 -

GREY CUP CHAMPIONS

8
1953 | 1954 | 1963 | 1965
1967 | 1972 | 1986 | 1999

GREY CUP APPEARANCES

# SEASON W/L OPPONENT SCORE HOST CITY VICTORY # APP
1953 41ST W
WINNIPEG
12-6 TORONTO 1 1
1957 45TH W
WINNIPEG
32-7 TORONTO 2 2
1958 46TH L
WINNIPEG
35-28 VANCOUVER - 3
1959 47TH L
WINNIPEG
21-7 TORONTO - 4
1961 49TH L
WINNIPEG
21-14 TORONTO - 5
1962 50TH L
WINNIPEG
28-27 TORONTO - 6
1963 51ST W
BRITISH COLUMBIA
21-10 VANCOUVER 3 7
1964 52ND L
BRITISH COLUMBIA
34-24 TORONTO - 8
1965 53RD W
WINNIPEG
22-16 TORONTO 4 9
1967 55TH W
SASKATCHEWAN
24-1 OTTAWA 5
1972 60TH W
SASKATCHEWAN
13-10 HAMILTON 6 11
1980 68TH L
EDMONTON
48-10 TORONTO -
1984 72ND L
WINNIPEG
47-17 EDMONTON - 13
1985 73RD L
BRITISH COLUMBIA
37-24 TORONTO - 14
1986 74TH W
EDMONTON
39-15 VANCOUVER 7 15
1989 77TH L
SASKATCHEWAN
43-40 TORONTO - 16
1998 86TH L
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
26-24 WINNIPEG - 17
1999 87TH W
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
32-21 VANCOUVER 8
2013 101ST L
SASKATCHEWAN
45-23 REGINA - 19
2014 102ND L
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
20-16 VANCOUVER - 20
2019 107TH L
WINNIPEG
33-12 CALGARY - 21
2021 108TH L
WINNIPEG
33-25 HAMILTON - 22

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS (SINCE 1958)

EAST201958-1959,1961-1965,1967,1972,1980,1984,1985-1986,1989,1998-1999,2013-2014,2019,2021

DIVISION TITLES (SINCE 1958)

EAST171958-1959,1961-1965,1967,1970,1972,1980-1981,1984-1986,1989,1998-1999,2014,2019,2021

PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES (SINCE 1958)

491958-1959,1961-1972,1974-1976,1978-1989,1992-1993,1995-1996,1998-2001,2004,2009,2010-2011,2013-2016,2018-2019,2021-2023

LOGOS

(1967)
(1968-1989)
(1990-2004)
(2005-)

HELMETS

(? - 1964; c.late 1960s)
(1965-1967)
(1967)
(c.late 1960s-c.1971)
(c.late 1970s)
(? - 1984)
(1985-1989)
(1990-2002)
(2003-2004)
(2012-2018)
(2005-2011/2019-)

STADIUMS

IVOR WYNNE STADIUM
(HAMILTON,ON)
(1952-2012)
ALUMNI STADIUM
(GUELPH,ON)
(2013)
RON JOYCE STADIUM
(HAMILTON,ON)
(2014)
TIM HORTONS FIELD
(HAMILTON,ON)
(2014-)