2019 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 2019 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 70th overall. It was the 150th year overall in the combined history of the Tiger-Cats and its predecessors the Wildcats and Tigers; the team held sesquicentennial celebrations throughout the season.

2019 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General managerDrew Allemang and Shawn Burke
Head coachOrlondo Steinauer
Home fieldTim Hortons Field
Results
Record15–3
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Team MOPBrandon Banks
Team MOCBrandon Revenberg
Team MORJaelon Acklin
Uniform

The Tiger-Cats improved upon their 8–10 record from 2018 and finished the 2019 regular season with a franchise best 15–3 record. They finished in first place for the first time since 2014 and attempted unsuccessfully to win their 9th Grey Cup championship. This is the first season under co-general managers Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke, and the first full season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer. It was announced on December 3, 2018 that Steinauer would take the reins as the Tiger-Cats' head coach, replacing June Jones in that capacity. The plan was for Jones to remain with the team as an associate head coach and offensive coordinator, but he resigned with the club and joined the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL as head coach.[1][2][3][4]

On October 19, 2019, the Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Redblacks and recorded a franchise-record 13th win in a season.[5] The team finished the season with 15 wins and with a perfect home record for the first time since the CFL went to an 18-game schedule, winning all nine home games. Despite their success during the regular season, they lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a team that had a dominant performance during the 107th Grey Cup game. With the Blue Bombers ending a 29-year Grey Cup drought, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats now hold the longest active Grey Cup drought dating back to the 1999 season, having won the 87th Grey Cup that season.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe.[6] Like all other CFL teams, the Tiger-Cats held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.[7][8][9]

Draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
LFA15 José NoriegaWRArtilleros de Puebla
214 Omar CojolumRBMayas CDMX
323 Luis LópezRBCondors CDMX
Euro11 Valentin GnahouaDLBerlin Rebels

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019.[10] The Tiger-Cats held eight selections in the eight-round draft, including three picks within the first 11 overall selections after trading Ryan Bomben and Jamal Robinson to the Montreal Alouettes.[11]

Round Pick Player Position School Hometown
12 Jesse GibbonOLWaterlooHamilton, ON
210 Nikola KalinicWRYorkToronto, ON
211 David UngererWRIdahoPullman, WA
322 Maleek IronsRBOhioCalgary, AB
324 Sheridan LawleyDLBritish ColumbiaAbbotsford, BC
758 Derek DufaultDLManitobaWinnipeg, MB
865 Malcolm CampbellDLTorontoMississauga, ON
867 Gordon WhyteLBSt. Francis XavierToronto, ON

Preseason

Schedule
Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
A Bye
B 1 Sat, June 1 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 25–21 1–0 TSN TD Place Stadium 22,318 Recap
C 2 Thu, June 6 7:30 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts L 30–23 1–1 Ticats.ca Tim Hortons Field NA Recap

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Regular season

Season standings
East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats181530305513447–1W6Details
Montreal Alouettes181080204794855–3W1Details
Toronto Argonauts18414083735623–5L1Details
Ottawa Redblacks18315063125641–7L11Details

Season schedule

To accommodate for the viewership of the Toronto Raptors' 9pm EDT NBA Finals Game 6 start time on June 13, the CFL moved up the start time of the league opener that same day from 7:30pm to 7:00pm.[14]

Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
1 1 Thu, June 13 7:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–17 1–0 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 22,287 Recap
2 2 Sat, June 22 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Toronto Argonauts W 64–14 2–0 TSN/RDS BMO Field 16,374 Recap
3 3 Fri, June 28 7:30 p.m. EDT Montreal Alouettes W 41–10 3–0 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 22,407 Recap
4 4 Thu, July 4 7:30 p.m. EDT @ Montreal Alouettes L 29–36 3–1 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 18,673 Recap
5 5 Sat, July 13 7:00 p.m. EDT Calgary Stampeders W 30–23 4–1 TSN/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 22,921 Recap
6 Bye
7 6 Fri, July 26 7:00 p.m. EDT Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 23–15 5–1 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,512 Recap
8 7 Thu, Aug 1 9:30 p.m. EDT @ Saskatchewan Roughriders L 19–24 5–2 TSN Mosaic Stadium 29,516 Recap
9 8 Sat, Aug 10 7:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions W 35–34 6–2 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,308 Recap
10 9 Sat, Aug 17 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 21–7 7–2 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 23,214 Recap
11 10 Sat, Aug 24 10:00 p.m. EDT @ BC Lions W 13–10 8–2 TSN BC Place 16,751 Recap
12 11 Mon, Sept 2 1:00 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 38–27 9–2 TSN Tim Hortons Field 25,093 Recap
13 Bye
14 12 Sat, Sept 14 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Calgary Stampeders L 18–19 9–3 TSN McMahon Stadium 27,962 Recap
15 13 Fri, Sept 20 9:30 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Eskimos W 30–27 10–3 TSN Commonwealth Stadium 25,694 Recap
16 14 Fri, Sept 27 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 33–13 11–3 TSN/RDS2 IG Field 25,086 Recap
17 15 Fri, Oct 4 7:00 p.m. EDT Edmonton Eskimos W 42–12 12–3 TSN/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 23,411 Recap
18 Bye
19 16 Sat, Oct 19 4:00 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks W 33–12 13–3 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 23,692 Recap
20 17 Sat, Oct 26 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Montreal Alouettes W 38–26 14–3 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 17,264 Recap
21 18 Sat, Nov 2 7:00 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 21–18 15–3 TSN Tim Hortons Field 22,804 Recap

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Post-season

Schedule
Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
East Semi-Final Bye
East Final Sun, Nov 17 1:00 p.m. EST Edmonton Eskimos W 36–16 1–0 TSN/RDS/ESPNews Tim Hortons Field 25,177 Recap
107th Grey Cup Sun, Nov 24 6:00 p.m. EST Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 12–33 1–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 McMahon Stadium 35,439 Recap

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Team

Roster
Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

 Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-game injured list

6-game injured list

 Practice roster

Suspended

Italics indicate American player
Bold indicates global player
Roster updated 2019-11-23
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Roster, 13 Injured,
10 Practice, 1 Suspended

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Coaching staff
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Staff
Front office
  • Caretaker – Bob Young
  • Chief executive officer – Scott Mitchell
  • President and chief operating officer – Matt Afinec
  • Sr. Director of Personnel & Co-Manager of Football Operations – Drew Allemang
  • Sr. Director of Personnel & Co-Manager of Football Operations – Shawn Burke
  • Director of U.S. Scouting – Spencer Zimmerman
  • Football operations consultant – Jim Barker
  • Coordinator, U.S. Scouting – Rich Massaro
  • Coordinator, Canadian Scouting – Spencer Boehm
  • Video co-ordinator – Matt Allemang

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

→ Coaching Staff
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References
  1. "Ticats officially name Orlondo Steinauer head coach - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  2. "Decision to step aside for Steinauer a 'pretty quick, easy' one for Jones - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  3. "O'Leary: No choice but to think long term with Steinauer - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  4. "June Jones named XFL Houston club's coach/GM". ESPN.com. May 20, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  5. Zamperin, Rick. "Lucky 13 as Tiger-Cats rout Redblacks for franchise record win total". Global News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. Dan Barnes (January 11, 2019). "'FUN ELEMENT': CFL set for inaugural draft of Mexican talent".
  7. "Mexico's top talent selected at CFL-LFA Draft". cfl.ca. January 14, 2019.
  8. "CFL to hold European lottery and draft in April". 3downnation.com. April 3, 2019.
  9. "Full results from the first ever European draft". cfl.ca. April 11, 2019.
  10. "Recapping the 2019 CFL Draft". cfl.ca. May 2, 2019.
  11. Ticats acquire first overall pick in major trade with Als
  12. 2019 Schedule
  13. CFL on TSN broadcast schedule
  14. "CFL moves season opener kickoff time up a half hour". June 11, 2019.
  15. CFL schedule through October 2019
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