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