1965 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

Season of Canadian Football League team the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The 1965 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 10–4 record and won the Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	July 20	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–0	Loss	13,334	1–0
B	July 27	at Montreal Alouettes	35–15	Win	14,000	1–1
B	July 29	Toronto Argonauts	18–15	Loss	9000	1–2

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Aug 7	Montreal Alouettes	18–9	Win	21,735	1–0
2	Aug 13	at Toronto Argonauts	17–7	Win	27,190	2–0
3	Aug 21	Ottawa Rough Riders	27–1	Win	26,000	3–0
4	Aug 28	at Calgary Stampeders	18–11	Loss	18,800	3–1
5	Aug 31	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–6	Win	17,530	4–1
5	Sept 6	Montreal Alouettes	17–2	Win	27,000	5–1
6	Sept 11	at Ottawa Rough Riders	22–13	Loss	22,491	5–2
7	Sept 19	at Toronto Argonauts	33–0	Win	22,854	6–2
8	Sept 28	Edmonton Eskimos	9–3	Loss	18,575	6–3
9	Oct 3	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–21	Loss	16,542	6–4
10	Oct 11	Ottawa Rough Riders	25–23	Win	27,755	7–4
11	Oct 17	BC Lions	25–7	Win	26,803	8–4
12	Oct 23	at Montreal Alouettes	6–2	Win	17,000	9–4
13	Oct 31	Toronto Argonauts	35–21	Win		10–4

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
Eastern Final #1	Nov 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	18–13	Win	20,271
Eastern Final #2	Nov 20	Ottawa Rough Riders	17–7	Win	21,530
Grey Cup	Nov 27	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–16	Win	32,655

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	7	5	3	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	3	3	3	16

v t e Hamilton Tiger-Cats 53rd Grey Cup champions
Mel Anthony John Atamian Art Baker John Barrow Willie Bethea Gene Ceppetelli John Cimba Dick Cohee Frank Cosentino Johnny Counts Stan Crisson Bill Danychuk Paul Duda Dave Fleming Rae German Tommy Grant Garney Henley Steve Hmiel Ed Hoerster Zeno Karcz Ellison Kelly Bob Krouse Bobby Kuntz Billy Ray Locklin Marty Martinello Gerry McDougall John Metras Chet Miksza Angelo Mosca Bronko Nagurski Jr. Ted Page Herb Paterra Hal Patterson Walt Radzick Jim Reynolds Lee Sampson Don Sutherin Dave Viti Chuck Walton Billy Wayte Cloyd Webb Joe Zuger Head coach: Ralph Sazio

v t e Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Founded in 1950 Based in Hamilton, Ontario
Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks
Stadiums	Ivor Wynne Stadium Alumni Stadium Ron Joyce Stadium Tim Hortons Field
Culture and lore	Hamilton Alerts Hamilton Tigers Hamilton Wildcats Labour Day Classic Thanksgiving Day Classic Defeated the Buffalo Bills in 1961
Important figures	John Barrow Tommy Joe Coffey Grover Covington Rocky DiPietro Matt Dunigan Bernie Faloney Tony Gabriel Garney Henley Ellison Kelly Angelo Mosca Peter Neumann Hal Patterson Ralph Sazio Vince Scott Don Sutherin Brian Timmis Carl Voyles Ben Zambiasi
Legends	Angelo Mosca Bernie Faloney Joe Zuger Garney Henley Chuck Ealey Ian Sunter Grover Covington Ben Zambiasi Howard Fields Tom Clements Mike Kerrigan Rocky DiPietro Tony Champion Earl Winfield Mike Morreale Danny McManus Darren Flutie Joe Montford
Key personnel	Owner: Hamilton Sports Group Chairman: Bob Young General manager: Ted Goveia Head coach: Scott Milanovich
Grey Cup championships (8)	1953 1957 1963 1965 1967 1972 1986 1999
East Division championships (22)	1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1972 1980 1984 1985 1986 1989 1998 1999 2013 2014 2019 2021
Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: East Division

v t e Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Underline indicates Grey Cup victory.

Underline indicates Grey Cup victory.

v t e 1965 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1965 CFL Draft 53rd Grey Cup