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 third 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 third 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 manager	Bob O'Billovich
Head coach	Marcel Bellefeuille
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Team MOP	Justin Hickman
Team MOC	Dave Stala
Team MOR	Chris Williams
Uniform

Offseason

CFL draft

The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011. 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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
2	10	Moe Petrus	OL	Connecticut
2	13	Maurice Forbes	DL	Concordia
3	20	Marc-Antoine Fortin	DL	Laval
3	21	Pascal Baillargeon	OL	Laval
5	33	Patrick Jean-Mary	LB	Howard
5	36	Tyrell Francisco	TE	Weber State
6	44	Jadon Wagner	LB	BYU

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

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	10	8	0	432	432	20	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	10	8	0	515	468	20	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	481	478	16	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	6	12	0	397	498	12	Details

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 16 Jason Boltus  5 Kevin Glenn 12 Quinton Porter Running backs 39 Agustin Barrenechea FB  0 Darcy Brown FB 22 Avon Cobourne 24 Daryl Stephenson Wide receivers 85 Matt Carter 84 Bakari Grant 81 Aaron Kelly 17 Liam Mahoney 80 Chris Williams Slotbacks 88 Dave Stala  8 Marcus Thigpen RB/SB		Offensive linemen 53 Mark Dewit OL 67 Peter Dyakowski G 60 Jason Jimenez T 56 Belton Johnson T 65 Simeon Rottier G 59 Brian Simmons OL 52 Wayne Smith OL Defensive linemen 55 Stevie Baggs DE 98 Ivan Brown DE 95 Justin Hickman DE 90 Luc Mullinder DE 92 Robert Rose DE 98 Eddie Steele DT		Linebackers 41 Jonathan Hood LB 28 Jamall Johnson OLB 49 Kyle Jones LB 45 Nathan Kanya LB 25 Markeith Knowlton OLB 44 Ray Mariuz LB  9 Renauld Williams LB Defensive backs  3 Marc Beswick DB 31 Milton Collins DB 34 Ryan Hinds DB 29 Loyce Means DB  2 Jason Shivers DB 14 Bo Smith DB  4 Carlos Thomas DB 18 Dee Webb DB 26 Raymond Wladichuk DB 37 Marcell Young DB Special teams 30 Kevin Scott LS  7 Justin Medlock P/K		Injured List 20 Dylan Barker S (9 Game) 36 Ike Brown LB (1 Game) 48 Yannick Carter OLB (1 Game) 21 Terry Grant RB (9 Game) 62 Marwan Hage C (9 Game) 93 Matt Kirk DT (9 Game) 15 Glenn MacKay WR (9 Game) 32 Chris Rwabukamba DB (1 Game) 19 Woodny Turenne DB (1 Game) Practice roster 96 Jerry Brown DL 42 Brandon Denson LB 99 Maurice Forbes DT 57 Cody Husband OL 11 Jeremy Kelley WR 13 Josh Maveety P/K 23 Daniel Porter RB Italics indicate Import player Roster updated 2011-11-22 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active → More rosters

Coaching staff

2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats staff
	Front office Owner – Bob Young President – Scott Mitchell General manager – Bob O'Billovich Assistant general manager/director of player personnel – Joe Womack Director of football operations – Shawn Burke Canadian player development coordinator and head Canadian scout – Drew Allemang Head U.S. Scout – Danny McManus Western regional scout – Richard Wade Head coaches Head coach – Marcel Bellefeuille Assistant head coach – Brad Miller 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 → More CFL staffs

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 2 3 4 OT Total • Tiger-Cats 10 14 3 17 8 52 Alouettes 3 13 7 21 0 44 Date: November 13 Location: Olympic Stadium Montreal, QC Game start: 1:00 PM EST Game attendance: 33,051 Game weather: None (Dome) Referee: Kim Murphy TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour)

East Final

Hamilton at Winnipeg

1 2 3 4 Total Tiger-Cats 3 0 0 0 3 • Blue Bombers 0 10 3 6 19 Date: November 20 Location: Canad Inns Stadium Winnipeg, MB Game start: 1:00 PM EST Game attendance: 30,051 Game weather: Clear; –13°C; wind 19 km/h S Referee: Andre Proulx TV announcers (TSN): Rod Black (Play by Play), Duane Forde (Colour), Sara Orlesky (Sideline)