Rivals
Since 1873, the arch-rivals of the Tiger-Cats have been the Toronto Argonauts. The first ever meeting between the two teams took place on October 18, 1873 at the University of Toronto where the Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Football Club by a Goal and a Try to Nil. Hamilton and Toronto are merely 51 km apart along the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) highway and are currently the only CFL teams in Ontario. Since 1996, the two teams have played each other every year at Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium during the Labour Day Classic, with the 2011 season being a recent exception. On some occasions, the two teams would have a rematch the following week at Toronto's Rogers Centre. There have been 15 playoff match-ups between the two, with Toronto holding a 10-5 advantage. On November 14, 2010, the Tiger-Cats were defeated by the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division Semi-Final game in the first playoff meeting between the two teams since 2004.
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“What poet would not grieve to see
His brother write as well as he?
But rather than they should excel,
He’d wish his rivals all in Hell.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)