2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

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2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General manager Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke
Head coach Orlondo Steinauer
Home stadium Tim Hortons Field
Results
Record8–6
Division place2nd, East
PlayoffsLost Grey Cup
Team MOP Simoni Lawrence
Team MODP Simoni Lawrence
Team MOC Tunde Adeleke
Team MOOL Brandon Revenberg
Team MOST Nic Cross
Team MOR Desmond Lawrence
Uniform
CFL HAM Jersey 2019.png

The 2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. The Tiger-Cats qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year following their week 14 win over the BC Lions on November 5, 2021. [1] The team defeated the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts in the playoffs to qualify for their 22nd Grey Cup game appearance. In a rematch of the previous season's game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Tiger-Cats lost to the Blue Bombers 33–25 in overtime in the 108th Grey Cup game.

Contents

The 2021 season was the second season under co-general managers Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke and the second season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer. [2]

An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule. [3] [4] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021. [5]

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021. [6] [7] With the format being a snake draft, the Tiger-Cats selected eighth in the odd-numbered rounds and second in the even-numbered rounds. [6]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
18 Joel Whitford P Washington Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
211 Chris Mulumba DL Colorado Flag of Finland.svg Finland
326 David Izinyon LB Rostock Griffins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
429 Dominik Eberle K Utah State Flag of Germany.svg Germany

CFL National Draft

The 2021 CFL draft took place on May 4, 2021. [8] [9] The Tiger-Cats had the most selections in the six-round draft with seven picks after acquiring another first-round pick (ninth overall) from the Montreal Alouettes as part of the Johnny Manziel trade. [10] The team had the first pick in odd rounds and the ninth pick in even rounds. [11]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity TeamHometown
11 Jake Burt TE Boston College Lynnfield, MA
19 Nick Cross LB British Columbia Regina, SK
218 Deane Leonard DB Mississippi Calgary, AB
319 Mohamed Diallo DL Central Michigan Toronto, ON
436 Jarek Richards LB Saint Mary's Montreal, QC
537 Felix Garand-Gauthier FB Laval Mirabel, QC
654 Myles Manalo LB Western Burlington, ON

Preseason

Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021. [5]

Planned schedule

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
ABye
B1Thu, May 277:30 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts NA BMO Field
C2Thu, June 37:30 p.m. EDTvs. Toronto ArgonautsNA Tim Hortons Field

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Regular season

Season standings

TeamGPWLTPtsPFPADivStk
Toronto Argonauts 14950183093186–2L1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14860163122444–4W1 Details
Montreal Alouettes 14770143562955–3L1 Details
Ottawa Redblacks 14311062243841–7W1 Details

Season schedule

The Tiger-Cats initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 10 and ending on October 29. [3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Tiger-Cats began their 14-game season on August 5, 2021. [5]

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
11Thu, Aug 58:30 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 6–190–1 TSN/ESPN2 IG Field 29,376 Recap
22Sat, Aug 1410:00 p.m. EDT@ Saskatchewan Roughriders L 8–300–2TSN/ESPNews Mosaic Stadium 27,076 Recap
3Bye
43Fri, Aug 277:30 p.m. EDT@ Montreal Alouettes W 27–101–2TSN/RDS/ESPNews Molson Stadium 14,753 Recap
54 Mon, Sept 6 1:00 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 32–192–2TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 15,000 Recap
65Fri, Sept 107:30 p.m. EDT@ Toronto ArgonautsL 16–172–3TSN/RDS2 BMO Field 9,702 Recap
76Fri, Sept 177:00 p.m. EDT Calgary Stampeders W 23–173–3TSN/RDSTim Hortons Field15,000 Recap
87Wed, Sept 227:30 p.m. EDT@ Ottawa Redblacks W 24–74–3TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 12,041 Recap
98Sat, Oct 24:00 p.m. EDTMontreal AlouettesL 23–20 (OT)4–4TSN/RDSTim Hortons Field18,000 Recap
109 Mon, Oct 11 4:00 p.m. EDTToronto ArgonautsL 23–244–5TSNTim Hortons Field21,378 Recap
11Bye
1210Sat, Oct 234:00 p.m. EDTOttawa RedblacksW 32–35–5TSN/RDS2Tim Hortons Field20,112 Recap
1311Fri, Oct 299:45 p.m. EDT@ Edmonton Elks W 39–236–5TSN Commonwealth Stadium 22,857 Recap
1412Fri, Nov 57:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions W 26–187–5TSN/RDSTim Hortons Field21,618 Recap
1513Fri, Nov 127:30 p.m. EST@ Toronto ArgonautsL 12–317–6TSN/ESPNewsBMO Field10,851 Recap
1614Sat, Nov 204:00 p.m. ESTSaskatchewan RoughridersW 24–38–6TSN/RDSTim Hortons Field22,344 Recap

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Post-season

Schedule

GameDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
East Semi-FinalSun, Nov 281:00 p.m. EST Montreal Alouettes W 23–121–0TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 21,892 Recap
East FinalSun, Dec 512:30 p.m. EST@ Toronto Argonauts W 27–192–0TSN/RDS/ESPN2 BMO Field 21,492 Recap
108th Grey Cup Sun, Dec 126:00 p.m. EST Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 25–33 (OT)2–1TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 26,324 Recap

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Team

Roster

Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster
Quarterbacks

Receivers

Running backs

Fullbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game Injured List

6-Game Injured List

Practice Roster
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Active, 8 One-game injured, 4 Six-game injured, 16 Practice
Roster updated 2021-12-12 • Depth chart Transactions More CFL 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
  • Manager of U.S. Scouting – Rich Massaro
  • Coordinator, Canadian Scouting – Spencer Boehm
  • Coordinator, Football Operations – Lucas Brenton
  • Video co-ordinator – Matt Allemang
  • Assistant video co-ordinator – Nick Roberto

Head coach

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Coaching Staff
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References

  1. "Ticats clinch playoff spot with win over Lions". Canadian Football League. November 5, 2021.
  2. "Ticats officially name Orlondo Steinauer head coach - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. December 3, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Divisional games take centre stage in unique 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. November 20, 2020.
  4. "CFL Announces Plans To Return-to-play For 2021 Season". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Circle your calendars: CFL releases 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. June 15, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "CFL calendar busy with free agency, virtual combines, drafts". Canadian Football League. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  7. "2021 Global Draft tracker". Canadian Football League . Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  8. "CFL announces date for 2021 CFL National Draft". cfl.ca. Canadian Football League. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  9. "2021 CFL Draft to feature some significant changes". CFL.ca. November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  10. "Als acquire Johnny Manziel in blockbuster deal". CFL.ca. July 22, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  11. "Ti-Cats snag first selection as CFL reveals 2021 order". CFL.ca. November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  12. 1 2 "2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Schedule". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  13. "2021 Schedule". Canadian Football League . Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  14. "Le football de la LCF de retour sur RDS dès le samedi 7 août" (in French). Canadian Football League. August 3, 2021.
  15. "ESPN Networks, ESPN+ to carry entire 2021 CFL season". Canadian Football League. August 4, 2021.