1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Joe Restic
Home field	Civic Stadium
Results
Record	8–5–1
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Finals
Team MOP	Tommy Joe Coffey
Team MOC	Bill Danychuk

The 1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 13th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 21st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East division with an 8–5–1 record, but lost the Eastern Finals to the Montreal Alouettes.

Regular season

Season Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	292	279	17
Toronto Argonauts	14	8	6	0	329	290	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	246	279	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	4	10	0	255	279	8

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Final Score	Record
1	July 29	at Ottawa Rough Riders	17–15	1–0
2	Aug 8	Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–23	1–1
3	Aug 13	at Toronto Argonauts	3–29	1–2
4	Aug 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–6	2–2
5	Sept 7	Montreal Alouettes	17–12	3–2
7	Sept 12	at Montreal Alouettes	23–38	3–3
8	Sept 16	Calgary Stampeders	39–18	4–3
9	Sept 23	at BC Lions	26–14	5–3
9	Sept 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	13–34	5–4
10	Oct 4	Toronto Argonauts	14–33	5–5
11	Oct 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	24–17	6–5
12	Oct 17	at Ottawa Rough Riders	22–15	7–5
13	Oct 25	Toronto Argonauts	27–7	8–5
14	Nov 1	at Montreal Alouettes	18–18	8–5–1

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Post-season

Game	Date	Opponent	Final Score
Eastern Final #1	Nov 15	at Montreal Alouettes	22–32
Eastern Final #2	Nov 21	Montreal Alouettes	4–11

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Awards and honours

Tommy Joe Coffey, CFL All-Star
Angelo Mosca, CFL All-Star

References

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

Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
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Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

1970 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1970 CFL Draft 58th Grey Cup

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