1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Carl Voyles
Home field	Civic Stadium
Results
Record	8–6
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in second place in the East Division with an 8–6 record and won the Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This was their first Grey Cup as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the eighth won by teams based in Hamilton.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
A	Aug 14	Calgary Stampeders	L 18–19	0–1	12,500
A	Aug 17	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 21–12	1–1	10,000

Regular season

Season Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	14	8	6	0	292	229	16
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	6	0	229	243	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	7	7	0	266	238	14
Toronto Argonauts	14	5	9	0	172	249	10

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	Aug 29	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 14–10	1–0	12,000
2	Sept 7	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 14–12	2–0	17,000
3	Sept 11	at Montreal Alouettes	L 0–17	2–1	13,215
4	Sept 16	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 20–21	2–2
4	Sept 19	at Toronto Argonauts	W 12–9	3–2	20,382
5	Sept 26	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 20–15	4–2	16,000
6	Oct 3	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 6–31	4–3	15,500
7	Oct 10	at Toronto Argonauts	W 26–0	5–3
8	Oct 12	Toronto Argonauts	L 12–30	5–4	19,069
9	Oct 17	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 33–24	6–4	13,500
10	Oct 24	at Toronto Argonauts	L 5–17	6–5	19,437
11	Oct 31	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 31–18	7–5	17,000
12	Nov 8	at Montreal Alouettes	L 18–31	7–6	12,085
13	Nov 14	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 18–8	8–6	18,000

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
IRFU Final #1	Nov 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 37–12	16,000
IRFU Final #2	Nov 22	at Montreal Alouettes	W 22–11	18,070
Grey Cup	Nov 28	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 12–6	27,313

Grey Cup

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0	0	6	0	6
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6	0	6	0	12