1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachAl Bruno
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record8–8
Division place1st, 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.