The 2020 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 71st overall. This would have been the second season for the Tiger-Cats under co-general managers Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke and the second season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer.
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.
Offseason
CFL National Draft The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Tiger-Cats had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another first-round pick from the Montreal Alouettes as part of the Johnny Manziel trade. By finishing as the Grey Cup runner up, the Tiger-Cats had the second-to-last selection in each round of the draft.
Round Pick Player Position University team Hometown 1 5 Coulter Woodmansey OL Guelph Toronto, ON 1 8 Mason Bennett DL North Dakota Winnipeg, MB 2 17 Bailey Feltmate LB Acadia Moncton, NB 3 27 Tyler Ternowski WR Waterloo Hamilton, ON 4 36 Stavros Katsantonis DB British Columbia Vancouver, BC 5 45 Joseph Bencze DT McMaster Peterborough, ON 6 54 Jean Ventose DB British Columbia Calgary, AB 7 63 J.J. Molson K UCLA Montreal, QC 8 72 Tom Schnitzler LB/LS British Columbia Saskatoon, SK
CFL global draft The 2020 CFL global draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Tiger-Cats were scheduled to select eighth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.
Planned schedule
Preseason Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue A Bye B 1 Thu, May 28 11:00 a.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts Varsity Stadium C 2 Thu, June 4 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks Tim Hortons Field
Regular season Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue 1 1 Sat, June 13 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN Tim Hortons Field 2 2 Sat, June 20 7:00 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts TSN BMO Field 3 3 Thu, June 25 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Tim Hortons Field 4 Bye 5 4 Fri, July 10 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Calgary Stampeders TSN Tim Hortons Field 6 5 Sat, July 18 7:00 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks TSN TD Place Stadium 7 6 Sat, July 25 7:00 p.m. EDT at Calgary Stampeders TSN McMahon Stadium 8 7 Fri, July 31 9:30 p.m. EDT at Edmonton Football Team TSN Commonwealth Stadium 9 8 Fri, Aug 7 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 10 9 Sat, Aug 15 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN Tim Hortons Field 11 10 Sat, Aug 22 4:00 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts TSN BMO Field 12 11 Fri, Aug 28 10:00 p.m. EDT at BC Lions TSN BC Place 13 12 Mon, Sept 7 1:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts TSN Tim Hortons Field 14 Bye 15 13 Sat, Sept 19 7:00 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN IG Field 16 14 Fri, Sept 25 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 17 15 Sat, Oct 3 4:00 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 18 Bye 19 16 Sat, Oct 17 4:00 p.m. EDT vs. Edmonton Football Team TSN Tim Hortons Field 20 17 Sat, Oct 24 7:00 p.m. EDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium 21 18 Fri, Oct 30 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. BC Lions TSN Tim Hortons Field
Team
Roster Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster Quarterbacks
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Italics indicate American player Bold indicates global player Roster 2020-08-23 Depth Chart • Transactions
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Coaching staff Hamilton Tiger-Cats staff Front office Caretaker – Bob Young Chief executive officer – Scott Mitchell President and chief operating officer – Matt Afinec Sr. Director of Personnel & Co-Manager of Football Operations – Drew Allemang Sr. Director of Personnel & Co-Manager of Football Operations – Shawn Burke Director of U.S. Scouting – Spencer Zimmerman Football operations consultant – Jim Barker Coordinator, U.S. Scouting – Rich Massaro Coordinator, Canadian Scouting – Spencer Boehm Video co-ordinator – Matt Allemang
Head coach Head coach – Orlondo Steinauer
Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Tommy Condell Offensive line – Mike Gibson Running backs – D. J. Harper Wide receivers – Jarryd Baines Offensive assistant – Jim Barker Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mark Washington Defensive line – Randy Melvin Linebackers – Robin Ross Defensive backs – Craig Butler
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jeff Reinebold Special teams assistant – Craig Butler Special teams assistant – Jim Barker
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