1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season explained

Team:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Year:1999
Record:11–7
Division Place:2nd, East
General Manager:Neil Lumsden
Coach:Ron Lancaster
Stadium:Ivor Wynne Stadium
Playoffs:Won Grey Cup
Mop:Danny McManus
Moc:Rob Hitchcock
Mor:Corey Grant
Uniform:File:CFL HAM Jersey 1997.png
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The 1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 42nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 50th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in second place in the East Division with an 11–7 record and won the Grey Cup in a rematch of the previous year's championship game against the Calgary Stampeders.

This season, Hamilton set a CFL record (since 1978) for fewest quarterback sacks allowed in one season (7).

Offseason

CFL draft

RdPickPlayerPositionSchool
1 7 WR Wilfrid Laurier
3 22 DB Bowling Green
4 31 DB Waterloo
5 38 RB Eastern Washington
6 45 OL Laval
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Preseason

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendanceRecord
AJune 25at Toronto Argonauts31–10Win18,2661–0
BJuly 1vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers29–24Win14,3542–0
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Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

East Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Montreal Alouettes 18 12 6 0 495 395 24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 11 7 0 603 378 22
Toronto Argonauts 18 9 9 0 386 373 18
18 6 12 0 362 601 12
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Schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendanceRecord
1July 8at Winnipeg Blue Bombers39–9Win29,6811–0
2July 16vs. Montreal Alouettes22–16Loss18,3521–1
3July 23at Toronto Argonauts24–21Loss25,5581–2
4July 29vs. Edmonton Eskimos54–8Win16,8152–2
5Aug 5vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders63–17Win16,4233–2
6Aug 12at Montreal Alouettes24–17Loss19,4613–3
7Aug 19vs. BC Lions38–33Loss18,8753–4
8Aug 27at Edmonton Eskimos30–23Win34,1804–4
9Sept 6vs. Toronto Argonauts35–28Win28,8955–4
10Sept 12at Montreal Alouettes52–19Loss19,4615–5
11Sept 18vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers65–15Win17,1576–5
12Sept 27vs. Montreal Alouettes39–13Win20,6487–5
13Oct 1at Calgary Stampeders21–17Loss26,0627–6
14Oct 10at Winnipeg Blue Bombers43–16Win21,9158–6
15Oct 16vs. Toronto Argonauts18–2Win23,8329–6
16Oct 24at Saskatchewan Roughriders42–12Win18,16610–6
17Oct 30at BC Lions26–21Loss18,81710–7
18Nov 6vs. Calgary Stampeders31–28Win19,46011–7
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Postseason

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendance
East Semi-FinalNov 14vs. Toronto Argonauts27–6Win21,873
East FinalNov 21at Montreal Alouettes27–26Win19,461
Grey CupNov 28Calgary Stampeders32–21Win45,118
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Grey Cup

See main article: 87th Grey Cup.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
10 11 4 7 32
0 0 7 14 21

Awards and honours

1999 CFL All-Stars

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1999 Draft Tracker . . August 14, 2022.
  2. Web site: 1999 CFL Schedule . . August 14, 2022.
  3. Web site: 1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Roster . Stats Crew . August 14, 2022.
  4. Web site: Standings . . August 14, 2022.
  5. Web site: 2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Media Guide . . August 14, 2022.