1983 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 1983 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 26th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 35th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 5–10–1 record. They defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders in the East Semi-Final, but lost to the eventual Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts in the East Final.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 10	at Toronto Argonauts	24–6	Loss	1–0
B	June 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–24	Win	1–1
C	June 22	vs. Montreal Concordes	25–18	Win	2–1
D	June 29	at Ottawa Rough Riders	47–40	Loss	2–2

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 9	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	35–32	Loss	0–1
2	July 16	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	50–19	Win	1–1
3	July 22	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–18	Loss	1–2
4	July 30	vs. BC Lions	34–20	Loss	1–3
5	Aug 6	at Toronto Argonauts	31–18	Win	2–3
6	Aug 13	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	24–22	Win	3–3
7	Aug 21	at Calgary Stampeders	26–15	Loss	3–4
8	Bye
9	Sept 5	vs. Montreal Concordes	35–30	Win	4–4
10	Sept 11	at Edmonton Eskimos	50–21	Loss	4–5
11	Sept 18	vs. Toronto Argonauts	50–16	Loss	4–6
12	Sept 25	at Ottawa Rough Riders	29–25	Loss	4–7
13	Oct 1	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–19	Loss	4–8
14	Bye
15	Oct 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	34–22	Win	5–8
16	Oct 22	at BC Lions	41–16	Loss	5–9
17	Oct 30	vs. Calgary Stampeders	35–12	Loss	5–10
18	Nov 6	at Montreal Concordes	21–21	Tie	5–10–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
East Semi-Final	Nov 13	at Ottawa Rough Riders	33–31	Win
East Final	Nov 20	at Toronto Argonauts	41–36	Loss

1983 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1983 CFL Draft 71st Grey Cup

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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