2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Kent Austin
General manager	Kent Austin
Home field	Ron Joyce Stadium Tim Hortons Field
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Lost in Grey Cup Final
Uniform

The 2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 57th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 65th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East Division for the first time since 1998 and finished with a 9–9 record. The Tiger-Cats advanced to and lost the Grey Cup game for the second year in a row, this time to the Calgary Stampeders by a score of 20–16.

The team returned to Hamilton after playing one season in Guelph; the team split its games between Ron Joyce Stadium and the new Tim Hortons Field due to the latter not being completed on time.

Offseason

Stadium

The Tiger-Cats played in a brand new stadium for the first time in franchise history, playing at the newly constructed Tim Hortons Field at the site of their old stadium, Ivor Wynne Stadium. Tim Hortons Field was due to be completed by June 30, 2014, and, consequently, the team played their preseason home game at McMaster University's Ron Joyce Stadium.^[1] The Tiger-Cats will play their first three regular season games on the road and were scheduled to open Tim Hortons Field in week 5 on July 26, 2014 against the expansion Ottawa Redblacks.^[2]

However, on July 7, 2014, the Tiger-Cats announced that the construction of Tim Hortons Field was behind schedule and that the team's first two regular-season home games (later extended to three) would, as a matter of necessity, also be moved to Ron Joyce Stadium. The new stadium, still not yet complete with only 18,000 seats ready for use, opened in time for the Labour Day Classic (again as a matter of necessity because of Ontario University Athletics' tradition that also plays games on Labour Day).^[3]^[4]

CFL Draft

The 2014 CFL Draft took place on May 13, 2014. The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the seven-round draft, but moved up and down in positions due to trades with other clubs. The club acquired an additional second round selection and moved down one spot in the first round after completing a trade with Saskatchewan for Shomari Williams and Josh Bartel.^[5] The team then traded both second round selections during the draft for the first round selection they had traded to Saskatchewan.^[6] The team also gave up a third round selection for Geoff Tisdale and another sixth round selection.^[7] Finally, the Tiger-Cats traded their fourth round selection for fullback Dahrran Diedrick.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	8	Beau Landry	LB	Western Ontario
1	9	Evan Gill	DL	Manitoba
5	44	Christopher Johnson	LB	Toronto
6	52	Mathieu Girard	DL	Montreal
6	53	Stephen Mawa	DL	British Columbia
7	62	Martin Pesek	DL	Acadia

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
A	Bye
B	Sat, June 14	3:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 28–23	1–0	None	Ron Joyce Stadium	5,573	Recap
C	Thur, June 19	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 23–41	1–1	None	Varsity Stadium	5,216	Recap

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Regular season

Season standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y–Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	417	395	18	Details
X–Montreal Alouettes	18	9	9	0	360	394	18	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	8	10	0	450	456	16	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	2	16	0	278	465	4	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
1	Sun, June 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 10–31	0–1	TSN/RDS2	Mosaic Stadium	19,285	Recap
2	Fri, July 4	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 24–28	0–2	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	30,714	Recap
3	Bye
4	Fri, July 18	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 7–10	0–3	TSN/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	27,546	Recap
5	Sat, July 26	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 33–23	1–3	TSN/RDS	Ron Joyce Stadium	6,500	Recap
6	Thur, July 31	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 26–27	1–4	TSN/RDS2	Ron Joyce Stadium	6,500	Recap
7	Fri, Aug 8	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	L 29–36	1–5	TSN	BC Place	24,236	Recap
8	Sat, Aug 16	3:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 20–30	1–6	TSN	Ron Joyce Stadium	6,500	Recap
9	Bye
10	Mon, Sept 1	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 13–12	2–6	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	18,135	Recap
11	Sun, Sept 7	1:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 31–38	2–7	TSN/RDS/ESPN	Molson Stadium	20,551	Recap
12	Sun, Sept 14	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 28–3	3–7	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	18,135	Recap
13	Sat, Sept 20	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 25–23	4–7	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	18,135	Recap
14	Sat, Sept 27	6:30 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 16–11	5–7	TSN	Investors Group Field	28,534	Recap
15	Sat, Oct 4	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	W 19–17	6–7	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	20,125	Recap
16	Fri, Oct 10	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 33–34	6–8	TSN	Rogers Centre	17,811	Recap
17	Fri, Oct 17	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 16–6	7–8	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	20,125	Recap
18	Sat, Oct 25	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 24–26	7–9	TSN/RDS2	Rogers Centre	19,258	Recap
19	Fri, Oct 31	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 34–25	8–9	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	24,101	Recap
20	Sat, Nov 8	4:00 p.m. EST	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 29–15	9–9	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	24,186	Recap

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Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
East Semi-Final	Bye
East Final	Sun, Nov 23	1:00 p.m. EST	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 40–24	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN	Tim Hortons Field	24,334	Recap
102nd Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 30	6:00 p.m. EST	Calgary Stampeders	L 16–20	1–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BC Place	52,056	Recap

Team

Roster

Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Receivers

Offensive Linemen

63 Marc Dile OL
67 Peter Dyakowski LG
61 Joel Figueroa RT
68 Mike Filer OL
50 Jake Olson OL
55 Tim O'Neill C
59 Brian Simmons LT
69 Landon Rice OL

Defensive Linemen

99 Michael Atkinson DT
5 Justin Hickman DE
45 Arnaud Gascon-Nadon DE
98 Linden Gaydosh DT
72 Bryan Hall DE
97 Ted Laurent DT
40 Eric Norwood DE

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

27 Delvin Breaux CB
28 Craig Butler DB
35 Mike Daly DB
29 Ed Gainey DB
41 Erik Harris DB
43 Neil King S
48 Kyle Miller DB
22 Courtney Stephen S
9 Brandon Stewart DB

Special Teams

47 Aaron Crawford LS
7 Justin Medlock K/P

Injured List

38 Marcellus Bowman LB
42 David Caldwell LB
20 Emanuel Davis DB
82 Greg Ellingson WR
51 Marc-Antoine Fortin DL
32 C.J. Gable RB
96 Hasan Hazime DT
86 Cary Koch WR
13 Dan LeFevour QB
56 Jeremy Lewis OL
65 Joel Reinders OL
64 Carson Rockhill OL

6-Game Injured List

95 Brian Bulcke DT
24 Michael Coe DB
94 Antonio Coleman DL
2 Jacory Harris QB
90 Brandon Thurmond DE
66 Greg Wojt OL

Practice Roster

49 Christopher Johnson LB
36 Pawel Kruba LB
12 Brett Lauther K/P
19 Quincy McDuffie WR
39 Dan Molls LB
71 Adewale Ojomo DE
18 Sam Ojuri RB
37 Julian Posey DB
92 Sam Scott DL

Suspended

78 Martin Pesek DL

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2014-11-30
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 12 Injured, 6 Six-Game,
9 Practice Roster, 1 Suspended

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Coaching staff

Hamilton Tiger-Cats Staff

Front Office

Owner – Bob Young
President and COO – Glenn Gibson
Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager – Kent Austin
Director of Football Operations – Shawn Burke
Director of Canadian Scouting – Drew Allemang
Director of U.S. Scouting – Eric Tillman
Scouting and Football Administration Coordinator – Spencer Zimmerman
Video Co-ordinator – Matt Allemang

Head Coach

Head Coach – Kent Austin

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Receivers – Tommy Condell
Running Backs and Offensive Quality Control – Corey Grant
Offensive Line – Allen Rudolph

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Orlondo Steinauer
Assistant Defensive Backs – James Stanley
Linebackers – Jeff Reinebold
Defensive Line – Dennis McPhee
Assistant Defensive – Marcello Simmons

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Jeff Reinebold
Assistant Special Teams – John Zamberlin
Assistant Special Teams – Marcello Simmons

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References

2014 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	2014 CFL Draft 102nd Grey Cup Expansion Draft

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

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