2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. The Tiger-Cats finished 3rd place in the East Division with an 8–10 record. After hosting the East Semi-Final in 2009 and 2010 with no success, the Tiger-Cats had to go on the road for the 2011 playoffs since they finished 3rd in the East. In the East Semi-Final, the Ti-Cats upset the two-time defending Grey Cup champions, Montreal Alouettes, 52–44 in overtime, giving them their first playoff victory since 2001. The Ti-Cats then traveled to Winnipeg to play the Blue Bombers where they lost 19–3 in the East Final.

2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General managerBob O'Billovich
Head coachMarcel Bellefeuille
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record8–10
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishLost East Final
Team MOPJustin Hickman
Team MOCDave Stala
Team MORChris Williams
Uniform

Offseason

CFL draft

The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011.[1] The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the draft with their first coming in the second round with the 10th pick overall. The team traded their first round pick, which was 5th overall, to Edmonton for two second round picks. With those picks, Hamilton selected the 10th ranked Moe Petrus from the University of Connecticut and quickly followed with Maurice Forbes of Concordia with the 13th overall pick.[2]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
210Moe PetrusOLConnecticut
213Maurice ForbesDLConcordia
320Marc-Antoine FortinDLLaval
321Pascal BaillargeonOLLaval
533Patrick Jean-MaryLBHoward
536Tyrell FranciscoTEWeber State
644Jadon WagnerLBBYU

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
A Sat, June 18 at Toronto Argonauts 31–12 Loss 12,851 0–1
B Wed, June 22 Montreal Alouettes 57–20 Win 26,732 1–1

Regular season

Season standings

Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers18108043243220Details
Montreal Alouettes18108051546820Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats18810048147816Details
Toronto Argonauts18612039749812Details

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 Fri, July 1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–16 Loss 23,852 0–1
2 Sat, July 9 at Edmonton Eskimos 28–10 Loss 26,059 0–2
3 Sat, July 16 Saskatchewan Roughriders 33–3 Win 22,245 1–2
4 Fri, July 22 at BC Lions 39–31 Win 24,117 2–2
5 Fri, July 29 Montreal Alouettes 34–26 Win 24,068 3–2
6 Sat, Aug 6 at Calgary Stampeders 32–20 Loss 29,307 3–3
7 Sat, Aug 13 Toronto Argonauts 37–32 Win 24,347 4–3
8 Bye 4–3
9 Fri, Aug 26 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30–27 Loss 30,338 4–4
10 Mon, Sept 5 Montreal Alouettes 44–21 Win 26,694 5–4
11 Sun, Sept 11 at Montreal Alouettes 43–13 Loss 24,304 5–5
12 Fri, Sept 16 Edmonton Eskimos 38–23 Loss 22,654 5–6
13 Sun, Sept 25 Calgary Stampeders 55–36 Win 20,153 6–6
14 Sat, Oct 1 at Toronto Argonauts 27–12 Win 21,853 7–6
15 Fri, Oct 7 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33–17 Loss 23,268 7–7
16 Sun, Oct 16 at Montreal Alouettes 27–25 Loss 23,668 7–8
17 Sat, Oct 22 BC Lions 42–10 Win 25,536 8–8
18 Sat, Oct 29 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 19–3 Loss 29,073 8–9
19 Thurs, Nov 3 at Toronto Argonauts 33–16 Loss 20,833 8–10

Roster

2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Injured List

Practice Roster


Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2011-11-22
Depth ChartTransactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff

2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Khari Jones
  • Receivers – Tim Kearse
  • Running backs – Rick Worman
  • Offensive line – Doug Malone
  • Offensive assistant – Vince Luciani
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Corey Chamblin
  • Linebackers – Brad Miller
  • Defensive line – John Kropke
  • Defensive assistant – Dwayne Cameron

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Brad Miller
  • Special teams assistant – Scott Fawcett

Coaching Staff
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Playoffs

Schedule

Game Date Time Opponent Score Result Attendance
East Semi-Final Nov 13 1:00 PM EST at Montreal Alouettes 52–44 (OT) Win 33,051
East Final Nov 20 1:00 PM EST at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19–3 Loss 30,051

Playoff bracket

November 13:
Division Semi-Finals
November 20:
Division Finals
November 27: 99th Grey Cup
BC Place Stadium Vancouver
         
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3
East
E1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 52*
E2 Montreal Alouettes 44
E1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23
W1 BC Lions 34
W2 Edmonton Eskimos 23
West
W1 BC Lions 40
W3 Calgary Stampeders 19
W2 Edmonton Eskimos 33

*-Team won in Overtime.

East Semi-Final

Hamilton at Montreal
1 234OTTotal
Tiger-Cats 10 143178 52
Alouettes 3 137210 44

East Final

Hamilton at Winnipeg
1 234Total
Tiger-Cats 3 000 3
Blue Bombers 0 1036 19

References

  1. "2011 CFL Canadian Draft". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. "Ticats take OL Moe Petrus 10th overall | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. 2011-05-08. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
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