1949 Hamilton Tigers season

The 1949 Hamilton Tigers season was the second for the club in the Ontario Rugby Football Union after playing in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union for 34 seasons since 1907. This would also be the last season for the Tigers as the club would merge with the Hamilton Wildcats following this season.

The Tigers finished in 1st place in the ORFU with a 10–2 record, but lost to the Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern Final.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Aug 13	Ottawa Rough Riders	25–1	Loss	0–1
B	Aug 17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	9–8	Win	1–1
C	Aug 24	Hamilton Wildcats	24–5	Loss	1–2

**Ontario Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tigers	12	10	2	228	68	20
Sarnia Imperials	12	8	4	142	101	16
Windsor Rockets	12	5	7	142	108	10
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	12	1	11	55	290	2

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Sept 3	Sarnia Imperials	7–6	Loss	0–1
2	Sept 10	at Sarnia Imperials	13–11	Loss	0–2
3	Sept 17	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	45–2	Win	1–2
4	Sept 24	at Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	18–6	Win	2–2
5	Oct 1	Windsor Rockets	20–6	Win	3–2
6	Oct 8	at Windsor Rockets	13–6	Win	4–2
6	Oct 10	Sarnia Imperials	15–2	Win	5–2
7	Oct 15	at Sarnia Imperials	13–11	Win	6–2
8	Oct 22	at Windsor Rockets	5–3	Win	7–2
9	Oct 26	at Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	14–0	Win	8–2
9	Oct 29	Windsor Rockets	29–5	Win	9–2
10	Nov 5	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	39–7	Win	10–2

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
IRFU Final #1	Nov 11	at Sarnia Imperials	15–6	Loss
IRFU Final #2	Nov 12	Sarnia Imperials	20–3	Win
Eastern Final	Nov 19	at Montreal Alouettes	40–0	Loss

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Founded in 1950 Based in Hamilton, Ontario

The franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Ivor Wynne Stadium Alumni Stadium Ron Joyce Stadium Tim Hortons Field

Culture and lore	Hamilton Alerts Hamilton Tigers Hamilton Wildcats Labour Day Classic Thanksgiving Day Classic Carl Voyles Defeated the Buffalo Bills on August 8, 1961 Harold Ballard

Important figures	John Barrow Tommy Joe Coffey Grover Covington Rocky DiPietro Matt Dunigan Bernie Faloney Tony Gabriel Garney Henley Ellison Kelly Angelo Mosca Peter Neumann Hal Patterson Ralph Sazio Vince Scott Don Sutherin Brian Timmis Ben Zambiasi

Legends	Angelo Mosca Bernie Faloney Joe Zuger Garney Henley Chuck Ealey Ian Sunter Grover Covington Ben Zambiasi Howard Fields Tom Clements Mike Kerrigan Rocky DiPietro Tony Champion Earl Winfield Mike Morreale Danny McManus Darren Flutie Joe Montford

Key personnel	Owner: Bob Young General Manager: Kent Austin Head Coach: Kent Austin

Grey Cup championships (8)	1953 1957 1963 1965 1967 1972 1986 1999

Eastern Division championships (20)	1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1972 1980 1984 1985 1986 1989 1998 1999 2013 2014

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: East Division

1949 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Edmonton Regina Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Windsor

See also	37th Grey Cup

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