# 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.
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 | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | June 25 | at Toronto Argonauts | W 31–10 | 1–0 | | 18,266 |
| B | July 1 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 29–24 | 2–0 | | 14,354 |

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

## Postseason

| Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Attendance |
| East Semi-Final | Nov 14 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 27–6 | 1–0 | 21,873 |
| East Final | Nov 21 | at Montreal Alouettes | W 27–26 | 2–0 | 19,461 |
| Grey Cup | Nov 28 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 32–21 | 3–0 | 45,118 |

### 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