1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

Season of Canadian Football League team the Hamilton Tiger-Cats March 2026 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1985 8–8 1st, East Al Bruno Ivor Wynne Stadium Lost Grey Cup Ken Hobart Paul Bennett Mike Derks File:CFL HAM Jersey 1985.png Tiger-Cats seasons The 1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 28th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 36th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the East Division with an 8–8 record which marked the first time in league history that a team finished in first place without a winning record. The team appeared in the 73rd Grey Cup game, but lost to the BC Lions. Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 11 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–24 0–1 B June 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 13–24 0–2 C June 21 at Montreal Concordes L 13–32 0–3 D June 29 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 33–14 1–3 http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1985/time_zone/0 1985 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League https://archive.today/20130115132339/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1985/time_zone/0 15 January 2013 dead Regular season Season standings HAM Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 6 vs. BC Lions L 8–42 0–1 2 2 July 11 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 11–16 0–2 3 Bye 4 3 July 26 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 10–35 0–3 5 4 Aug 2 at Montreal Concordes W 39–11 1–3 6 5 Aug 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–33 1–4 7 6 Aug 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 10–28 1–5 8 7 Aug 24 at BC Lions L 11–21 1–6 9 8 Sept 2 vs. Montreal Concordes W 19–16 2–6 10 9 Sept 8 at Edmonton Eskimos L 17–27 2–7 11 10 Sept 15 at Toronto Argonauts W 41–10 3–7 12 11 Sept 22 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 32–11 4–7 13 12 Sept 29 at Calgary Stampeders W 30–13 5–7 14 13 Oct 5 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 12–17 5–8 15 14 Oct 14 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 51–14 6–8 16 Bye 17 15 Oct 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 36–4 7–8 18 16 Nov 2 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 21–17 8–8 Postseason Schedule Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Final Nov 17 vs. Montreal Concordes W 50–26 1–0 Grey Cup Nov 24 vs. BC Lions L 24–37 1–1 Grey Cup 73rd Grey Cup Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Hamilton Tiger-Cats 0 140 10 24 BC Lions 10 13 6 8 37https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1985 CFL.ca - HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1985 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622184449/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1985 2009-06-22 dead Roster 1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks  4 I Ken Hobart  8 I Tom Porras Running backs 21 I Rufus Crawford 32 N Dave Graffi 34 I Elmer James 33 I Derrek Peels 30 N Randy Rybansky 19 I Johnny Shepherd 24 I George Works Wide receivers  1 I Tony Champion 25 I Scott Collie 75 I Ron Ingram 17 N Wayne Lee  3 I Steve Stapler Tight ends 23 N Rocky Dipietro 74 N Steve Jackson Offensive linemen 63 N Marv Allemang C 53 N Jeff Arp G 51 N Pat Brady G 68 I Mike Derks T 66 N Miles Gorrell T 62 N John Malinosky T 56 N Jason Riley G 56 N Dale Sanderson C 67 N Ralph Scholz T Defensive linemen 77 I Grover Covington DE 64 N Leon Lyszkiewicz DT 65 I Mitchell Price DT 88 N Dave Sauve DE 59 I Rod Skillman DE 61 I Mike Walker DT Special teams 10 N Bernie Ruoff K/P Linebackers 72 N Leo Ezerins 41 I Greg Gary 39 N Ed Gataveckas 43 I Reggie Mathis 36 N John Priestner 50 N Lance Thompson 31 I Ben Zambiasi Defensive backs 27 N Paul Bennett 15 I Less Browne 16 I Howard Fields 37 N Terry Lehne 26 I Donovan Rose 20 I Mark Streeter Injured list 14 I Gerald Bess DB Italics indicate American players References Hamilton Tiger-cats Season, 1985 Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons Category:James S. Dixon Trophy championship seasons Category:1985 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1985 in sports in Ontario