The 1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 28th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 36th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the East Division with an 8–8 record which marked the first time in league history that a team finished in first place without a winning record. The team appeared in the 73rd Grey Cup game, but lost to the BC Lions.
Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 11 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–24 0–1 B June 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 13–24 0–2 C June 21 at Montreal Concordes L 13–32 0–3 D June 29 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 33–14 1–3
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 6 vs. BC Lions L 8–42 0–1 2 2 July 11 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 11–16 0–2 3 Bye 4 3 July 26 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 10–35 0–3 5 4 Aug 2 at Montreal Concordes W 39–11 1–3 6 5 Aug 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–33 1–4 7 6 Aug 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 10–28 1–5 8 7 Aug 24 at BC Lions L 11–21 1–6 9 8 Sept 2 vs. Montreal Concordes W 19–16 2–6 10 9 Sept 8 at Edmonton Eskimos L 17–27 2–7 11 10 Sept 15 at Toronto Argonauts W 41–10 3–7 12 11 Sept 22 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 32–11 4–7 13 12 Sept 29 at Calgary Stampeders W 30–13 5–7 14 13 Oct 5 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 12–17 5–8 15 14 Oct 14 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 51–14 6–8 16 Bye 17 15 Oct 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 36–4 7–8 18 16 Nov 2 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 21–17 8–8
Postseason Schedule Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Final Nov 17 vs. Montreal Concordes W 50–26 1–0 Grey Cup Nov 24 vs. BC Lions L 24–37 1–1
Grey Cup
Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Hamilton Tiger-Cats 0 140 10 24 BC Lions 10 13 6 8 37 Roster 1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen C G G T T T G C T
Defensive linemen DE DT DT DE DE DT
Special teams K/P Linebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list DB
Italics indicate American players References