2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General manager	Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke
Head coach	Orlondo Steinauer
Home field	Tim Hortons Field
Results
Record	8–6
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Team MOP	Simoni Lawrence
Team MODP	Simoni Lawrence
Team MOC	Tunde Adeleke
Team MOOL	Brandon Revenberg
Team MOST	Nic Cross
Team MOR	Desmond Lawrence
Uniform
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The 2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. The Tiger-Cats qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year following their week 14 win over the BC Lions on November 5, 2021.^[1] The team defeated the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts in the playoffs to qualify for their 22nd Grey Cup game appearance. In a rematch of the previous season's game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Tiger-Cats lost to the Blue Bombers 33–25 in overtime in the 108th Grey Cup game.

The 2021 season was the second season under co-general managers Drew Allemang and Shawn Burke and the second season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer.^[2]

An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule.^[3][4] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021.^[5]