The 1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 30th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 38th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record and lost the East Semi-Final to the Toronto Argonauts. Steve Stapler set a franchise record (broken in 1989) for most touchdowns in one season with 13.[1]

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record
A June 6 at Montreal Alouettes W 14–13 1–0
C June 16 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 15–17 1–1

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Regular season

Season standings

Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 12 6 0 24 554 409 5–2 L1 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 11 6 1 23 484 427 6–4 W1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 7 11 0 14 470 509 4–5 L2 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 18 3 15 0 6 377 598 2–6 L1 Details

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Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 1 June 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 32–36 0–1
2 2 July 5 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 33–36 0–2
3 3 July 12 at Edmonton Eskimos W 40–30 1–2
4 4 July 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 27–30 1–3
5 5 July 26 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–25 2–3
6 6 July 31 vs. BC Lions W 21–20 3–3
7 Bye
8 7 Aug 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–14 4–3
9 8 Aug 21 at Toronto Argonauts W 28–25 5–3
10 9 Aug 29 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 28–23 6–3
11 10 Sept 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 19–25 6–4
12 Bye
13 11 Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts L 29–39 6–5
14 12 Sept 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 17–33 6–6
15 13 Oct 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 14–47 6–7
16 14 Oct 11 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 20–23 6–8
17 15 Oct 17 at BC Lions L 11–25 6–9
18 16 Oct 24 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 28–2 7–9
19 17 Nov 1 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 33–34 7–10
20 18 Nov 6 at Calgary Stampeders L 36–42 7–11

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Postseason

Schedule

Round Date Opponent Result Record
East Semi-Final Nov 15 at Toronto Argonauts L 13–29 0–1

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Awards and honours

  • Harold Ballard was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Builder, May 2, 1987.
  • Angelo Mosca was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a player on, May 2, 1987. He played 15 CFL seasons, including nine times in the Grey Cup Game (emerging a winner five times). A CFL All-Star in 1963 and 1970, he was an Eastern All-Star Defensive Tackle five times.[4]

1987 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Records | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c "1987 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
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