The 1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 17th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 25th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final to the Ottawa Rough Riders. In 1974, Tony Gabriel had a career year as he caught 61 passes for 795 yards to lead the East in pass receiving. It was also Gabriel's last season in Hamilton. Hamilton sent Gabriel to the Ottawa Rough Riders at the end of the season because Gabriel suggested that the players should get a raise when the East increased the number of games played from 14 to 16 in 1974.
Regular season
Season standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsMontreal Alouettes 16 9 5 2 339 271 20Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 261 271 14Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 7 9 0 279 313 14Toronto Argonauts 16 6 9 1 281 314 13
Season schedule WeekGameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance 1 1 July 24 at Montreal Alouettes L 12–20 0–1 2 2 July 30 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 29–22 1–1 3 3 Aug 6 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 25–30 1–2 4 4 Aug 14 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–17 1–3 5 5 Aug 20 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 11–7 2–3 5 6 Aug 25 at Montreal Alouettes L 10–29 2–4 6 7 Sept 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 11–10 3–4 7 8 Sept 7 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 16–10 4–4 8 9 Sept 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 27–0 5–4 9 10 Sept 18 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–10 6–4 10 11 Sept 25 at Edmonton Eskimos L 29–31 6–5 10 12 Sept 29 at BC Lions L 10–32 6–6 11 13 Oct 6 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 21–33 6–7 12 14 Oct 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 12–19 6–8 13 Bye 14 15 Oct 27 at Toronto Argonauts L 11–19 6–9 15 16 Nov 3 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 26–24 7–9
Post-season GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance Eastern Semi-Final Nov 10 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 19–21 0–1 Lansdowne Park Roster 1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen G T T/G C C C C
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/P
Italics indicate American players Bold indicates Global players
Awards and honours CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tony Gabriel (TE) Former Ticats quarterback Bernie Faloney was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on May 6, 1974.
CFL All-Stars Tony Gabriel, Tight End
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