2023 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

2023 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
President	Scott Mitchell
General manager	Orlondo Steinauer
Head coach	Orlondo Steinauer
Home field	Tim Hortons Field
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Semi-Final
Team MOP	Tim White
Team MODP	Simoni Lawrence
Team MOC	Stavros Katsantonis
Team MOOL	Brandon Revenberg
Team MOST	Tyreik McAllister
Team MOR	Taylor Powell
Uniform
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The 2023 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 65th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 73rd overall. The Tiger-Cats qualified for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year following their week 17 win over the Calgary Stampeders. ^[1] The team attempted to win their ninth Grey Cup championship in a year that the club is scheduled to host the 110th Grey Cup, but were defeated in the East Semi-Final by the Montreal Alouettes.

The 2023 CFL season is the fourth season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer and the second with Steinauer leading the personnel department as the president of football operations. ^{[2] [3]}

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2023 CFL Global Draft took place on May 2, 2023. ^{[4] [5]} The Tiger-Cats had the fourth selection in each round. ^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Club/School	Nationality
1	4	Penei Pavihi	LB	Hawaii	American Samoa
2	13	Lou Hedley	P	Miami (FL)	Australia

CFL National Draft

The 2023 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2023. ^[5] The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading away their second-round, third-round, sixth-round, and seventh-round picks but acquired additional fourth-round and eighth-round picks. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} The team also exchanged first-round selections with the Calgary Stampeders in the trade for Bo Levi Mitchell. ^[10] The team had the fourth selection in each round of the draft after finishing fourth-last in the 2022 league standings, not including traded picks. ^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University Team	Hometown
1	6	Dayton Black	OL	Saskatchewan	Brandon, MB
4	29	Patrick Burke Jr.	DB	Wilfrid Laurier	Toronto, ON
4	31	Reece Martin	DL	Mount Allison	Moncton, NB
5	40	Robert Panabaker	DB	Western Ontario	London, ON
8	64	Josh Hyer	DL	Calgary	Vernon, BC
8	67	Caleb Morin	WR	Saskatchewan	Saskatoon, SK

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
A	Bye
B	1	Sat, May 27	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 27–22	1–0	None	Tim Hortons Field	17,500	Recap
C	2	Fri, June 2	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 22–25	1–1	RDS	Molson Stadium	12,698	Recap

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Regular season

Season Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	18	16	2	0	32	591	396	10–0	W4	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	11	7	0	22	442	392	7–3	W5	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	16	408	461	3–7	L2	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	4	14	0	8	415	507	0–10	L4	Details

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Fri, June 9	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 31–42	0–1	TSN	IG Field	29,057	Recap
2	2	Sun, June 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 14–32	0–2	TSN/CBSSN	BMO Field	15,967	Recap
3	3	Fri, June 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 12–38	0–3	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Tim Hortons Field	23,180	Recap
4	Bye
5	4	Sat, July 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 21–13	1–3	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Tim Hortons Field	21,331	Recap
6	5	Thu, July 13	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Elks	W 37–29	2–3	TSN/CBSSN	Commonwealth Stadium	21,173	Recap
7	6	Fri, July 21	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 15–31	2–4	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	24,312	Recap
8	7	Fri, July 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 16–12	3–4	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	19,243	Recap
9	8	Sat, Aug 5	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 14–27	3–5	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Tim Hortons Field	21,467	Recap
10	Bye
11	9	Thu, Aug 17	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Elks	L 10–24	3–6	TSN/RDS2/CBSSN	Tim Hortons Field	20,912	Recap
12	10	Sat, Aug 26	7:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	W 30–13	4–6	TSN	BC Place	22,053	Recap
13	11	Mon, Sept 4	3:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 28–41	4–7	TSN/RDS2/CBSSN	Tim Hortons Field	25,381	Recap
14	12	Fri, Sept 8	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 27–24	5–7	TSN/RDS2/CBSSN	TD Place Stadium	18,004	Recap
15	13	Sat, Sept 16	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 29–23	6–7	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	22,610	Recap
16	14	Sat, Sept 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 14–29	6–8	TSN	BMO Field	15,549	Recap
17	15	Sat, Sept 30	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 22–15	7–8	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	22,809	Recap
18	16	Sat, Oct 7	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 38–13	8–8	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	27,579	Recap
19	17	Fri, Oct 13	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	L 30–33	8–9	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	23,891	Recap
20	Bye
21	18	Sat, Oct 28	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 20–22	8–10	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium

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 #  Games played with alternate uniforms. ^[15]

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
East Semi-Final	Sat, Nov 4	3:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 12–27	0–1	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium

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Team

Roster

Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster

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	Quarterbacks 11 Kai Locksley 19 Bo Levi Mitchell 18 Matthew Shiltz Receivers 80 Omar Bayless 17 Terry Godwin 81 Hergy Mayala 35 Tyreik McAllister SB/KR 13 Chris Osei-Kusi 85 Kiondre Smith 12 Tim White Running backs  9 James Butler 31 Sean Thomas Erlington Fullbacks 36 Bailey Feltmate 38 Félix Garand-Gauthier		Offensive linemen 51 David Beard 55 Dayton Black 61 Jordan Murray 57 Brandon Revenberg 62 Tyrone Riley 54 Chris Van Zeyl 64 Coulter Woodmansey Defensive linemen 90 Mason Bennett  5 Malik Carney 56 Ja'Gared Davis 99 Jamal Davis II 94 Mohamed Diallo 97 Ted Laurent 44 Casey Sayles 98 Dylan Wynn		Linebackers 21 Simoni Lawrence 45 Penei Pavihi 41 Enoch Penney-Laryea 32 Fraser Sopik  6 Jameer Thurman Defensive backs 28 Jacob Dearborn 24 Chris Edwards 43 Carthell Flowers-Lloyd  3 Kenneth George Jr. 30 Stavros Katsantonis 14 Dexter Lawson Jr. 23 Richard Leonard 22 Will Sunderland Special teams 26 Kaare Vedvik P 33 Marc Liegghio K 58 Gordon Whyte LS				1-Game Injured 39 Nic Cross LB 99 Jarrod Hewitt DL 66 Brandon Kemp OL 48 Chris Kolarevic DL  4 Jonathan Kongbo DL  0 Taylor Powell QB 88 Tyler Ternowski WR 87 Derel Walker WR 6-Game Injured  2 Tunde Adeleke DB  7 Javien Elliott DB 91 Anthony Federico DL 61 Joel Figueroa OL 69 Kyle Saxelid OL  1 Duke Williams WR 15 Kyle Wilson LB		Practice roster 29 Patrick Burke Jr. DB 86 Chris Coleman WR 49 Tre' Crawford DL 77 Valentin Ghahoua DL 92 Chris Mulumba DL 65 Kendrick Sartor OL 53 Jakub Szott OL 20 De'Montre Tuggle RB 27 David Vereen DB  8 Lawrence Woods DB 96 Cedric Wilcots DL 60 Noah Zerr OL Suspended 83 Justin McGriff WR 14 Jamie Newman QB 47 Seth Small K 40 McKinley Williams DL
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 46 Roster, 15 Injured, 12 Practice roster, 4 Suspended Roster updated 2023-11-04 • Depth chart • Transactions • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Hamilton Tiger-Cats staff

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	Front Office Caretaker – Bob Young Chief Executive Officer – Scott Mitchell President and Chief Operating Officer – Matt Afinec President of football operations and head coach – Orlondo Steinauer Assistant general manager and director of Canadian scouting – Drew Allemang Assistant general manager and director of player personnel – Spencer Zimmerman Assistant general manager and senior advisor – Ed Hervey Assistant director of player personnel – Spencer Boehm Director of football administration and operations – Tamara Hinic Video Co-ordinator – Matt Allemang Assistant Video Co-ordinator – Nick Roberto Head Coach Head Coach – Orlondo Steinauer Assistant Head Coach – Mark Washington Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Vacant Quarterbacks – Vacant Offensive Line – Mike Gibson Wide Receivers – Jason Phillips Receivers – Jarryd Baines Running Backs – Rob Payne Senior Assistant Coach – Scott Milanovich			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator & Defensive Backs – Mark Washington Defensive Line – Randy Melvin Linebackers – Robin Ross Assistant Defensive Backs – Jeff Reinebold Defensive Quality Control Coach – Matt Tolliver Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Jeff Reinebold Special Teams Assistant – Charlie Taggart Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning Coach – Chuck Winters → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs

References

1. "Ticats punch ticket to post-season with win over Stamps". Canadian Football League. September 30, 2023.
2. "Ticats officially name Orlondo Steinauer head coach". Canadian Football League. December 3, 2018.
3. "Ticats expand Steinauer's role, announce operations staff". Canadian Football League. December 24, 2021.
4. "Expanded CFL Combine presented by New Era heading to Edmonton in '23". Canadian Football League. November 10, 2022.
5. "Revamped CFL Combine season, CFL Draft highlight '23 off-season". Canadian Football League. January 19, 2023.
6. "2023 Global draft tracker". Canadian Football League . Retrieved May 10, 2023.
7. "Ticats acquire OL David Beard in trade w/ Elks". Canadian Football League. September 2, 2022.
8. "Ticats acquire OL Colin Kelly from Elks". Canadian Football League. June 26, 2022.
9. "Elks acquire P Jon Ryan in trade with Tiger-Cats". Canadian Football League. July 26, 2022.
10. "Hammer Time: Ticats come to terms with Bo Levi Mitchell". Calgary Stampeders. January 24, 2023.
11. "2022 CFL standings". Canadian Football League . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
12. "2023 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Schedule". Hamilton Tiger-Cats . Retrieved December 17, 2022.
13. "Horaire de diffusion – LCF" (in French). RDS . Retrieved May 24, 2023.
14. "2023 U.S. and International broadcast schedule" (PDF). Canadian Football League . Retrieved June 7, 2023.
15. "'Made in the Hammer' is back for 2023". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. June 7, 2023.

External links

• Official website