1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East division with an 8–6 record and won the Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This was their first Grey Cup as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the eighth won by teams based in Hamilton.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Aug 14	Calgary Stampeders	19–18	Loss	12,500	0–1
A	Aug 17	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–12	Win	10,000	1–1

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Aug 29	Ottawa Rough Riders	14–10	Win	12,000	1–0
2	Sept 7	Toronto Argonauts	14–12	Win	17,000	2–0
3	Sept 11	at Montreal Alouettes	17–0	Loss	13,215	2–1
4	Sept 16	Toronto Argonauts	21–20	Loss		2–2
4	Sept 19	at Toronto Argonauts	12–9	Win	20,382	3–2
5	Sept 26	Montreal Alouettes	20–15	Win	16,000	4–2
6	Oct 3	at Ottawa Rough Riders	31–6	Loss	15,500	4–3
7	Oct 10	at Toronto Argonauts	26–0	Win		5–3
8	Oct 12	Toronto Argonauts	30–12	Loss	19,069	5–4
9	Oct 17	at Ottawa Rough Riders	33–24	Win	13,500	6–4
10	Oct 24	at Toronto Argonauts	17–5	Loss	19,437	6–5
11	Oct 31	Montreal Alouettes	31–18	Win	17,000	7–5
12	Nov 8	at Montreal Alouettes	31–18	Loss	12,085	7–6
13	Nov 14	Ottawa Rough Riders	18–8	Win	18,000	8–6

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
IRFU Final #1	Nov 18	Montreal Alouettes	37–12	Win	16,000
IRFU Final #2	Nov 22	at Montreal Alouettes	22–11	Win	18,070
Grey Cup	Nov 28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12–6	Win	27,313

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0	0	6	0	6
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6	0	6	0	12

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

1953 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Brantford Kitchener-Waterloo Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach

See also	1953 CFL Draft 41st Grey Cup

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