2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General manager	Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke
Head coach	Orlondo Steinauer
Home field	Tim Hortons Field
Results
Record	N/A
Division place	N/A, East
Playoff finish	Season cancelled
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The 2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. This would have been the second season for the Tiger-Cats under co-general managers Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke and the second season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer. ^[1]

Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. ^[2] On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. ^[3] On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19. ^[4]

Offseason

CFL National Draft

The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. ^[5] The Tiger-Cats had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another first-round pick from the Montreal Alouettes as part of the Johnny Manziel trade. ^[6] By finishing as the Grey Cup runner up, the Tiger-Cats had the second-to-last selection in each round of the draft. ^[7]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University Team	Hometown
1	5	Coulter Woodmansey	OL	Guelph	Toronto, ON
1	8	Mason Bennett	DL	North Dakota	Winnipeg, MB
2	17	Bailey Feltmate	LB	Acadia	Moncton, NB
3	27	Tyler Ternowski	WR	Waterloo	Hamilton, ON
4	36	Stavros Katsantonis	DB	British Columbia	Vancouver, BC
5	45	Joseph Bencze	DT	McMaster	Peterborough, ON
6	54	Jean Ventose	DB	British Columbia	Calgary, AB
7	63	J.J. Molson	K	UCLA	Montreal, QC
8	72	Tom Schnitzler	LB/LS	British Columbia	Saskatoon, SK

CFL Global Draft

The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. ^[8] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. ^{[2] [9]} The Tiger-Cats were scheduled to select eighth in each round with the number of rounds never announced. ^[8]

Planned schedule

Preseason

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
A	Bye
B	1	Thu, May 28	11:00 a.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	NA	Varsity Stadium
C	2	Thu, June 4	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	NA	Tim Hortons Field

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Regular season

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
1	1	Sat, June 13	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
2	2	Sat, June 20	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	TSN	BMO Field
3	3	Thu, June 25	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
4	Bye
5	4	Fri, July 10	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
6	5	Sat, July 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	TSN	TD Place Stadium
7	6	Sat, July 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	TSN	McMahon Stadium
8	7	Fri, July 31	9:30 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Football Team	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
9	8	Fri, Aug 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field
10	9	Sat, Aug 15	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
11	10	Sat, Aug 22	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	TSN	BMO Field
12	11	Fri, Aug 28	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	TSN	BC Place
13	12	Mon, Sept 7	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
14	Bye
15	13	Sat, Sept 19	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN	IG Field
16	14	Fri, Sept 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field
17	15	Sat, Oct 3	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
18	Bye
19	16	Sat, Oct 17	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Football Team	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
20	17	Sat, Oct 24	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN	Mosaic Stadium
21	18	Fri, Oct 30	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	TSN	Tim Hortons Field

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Team

Roster

Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster

	Quarterbacks  9 Dane Evans  8 Jeremiah Masoli  3 Hayden Moore  6 David Watford Receivers 80 Jaelon Acklin 16 Brandon Banks WR/KR -- Isaiah Burse -- Dontez Byrd -- Nehari Crawford 18 Marcus Davis -- Steven Dunbar 89 Brian Jones -- Jamire Jordan  7 Jalin Marshall -- Damoun Patterson 88 DeVier Posey 85 Justin Sumpter 15 Marcus Tucker 83 David Ungerer -- Papi White		Running backs 29 Jackson Bennett -- Jordan Ellis 20 Maleek Irons  5 Don Jackson 84 Nikola Kalinic FB -- Branden Oliver 31 Sean Thomas Erlington Offensive linemen 60 Darius Ciraco 51 Mike Filer 67 Jesse Gibbon 65 Brett Golding 55 Sheriden Lawley 59 Kay Okafor -- Justice Powers 57 Brandon Revenberg 66 Trevon Tate 50 Joel Van Pelt 54 Chris Van Zeyl		Defensive linemen 96 Yurik Bethune DE -- Ronheen Brigham -- Malcolm Campbell DE -- Koron Crump DE 56 Ja'Gared Davis DE 99 David Dean DT -- Derek Dufault DE 77 Valentin Gnahoua DE 95 Julian Howsare DE 97 Ted Laurent DT 94 Lorenzo Mauldin DE -- Johnny Robinson DT -- Quindarius Thagard DT 58 Brett Wade DT -- Eddy Wilson DT 98 Dylan Wynn DT Linebackers -- Jeff Allison 28 Tyrice Beverette 11 Larry Dean 23 Chris Frey 34 Koron Crump 45 Justin Herdman-Reed 40 Lucas Korol 21 Simoni Lawrence -- Joe Powell 44 Curtis Newton -- Kyle Wilson -- Anthony Wint -- Bailey Feltmate		Defensive backs  2 Tunde Adeleke 24 Delvin Breaux 26 Cariel Brooks -- Brandon Bryant 13 Maurice Carnell 35 Mike Daly -- Jomon Dotson 14 Qudarius Ford  4 Patrick Levels -- Josh Lewis  0 Rico Murray -- Tyree Robinson 25 Jumal Rolle 22 Courtney Stephen -- Channing Stribling  1 Frankie Williams DB/KR Special teams -- Matthew White K 52 Aaron Crawford LS 42 Gordon Whyte LS Italics indicate American player Bold indicates global player Roster 2020-08-23 Depth Chart • Transactions 85 Roster → More rosters

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 Head coach – Orlondo Steinauer Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Tommy Condell Offensive line – Mike Gibson Running backs – D. J. Harper Wide receivers – Jarryd Baines Offensive assistant – Jim Barker			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mark Washington Defensive line – Randy Melvin Linebackers – Robin Ross Defensive backs – Craig Butler Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jeff Reinebold Special teams assistant – Craig Butler Special teams assistant – Jim Barker → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs

References

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