1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 17th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 25th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final to the Ottawa Rough Riders. In 1974, Tony Gabriel had a career year as he caught 61 passes for 795 yards to lead the East in pass receiving. It was also Gabriel's last season in Hamilton. Hamilton sent Gabriel to the Ottawa Rough Riders at the end of the season because Gabriel suggested that the players should get a raise when the East increased the number of games played from 14 to 16 in 1974.

1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachJerry Williams
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishLost Eastern Semi-Final
Team MOPAndy Hopkins
Team MOCTony Gabriel
Team MORGeorge Campbell

Regular season

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Season standings

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Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 16 9 5 2 339 271 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 261 271 14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 7 9 0 279 313 14
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 9 1 281 314 13

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Season schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 1 July 24 at Montreal Alouettes L 12–20 0–1
2 2 July 30 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 29–22 1–1
3 3 Aug 6 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 25–30 1–2
4 4 Aug 14 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–17 1–3
5 5 Aug 20 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 11–7 2–3
5 6 Aug 25 at Montreal Alouettes L 10–29 2–4
6 7 Sept 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 11–10 3–4
7 8 Sept 7 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 16–10 4–4
8 9 Sept 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 27–0 5–4
9 10 Sept 18 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–10 6–4
10 11 Sept 25 at Edmonton Eskimos L 29–31 6–5
10 12 Sept 29 at BC Lions L 10–32 6–6
11 13 Oct 6 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 21–33 6–7
12 14 Oct 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 12–19 6–8
13 Bye
14 15 Oct 27 at Toronto Argonauts L 11–19 6–9
15 16 Nov 3 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 26–24 7–9

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Post-season

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Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
Eastern Semi-Final Nov 10 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 19–21 0–1 Lansdowne Park

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Awards and honours

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CFL All-Stars

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References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. ^ a b "1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. ^ "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-01-31.