1969 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

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1969 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach Joe Restic
Home field Civic Stadium
Results
Record8–5–1
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishLost Eastern Semi-Final
Team MOP Tommy Joe Coffey
Team MOC Bill Danychuk

The 1969 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 12th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 20th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in third place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–5–1 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final to the Toronto Argonauts.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders 14113039929822
Toronto Argonauts 14104040628020
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1485130731517
Montreal Alouettes 1421023043956

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Season schedule

WeekGameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
11July 31at Toronto Argonauts W 34–281–0
22Aug 9vs. Montreal Alouettes T 22–221–0–1
33Aug 16vs. BC Lions W 25–02–0–1
44Aug 25at Calgary Stampeders W 27–263–0–1
55Sept 1vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–224–0–1
6 Bye
76Sept 10at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 17–75–0–1
77Sept 14at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 31–296–0–1
88Sept 21vs. Montreal AlouettesL 35–416–1–1
9Bye
109Sept 30vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 17–127–1–1
1010Oct 4at Ottawa Rough RidersL 20–287–2–1
1111Oct 13vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 7–177–3–1
1212Oct 19at Toronto ArgonautsL 8–517–4–1
1313Oct 26at Montreal AlouettesL 9–257–5–1
1414Nov 1vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 28–78–5–1

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Post-season

RoundDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
Eastern Semi-FinalNov 9at Toronto Argonauts L 9–150–1

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Awards and honours

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References

  1. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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