1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Al Bruno
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	6–9–1
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Team MOP	Rufus Crawford
Team MOC	Bernie Ruoff
Team MOR	Rod Skillman
Uniform

The 1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 27th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 35th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in second place in the East Division with a 6–9–1 record. They appeared in the 72nd Grey Cup game, but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Roster

1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster
Quarterbacks Dieter Brock Pete Gales Running backs Donnie Craft Receivers Wayne Lee WR Offensive linemen Pat Brady		Defensive linemen Mitchell Price Dave Sauve DE Linebackers Ben Zambiasi Defensive backs Marshall Hamilton Special teams Bernie Ruoff K/P		Injured List 6-Game Injured List		Practice Roster Suspended Active, Injured, Six-Game, Practice Roster, Suspended

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
A	June 5	at Toronto Argonauts	W 13–6	1–0
B	June 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 17–18	1–1
C	June 17	vs. Montreal Concordes	L 17–30	1–2
D	June 22	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 39–27	2–2

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Regular season

Season Standings

East Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	16	9	6	1	19	461	361	5–1	L1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	6	9	1	13	353	439	4–2	W3	Details
Montreal Concordes	16	6	9	1	13	386	404	1–5	W1	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	4	12	0	8	354	507	2–4	L1	Details

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	June 30	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 49–31	1–0
2	July 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	T 27–27	1–0–1
3	July 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 9–31	1–1–1
4	July 20	at Calgary Stampeders	L 18–23	1–2–1
5	July 28	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 20–42	1–3–1
6	Bye
7	Aug 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 22–30	1–4–1
8	Aug 19	vs. BC Lions	L 11–19	1–5–1
9	Aug 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 14–35	1–6–1
10	Sept 3	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 30–11	2–6–1
11	Sept 9	at BC Lions	L 11–46	2–7–1
12	Sept 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 16–48	2–8–1
13	Sept 23	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 29–26	3–8–1
14	Bye
15	Oct 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 21–28	3–9–1
16	Oct 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–8	4–9–1
17	Oct 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 20–14	5–9–1
18	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	W 25–20	6–9–1

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Postseason

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result
East Semi-Final	Nov 4	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 17–11
East Final	Nov 11	at Toronto Argonauts	W 14–13
Grey Cup	Nov 18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 17–47

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Grey Cup

Main article: 72nd Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	3	0	0	17
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	27	3	14	47

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Awards and honours

• Terry Evanshen was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player, March 16, 1984.
• Tony Gabriel was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player, August 18, 1984.
• Jacob Gaudaur was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player as a Builder, March 16, 1984.^[4]

1984 CFL All-Stars

• Bernie Ruoff, Punter

References

1. "1984 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". www.cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
2. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
3. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
4. "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-12-26.