1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head Coach	Joe Restic
Home Field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	8–5–1
Place	1st, East
Playoff Finish	Lost Eastern Finals
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1969	1971

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

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

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

Awards and honours

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