1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 42nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 50th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in second place in the East Division with an 11–7 record and won the Grey Cup in a rematch of the previous year's championship game against the Calgary Stampeders.

1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General manager	Neil Lumsden
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Team MOP	Danny McManus
Team MOC	Rob Hitchcock
Team MOR	Corey Grant
Uniform

This season, Hamilton set a CFL record (since 1978) for fewest quarterback sacks allowed in one season (7).

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	7	Corey Grant	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
3	22	Morty Bryce	DB	Bowling Green
4	31	Jason Tibbits	DB	Waterloo
5	38	Mike MacKenzie	RB	Eastern Washington
6	45	Pascal Cheron	OL	Laval

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 25	at Toronto Argonauts	31–10	Win	18,266	1–0
B	July 1	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–24	Win	14,354	2–0

Roster

1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster
Quarterbacks  8 Montressa Kirby 11 Cody Ledbetter 14 Danny McManus Running backs  9 Archie Amerson  5 Éric Lapointe 24 Ronald Williams Receivers 81 Tony Akins WR  2 Corey Grant WR 89 Andrew Grigg WR 82 Darren Flutie SB 29 Mace Freeman WR 18 Mike Morreale WR		Offensive linemen 55 Chris Burns G 51 Carl Coulter C 64 Seth Dittman T 68 Dave Hack T 62 Tim Prinsen G Defensive linemen 98 Mike Campbell DT 99 Jeff Cummins DT 79 Derek MacCready DE 53 Joe Montford DE 77 Mike Philbrick DT		Linebackers 45 Lamar McGriggs 92 Tim Terry 73 Calvin Tiggle Defensive backs 17 Keith Cobb DB 42 Rob Hitchcock S 25 Shino Prater DB 30 Chris Shelling DB 22 Orlondo Steinauer DB 39 Gerald Vaughn DB  7 Kyle Walters DB Special teams 3 Paul Osbaldiston K/P		Injured List Practice Roster Suspended Active, Injured, Practice Roster, Suspended

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	12	6	0	495	395	24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	11	7	0	603	378	22
Toronto Argonauts	18	9	9	0	386	373	18
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	6	12	0	362	601	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	39–9	Win	29,681	1–0
2	July 16	vs. Montreal Alouettes	22–16	Loss	18,352	1–1
3	July 23	at Toronto Argonauts	24–21	Loss	25,558	1–2
4	July 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	54–8	Win	16,815	2–2
5	Aug 5	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	63–17	Win	16,423	3–2
6	Aug 12	at Montreal Alouettes	24–17	Loss	19,461	3–3
7	Aug 19	vs. BC Lions	38–33	Loss	18,875	3–4
8	Aug 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	30–23	Win	34,180	4–4
9	Sept 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–28	Win	28,895	5–4
10	Sept 12	at Montreal Alouettes	52–19	Loss	19,461	5–5
11	Sept 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	65–15	Win	17,157	6–5
12	Sept 27	vs. Montreal Alouettes	39–13	Win	20,648	7–5
13	Oct 1	at Calgary Stampeders	21–17	Loss	26,062	7–6
14	Oct 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43–16	Win	21,915	8–6
15	Oct 16	vs. Toronto Argonauts	18–2	Win	23,832	9–6
16	Oct 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–12	Win	18,166	10–6
17	Oct 30	at BC Lions	26–21	Loss	18,817	10–7
18	Nov 6	vs. Calgary Stampeders	31–28	Win	19,460	11–7

Postseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	27–6	Win	21,873
East Final	Nov 21	at Montreal Alouettes	27–26	Win	19,461
Grey Cup	Nov 28	Calgary Stampeders	32–21	Win	45,118

Grey Cup

Main article: 87th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	10	11	4	7	32
Calgary Stampeders	0	0	7	14	21

Awards and honours

1999 CFL All-Stars

• Darren Flutie - Slotback
• Rob Hitchcock - Safety
• Danny McManus - Quarterback
• Joe Montford - Defensive End
• Calvin Tiggle - Linebacker
• Gerald Vaughn - Halfback