2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

The 2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 64th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 72nd overall. The Tiger-Cats qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year in Week 20 following a win over the Ottawa Redblacks and a loss by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.^[1] However, the team lost in the East Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.

2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
President	Scott Mitchell
General manager	Orlondo Steinauer
Head coach	Orlondo Steinauer
Home stadium	Tim Hortons Field
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, East
Playoffs	Lost East Semi-Final
Team MOP	Tim White
Team MODP	Jovan Santos-Knox
Team MOC	Tunde Adeleke
Team MOOL	Brandon Revenberg
Team MOST	Seth Small
Team MOR	Seth Small
Uniform
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The 2022 season was the third season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer and the first with Steinauer leading the personnel department as the president of football operations.^[2][3]

Offseason

Players added

Position	Player	Tag	2021 Team	Date
QB	Jamie Newman	Signed	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	January 7
WR	Tony Brown	Signed	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	January 7
K	Tadhg Leader	Signed	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	March 17

Players lost

Position	Player	Tag	2022 Team	Date
OT	Jordan Murray	Released	Indianapolis Colts	January 14
FB/TE	Nikola Kalinic	Released	Indianapolis Colts	January 22
CB	Delvin Breaux	Released	BC Lions	January 17
QB	Jeremiah Masoli	Released	Ottawa Redblacks	February 7
C	Darius Ciraco	Released	Ottawa Redblacks	February 8
DE	Lorenzo Mauldin IV	Released	Ottawa Redblacks	February 8
WR	Jaelon Acklin	Released	Ottawa Redblacks	February 9
RB	Jackson Bennett	Released	Ottawa Redblacks	February 8
WR	Brandon Banks	Released	Toronto Argonauts	February 13
DE	Ja'Gared Davis	Released	Toronto Argonauts	February 8
FS/LB	Tyrice Beverette	Released	Montreal Alouettes	February 8
CB	Mike Daly	UFA	Free Agent	February 20
QB	David Watford	UFA	Free Agent	February 25

CFL Global Draft

The 2022 CFL Global Draft took place on May 3, 2022.^[4] With the format being a snake draft, the Tiger-Cats selected ninth in the odd-numbered rounds and first in the even-numbered rounds.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University/Club Team	Nationality
1	9	Baily Flint	P	Toledo	Australia
2	10	Blake Hayes	P	Illinois	Australia
3	27	Ralfs Rusins	DT	Liberty	Latvia

CFL National Draft

The 2022 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2022.^[6] The Tiger-Cats were scheduled to have the eighth selection in each of the eight rounds of the draft after finishing as the Grey Cup runner-up in the previous season.^[7] However, the team traded their first and third round selections to the Edmonton Elks for Kyle Saxelid and Grant McDonald.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University Team	Hometown
2	17	Anthony Federico	DL	Queen's	Niagara Falls, ON
4	37	Kiondre Smith	WR	Guelph	Markham, ON
5	46	Jared Beeksma	LB	Guelph	Cambridge, ON
6	55	Khadeem Pierre	DB	Concordia	Ottawa, ON
7	64	Nicolas Guay	OL	Laval	Quebec City, QC
8	73	Jaxon Ciraolo-Brown	DB	British Columbia	Hamilton, ON

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
A	1	Sat, May 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 25–23	1–0	None	Tim Hortons Field	N/A	Recap
B	2	Fri, June 3	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 17–18	1–1	None	Alumni Stadium	N/A	Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Season Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	18	11	7	0	22	443	415	7–3	L1	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	9	9	0	18	471	466	5–5	W1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	16	421	473	5–5	W4	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	4	14	0	8	370	475	3–7	L3	Details

Season Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Sat, June 11	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 13–30	0–1	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	28,216	Recap
2	2	Sat, June 18	6:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 30–33 (OT)	0–2	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	22,711	Recap
3	3	Fri, June 24	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 12–26	0–3	TSN/ESPN2	IG Field	23,600	Recap
4	4	Fri, July 1	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Elks	L 25–29	0–4	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	20,233	Recap
5	Bye
6	5	Sat, July 16	5:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 25–23	1–4	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	20,411	Recap
7	6	Thu, July 21	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	L 12–17	1–5	TSN	BC Place	16,155	Recap
8	7	Thu, July 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 24–17	2–5	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	20,932	Recap
9	8	Sat, Aug 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 20–34	2–6	TSN/ESPN2	BMO Field	11,623	Recap
10	9	Fri, Aug 12	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 34–27	3–6	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	23,018	Recap
11	10	Sat, Aug 20	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 28–29	3–7	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	21,024	Recap
12	11	Fri, Aug 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 20–37	3–8	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	14,963	Recap
13	12	Mon, Sept 5	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 8–28	3–9	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	25,266	Recap
14	Bye
15	13	Sat, Sept 17	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 48–31	4–9	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	22,288	Recap
16	14	Fri, Sept 23	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 16–23	4–10	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	17,008	Recap
17	Bye
18	15	Fri, Oct 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 18–14	5–10	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	21,456	Recap
19	16	Fri, Oct 14	9:45 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	W 35–32	6–10	TSN	McMahon Stadium	20,589	Recap
20	17	Fri, Oct 21	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 30–27	7–10	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	24,062	Recap
21	18	Sat, Oct 29	5:00 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 23–16	8–10	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	19,708	Recap

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 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.^[12]

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
East Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 6	1:00 p.m. EST	at Montreal Alouettes	L 17–28	0–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	20,693	Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster

	Quarterbacks  9 Dane Evans 14 Jamie Newman 18 Matthew Shiltz Receivers  8 Steven Dunbar  1 Lemar Durant 84 Anthony Johnson 85 Kiondre Smith 88 Tyler Ternowski 12 Tim White Running backs 34 Wes Hills 31 Sean Thomas Erlington Fullbacks/Tight ends 38 Félix Garand-Gauthier 42 Myles Manalo		Offensive linemen 51 David Beard 69 Colin Kelly 57 Brandon Revenberg 62 Tyrone Riley 56 Kyle Saxelid 54 Chris Van Zeyl 64 Coulter Woodmansey Defensive linemen 90 Mason Bennett DE 93 Malik Carney DE 94 Mohamed Diallo DT 91 Anthony Federico DE 95 Julian Howsare DE  6 Micah Johnson DT 97 Ted Laurent DT 72 Kay Okafor DT 48 Cedric Wilcots DE		Linebackers 36 Bailey Feltmate 21 Simoni Lawrence 29 Grant McDonald 45 Jovan Santos-Knox 15 Kyle Wilson Defensive backs  2 Tunde Adeleke 26 Cariel Brooks  7 Ciante Evans 30 Stavros Katsantonis 11 Kameron Kelly 23 Richard Leonard 25 Jumal Rolle 37 Lawrence Woods Special teams 41 Blake Hayes P 47 Seth Small K 58 Gordon Whyte LS				1-Game Injured 49 Tre' Crawford DE 19 Michael Domagala P 77 Valentin Gnahoua DE 80 Terry Godwin WR  5 Don Jackson RB 28 Vosean Joseph LB 66 Brandon Kemp OL 83 David Ungerer WR 6-Game Injured  0 Bralon Addison WR  3 Jake Burt FB 39 Nic Cross LB 53 Alex Fontana OL 44 Curtis Newton LB  4 Papi White WR/KR 98 Dylan Wynn DT		Practice roster 27 Jared Beeksma LB 96 Ronheen Bingham DE 86 Tony Brown WR 24 Tony Collier DB 13 Jalen Morton QB 92 Chris Mulumba DT 32 Rodney Randle Jr. DB 43 Jarek Richards LB 35 Mike Daly DB 40 McKinley Williams DT Suspended 52 Tyler Johnson OL 62 Korren Kirven OL
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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 President of football operations and head coach – Orlondo Steinauer Assistant general manager and director of canadian scouting – Drew Allemang Assistant general manager and director of player personnel – Spencer Zimmerman Assistant general manager and senior advisor – Ed Hervey Assistant director of player personnel – Spencer Boehm Director of football administration and operations – Tamara Hinic Video co-ordinator – Matt Allemang Assistant video co-ordinator – Nick Roberto Head coach Head coach – Orlondo Steinauer Assistant head coach – Tommy Condell Assistant head coach – Mark Washington Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Tommy Condell Offensive line – Mike Gibson Wide receivers – Jason Phillips Running backs – Jarryd Baines Offensive assistant – Casey Creehan			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mark Washington Defensive line – Randy Melvin Linebackers – Robin Ross Defensive backs – Jykine Bradley Assistant defensive backs – Craig Butler Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Craig Butler Special teams assistant – Casey Creehan Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning coach – Chuck Winters → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs