The 1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 29th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 37th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 9–8–1 record and won the Grey Cup over the Edmonton Eskimos .
Tiger-Cats owner Harold Ballard claimed to be losing a million dollars a year as owner of the Tiger-Cats.[1] In 1986, Ballard publicly called the Tiger-Cats a bunch of overpaid losers.[1] After the Tiger Cats beat the Toronto Argonauts in the 1986 Eastern Final, Ballard said “You guys may still be overpaid, but after today, no one can call you losers.” [1] A few days later, the Tiger-Cats won the 1986 Grey Cup by beating the Edmonton Eskimos 39–15 and Ballard said it was worth every penny.
Mike Kerrigan and Paul Osbaldiston would be in their first years with the Tiger-Cats.
Preseason [ ]
Regular season [ ]
Season Standings [ ]
Season schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Score
Result
Attendance
Record
1
June 26
at Toronto Argonauts
21–20
Loss
23,100
0–1
2
July 3
Ottawa Rough Riders
18–2
Loss
15,877
0–2
3
July 12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
28–11
Win
13,664
1–2
4
July 18
at Calgary Stampeders
23–21
Loss
26,201
1–3
5
July 25
BC Lions
36–21
Loss
16,462
1–4
6
Bye
7
Aug 7
at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
36–30
Loss
25,982
1–5
8
Aug 16
Saskatchewan Roughriders
23–21
Win
14,907
2–5
9
Aug 21
at Montreal Alouettes
28–23
Win
12,158
3–5
10
Sept 1
Montreal Alouettes
42–7
Win
23,185
4–5
11
Sept 7
at Toronto Argonauts
25–23
Loss
28,531
4–6
12
Sept 14
at Saskatchewan Roughriders
21–21
Tie
18,565
4–6–1
13
Sept 21
Calgary Stampeders
20–15
Win
15,105
5–6–1
14
Sept 27
at Ottawa Rough Riders
31–11
Win
17,192
6–6–1
15
Oct 4
Edmonton Eskimos
24–23
Loss
17,352
6–7–1
16
Oct 10
at Edmonton Eskimos
30–3
Loss
38,385
6–8–1
17
Oct 18
BC Lions
23–17
Win
40,127
7–8–1
18
Oct 26
Toronto Argonauts
20–10
Win
24,430
8–8–1
19
Bye
20
Nov 7
Ottawa Rough Riders
20–19
Win
14,101
9–8–1
Playoffs [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Score
Result
Attendance
Eastern Final #1
Nov 16
Toronto Argonauts
31–17
Loss
23,126
Eastern Final #2
Nov 23
Toronto Argonauts
42–25
Win
32,041
Grey Cup
Nov 30
Edmonton Eskimos
39–15
Win
59,621
Grey Cup [ ]
Teams
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
Edmonton Eskimos
0
0
7
8
15
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
17
12
7
3
39
[3]
References [ ]
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