1949 Hamilton Tigers (ORFU) |
| 1st place • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Merle Hapes |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1949 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9000 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1949 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 8000 | |
| Wed | 8/24/1949 | Hamilton Wildcats | 5-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12000 | ||
| Sat | 9/3/1949 | H | Sarnia Imperials | 6-7 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | A | Sarnia Imperials | 11-13 | L | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 5000 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1949 | H | Toronto Balmy Beach | 45-2 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1949 | A | Toronto Balmy Beach | 18-6 | W | Toronto, ON | East York Memorial Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1949 | H | Windsor Rockets | 20-6 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | A | Windsor Rockets | 13-6 | W | Windsor, ON | Jackson Park | 3500 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1949 | H | Sarnia Imperials | 15-2 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1949 | A | Sarnia Imperials | 13-11 | W | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | 5500 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1949 | A | Windsor Rockets | 5-3 | W | Windsor, ON | Jackson Park | 2300 | |
| Wed | 10/26/1949 | A | Toronto Balmy Beach | 14-0 | W | Toronto, ON | East York Memorial Stadium | ||
| Sat | 10/29/1949 | H | Windsor Rockets | 29-5 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
| Sat | 11/5/1949 | H | Toronto Balmy Beach | 39-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
| ORFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Fri | 11/11/1949 | A | Sarnia Imperials | 6-15 | L | Sarnia, ON | Athletic Park | ||
| ORFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/12/1949 | H | Sarnia Imperials | 20-3 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/19/1949 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 0-40 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 15000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Rube Ainsworth | 14 | E | 6-1 | 205 | 20 | Hinds CC | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Alford | 24 | T-G | 5-11 | 210 | 21 | none | 11 | 5 |
| Mel Aull | 17 | G | 5-11 | 210 | 21 | none | 12 | 6 |
| Leo Blant | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 12 | 11 | |||
| Jimmy Caine | 25 | HB-FW | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Washington State; San Francisco | 11 | 9 |
| Joe Capriotti | 58 | FW-HB | 5-7 | 190 | 31 | 12 | 11 | |
| Joe Cihocki | 57 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | Western Ontario | 8 | 3 |
| Conti | 6 | FW | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Alfie Crooker | 31 | HB-QB | 5-9 | 182 | 24 | none | 12 | 2 |
| Bill Damiano | 7/12 | E | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Niagara | 12 | 11 |
| Danny DiFrancesco | 23 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Louie DiFrancesco | 26 | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | 10 | 0 | ||
| John Fabian | 27 | 5-7 | 200 | 25 | 12 | 0 | ||
| F. Fitzgerald | 8 | 6-4 | 195 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fraser | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jake Gaudaur | 30 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | none | 12 | 12 |
| Merle Hapes | 20 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | Mississippi | 8 | 1 |
| Bill Huntley | 23 | HB | 5-8 | 200 | 19 | Queen's | 5 | 2 |
| Rudy Manorek | 12 | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norm Marrato | 32 | FW | 6-0 | 185 | 20 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Lloyd Montour | 23 | 6-0 | 160 | 23 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alex Muzyka | 19 | T-GG | 5-11 | 208 | 20 | none | 12 | 7 |
| Bill O'Breza | 77 | C | 6-1 | 230 | 34 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joey Pal | 68 | HB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Repei | 9 | E | 5-5 | 140 | 24 | none | 8 | 1 |
| Sandy Sanderson | 7 | 6-0 | 178 | 19 | none | 2 | 0 | |
| Doug Smith | 62 | HB-QB | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | 11 | 5 | |
| Vic Spencer | 29 | HB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | none | 8 | 2 |
| Jackie Stewart | 3 | HB-FW | 5-9 | 169 | 24 | 11 | 11 | |
| Jack Strachan | 10 | T | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | 12 | 12 | |
| Boris Tipoff | 33 | HB | 5-8 | 155 | 23 | 9 | 1 | |
| Tommy Waldon | 1 | QB | 5-8 | 165 | 26 | Toronto | 7 | 7 |
| Charlie Waterman | 8 | T-G | 5-8 | 185 | 30 | none | 12 | 7 |
| George Wilson | 21 | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | none | 10 | 0 | |
| Stan Wolkowski | 54 | QB | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | none | 11 | 4 |
| John Yachetti | 16 | 5-10 | 240 | 22 | 6 | 0 | ||
| George Zarek | 75 | T | 5-9 | 210 | 29 | 9 | 2 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 72 | 30 | 87 | 228 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 68 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Capriotti | 0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
| Jackie Stewart | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |||||||
| Merle Hapes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Jimmy Caine | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |||||||
| Doug Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Boris Tipoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| Stan Wolkowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Vic Spencer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Rube Ainsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Bill Huntley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Alfie Crooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Alex Muzyka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 32 | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 228 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 68 |
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