1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 27th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 35th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 6–9–1 record. They appeared in the 72nd Grey Cup game, but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Preseason[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 5	at Toronto Argonauts	13–6	Win	1–0
B	June 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	18–17	Loss	1–1
C	June 17	vs. Montreal Concordes	30–17	Loss	1–2
D	June 22	at Ottawa Rough Riders	39–27	Win	2–2

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 30	vs. Montreal Concordes	49–31	Win	1–0
2	July 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–27	Tie	1–0–1
3	July 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	31–9	Loss	1–1–1
4	July 20	at Calgary Stampeders	23–18	Loss	1–2–1
5	July 28	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–20	Loss	1–3–1
6	Bye
7	Aug 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	30–22	Loss	1–4–1
8	Aug 19	vs. BC Lions	19–11	Loss	1–5–1
9	Aug 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	35–14	Loss	1–6–1
10	Sept 3	vs. Montreal Concordes	30–11	Win	2–6–1
11	Sept 9	at BC Lions	46–11	Loss	2–7–1
12	Sept 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	48–16	Loss	2–8–1
13	Sept 23	vs. Calgary Stampeders	29–26	Win	3–8–1
14	Bye
15	Oct 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	28–21	Loss	3–9–1
16	Oct 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	31–8	Win	4–9–1
17	Oct 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	20–14	Win	5–9–1
18	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	25–20	Win	6–9–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
East Semi-Final	Nov 4	vs. Montreal Concordes	17–11	Win
East Final	Nov 11	at Toronto Argonauts	14–13	Win
Grey Cup	Nov 18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	47–17	Loss

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	3	0	0	17
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	27	10	7	47

Terry Evanshen was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player, March 16, 1984.
Tony Gabriel was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player, August 18, 1984.
Jacob Gaudaur was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player as a Builder, March 16, 1984.^[4]