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1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General managerRalph Sazio (3–2)
Joe Zuger (8–2–1)
Head coachFrank Kush
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record11–4–1
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishLost East Final
Team MOPTom Clements
Team MOCRocky DiPietro
Team MORHoward Fields

The 1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 24th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 32nd overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the East Division for the second consecutive year with an 11–4–1 record. They lost the East Final to the heavy underdog Ottawa Rough Riders team that finished 5–11–0. In the first season of full inter-division play, the Tiger-Cats finished with a 6–0 record against the East Division, outscoring their opponents 197 to 71.

Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Result Record
A June 7 at Montreal Alouettes W 27–21 1–0
B June 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 3–15 1–1
C June 18 at Toronto Argonauts W 23–16 2–1
D June 27 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 24–38 2–2

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Regular season

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Season Standings

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East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 11 4 1 23 414 335 6–0 W1 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 5 11 0 10 306 446 3–3 L1 Details
Montreal Alouettes 16 3 13 0 6 267 518 2–4 W1 Details
Toronto Argonauts 16 2 14 0 4 241 506 1–5 L2 Details

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Season schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 July 5 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 33–23 1–0
2 July 11 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 47–10 2–0
3 July 17 at Calgary Stampeders L 6–26 2–1
4 July 25 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 57–13 3–1
5 Aug 1 at Edmonton Eskimos L 5–41 3–2
6 Aug 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 28–16 4–2
7 Aug 16 at BC Lions W 37–23 5–2
8 Bye
9 Aug 29 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 16–11 6–2
10 Sept 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos T 34–34 6–2–1
11 Sept 12 at Montreal Alouettes W 26–10 7–2–1
12 Sept 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 25–13 8–2–1
13 Sept 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 30–16 9–2–1
14 Oct 4 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–26 10–2–1
15 Oct 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 12–28 10–3–1
16 Bye
17 Oct 25 vs. BC Lions L 7–34 10–4–1
18 Oct 31 at Toronto Argonauts W 21–11 11–4–1

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Postseason

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Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Result
East Final Nov 15 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 13–17

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Awards and honours

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1981 All-Stars

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "1981 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  2. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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