The 2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) 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.
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
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 final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen C G T G T G
Defensive linemen DE DE DT DT DT
Special teams K/P LS Linebackers
Defensive backs
Reserve roster DE T DB
Practice roster LB T DE LB DT T WR SB K/P RB DE G LS Injured list DB LB LB RB C DT WR DB DB
Italics indicate International player
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
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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
East Semi-Final
East Final
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