The 2023 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 65th season for the team in the
Canadian Football League
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and their 73rd overall. The
Tiger-Cats qualified for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year following their week 17 win over the
Calgary Stampeders. The team attempted to win their ninth
Grey Cup
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championship in a year that the club is scheduled to host the
110th Grey Cup, but were defeated in the East Semi-Final by the
Montreal Alouettes
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.
The
2023 CFL season
The 2023 CFL season was the 69th season of modern professional Canadian football. Officially, it was the 65th season of the Canadian Football League. Hamilton hosted the 110th Grey Cup on November 19. The regular season began on June 8, and ended ...
was the fourth season under
head coach
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Orlondo Steinauer
Orlondo Steinauer (born June 9, 1973) is the president of football operations and head coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). As a player, he played professional Canadian football as a safety for 13 seasons with ...
and the second with Steinauer leading the personnel department as the president of football operations.
Offseason
CFL Global Draft
The
2023 CFL Global Draft
The 2023 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 2, 2023. It was the third CFL Draft that pooled all of the global players together after previously ...
took place on May 2, 2023.
The Tiger-Cats had the fourth selection in each round.
CFL National Draft
The
2023 CFL Draft
The 2023 CFL National Draft was a selection of National players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on May 2, 2023, at 8:00 pm ET. 72 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, ...
took place on May 2, 2023.
[ The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading away their second-round, third-round, sixth-round, and seventh-round picks but acquired additional fourth-round and eighth-round picks.] The team also exchanged first-round selections with the Calgary Stampeders in the trade for Bo Levi Mitchell. The team had the fourth selection in each round of the draft after finishing fourth-last in the 2022 league standings, not including traded picks.
Preseason
Schedule
: Games played with white uniforms.
Regular season
Standings
Schedule
: Games played with colour uniforms.
: Games played with white uniforms.
: Games played with alternate uniforms.
Game summaries
Week 1: at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Week 2: at Toronto Argonauts
Week 3: vs. Montreal Alouettes
Week 5: vs. Ottawa Redblacks
Week 6: at Edmonton Elks
Week 7: vs. Toronto Argonauts
Week 8: at Ottawa Redblacks
Week 9: vs. Montreal Alouettes
Week 11: vs. Edmonton Elks
Week 12: at BC Lions
Week 13: vs. Toronto Argonauts
Week 14: at Ottawa Redblacks
Week 15: vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Week 16: at Toronto Argonauts
Week 17: vs. Calgary Stampeders
Week 18: at Saskatchewan Roughriders
Week 19: vs. BC Lions
Week 21: at Montreal Alouettes
Post-season
Schedule
: Games played with white uniforms.
Game summaries
East Semi-Final: at (E2) Montreal Alouettes
Team
Roster
Coaching staff
References
External links
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