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.
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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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