The

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

season was the 58th season for the team in the

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and their 66th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 10–8 record and hosted a playoff game for the third consecutive season. The Tiger-Cats defeated the

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in the East Semi-Final, but lost to the

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in the East Final, ending their quest to compete in three straight

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s. This marked the first full season for the team playing at their new stadium,

Tim Hortons Field Tim Hortons Field, nicknamed "The Donut Box", is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Built as a replacement for Ivor Wynne Stadium, Tim Hortons Field is primarily used for Canadian football and soccer, and is the home of the Ha ...

. The Tiger-Cats played their first four games on the road due to stadium conflicts with the

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. When they returned to their home field, they sold out all nine regular seasons games, which was the first time that the franchise had done that since

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.Ticats sell out every home game for first time since 1973
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Offseason

CFL draft

The 2015 CFL Draft took place on May 12, 2015. The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the seven-round draft, prominently trading away first and third round picks for

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hours before the draft. The club also traded their fifth round pick to the

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for Seydou Junior Haidara and acquired an additional sixth round pick after trading

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to Edmonton for

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Preseason

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Post-season

Schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

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