1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season explained

Team:	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Year:	1984
Record:	6–9–1
Division Place:	2nd, East
Coach:	Al Bruno
Stadium:	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Playoffs:	Lost Grey Cup
Mop:	Rufus Crawford
Moc:	Bernie Ruoff
Mor:	Rod Skillman
Uniform:	File:CFL HAM Jersey 1983.png
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The 1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 27th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 35th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in second place in the East Division with a 6–9–1 record. They appeared in the 72nd Grey Cup game, but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
A	June 5	at Toronto Argonauts	W 13–6	1–0
B	June 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 17–18	1–1
C	June 17	vs. Montreal Concordes	L 17–30	1–2
D	June 22	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 39–27	2–2

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Regular season

Season Standings

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	June 30	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 49–31	1–0
2	July 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	T 27–27	1–0–1
3	July 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 9–31	1–1–1
4	July 20	at Calgary Stampeders	L 18–23	1–2–1
5	July 28	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 20–42	1–3–1
6	Bye
7	Aug 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 22–30	1–4–1
8	Aug 19	vs. BC Lions	L 11–19	1–5–1
9	Aug 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 14–35	1–6–1
10	Sept 3	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 30–11	2–6–1
11	Sept 9	at BC Lions	L 11–46	2–7–1
12	Sept 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 16–48	2–8–1
13	Sept 23	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 29–26	3–8–1
14	Bye
15	Oct 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 21–28	3–9–1
16	Oct 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–8	4–9–1
17	Oct 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 20–14	5–9–1
18	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	W 25–20	6–9–1

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Postseason

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result
East Semi-Final	Nov 4	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 17–11
East Final	Nov 11	at Toronto Argonauts	W 14–13
Grey Cup	Nov 18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 17–47

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Grey Cup

See main article: 72nd Grey Cup.

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	3	0	0	17
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	27	3	14	47

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Awards and honours

• Terry Evanshen was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player, March 16, 1984.
• Tony Gabriel was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player, August 18, 1984.
• Jacob Gaudaur was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player as a Builder, March 16, 1984.^[4]

1984 CFL All-Stars

• Bernie Ruoff, Punter

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1984 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . www.cfl.ca . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20130115140045/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1984/time_zone/0 . 15 January 2013 . dead.
2. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091020122346/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1984/reg . 2009-10-20 . dead .
3. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214030110/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1984 . 2012-02-14 . dead .
4. Web site: HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats . 2011-12-26 . https://archive.today/20120913020416/http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_hof . 2012-09-13 . dead .