1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/14/1953	H	Calgary Stampeders	18-19	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12500
Mon	8/17/1953	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	10000
Sat	8/22/1953	H	Canadian All-Stars/Sarnia Imperials	36-5	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	13500
Sat	8/29/1953	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	14-10	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Mon	9/7/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	14-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17000
Fri	9/11/1953	A	Montreal Alouettes	0-17	L	Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	13215
Wed	9/16/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	20-21	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium
Sat	9/19/1953	A	Toronto Argonauts	12-9	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	20382
Sat	9/26/1953	H	Montreal Alouettes	20-15	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
Sat	10/3/1953	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	6-31	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	15500
Sat	10/10/1953	A	Toronto Argonauts	26-0	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium
Mon	10/12/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	12-30	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	19069
Sat	10/17/1953	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	33-24	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13500
Sat	10/24/1953	A	Toronto Argonauts	5-17	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19437
Sat	10/31/1953	H	Montreal Alouettes	31-18	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17000
Sun	11/8/1953	A	Montreal Alouettes	18-31	L	Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	12085
Sat	11/14/1953	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	18-8	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	18000
IRFU Final #1
Wed	11/18/1953	H	Montreal Alouettes	37-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
IRFU Final #2
Sun	11/22/1953	A	Montreal Alouettes	22-11	W	Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	18070
Grey Cup
Sat	11/28/1953	N	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12-6	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	27313

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Quincy Armstrong	45	LB	6-3	231	25	North Texas	8
Roy Bailey	81	HB	5-8	200	30	Tulane	10
Al Baldwin	89	E	6-2	205	30	Arkansas	5
Don Beatty	72	DE	6-3	197	23	Western Ontario	14
Bill Berezowski	46	LB	6-2	215	25	McMaster	14
Eddie Bevan	51	DG	5-9	220	27	none	14
Buster Brown	56	T-G	6-0	210	23	McMaster; McGill	12
Dick Brown	83	DB	5-10	170	27	Toronto	14
Bob Celeri	94	QB	5-10	180	26	California	1
Bobby Cross	60	T	6-4	248	22	Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State	11
Bernie Custis	99	HB-QB	6-0	183	24	Syracuse	13
Art Darch	52	OG	6-1	222	22	none	14
Bobby Dawson	89	HB	5-10	161	21	none	9
Louie DiFrancesco	34	T	5-10	208	29		1
Dunc Ellis	66	T	5-11	225	23	Toronto	1
Cam Fraser	71	FW-K	6-2	215	21	none	13
Bob Garside	84	LB	6-2	210	24	Toronto	3
Jake Gaudaur	42	C	6-2	220	33	none	14
Billy Graham	93	HB	5-7	167	18	none	4
Billy Joe Grimes	85	HB	6-1	195	26	Oklahoma State	3
Merle Hapes	84	HB	5-10	190	34	Mississippi	14
Stan Heath	97	QB	6-1	190	26	Wisconsin; Nevada-Reno	1
Lou Kusserow	88	DB	6-1	200	26	Columbia	12
Auburn Lambeth	88	QB	6-1	200	23	Davidson	2
Tip Logan	73	E	6-1	194	26	Queen's	12
Gerry MacTaggart	78	E	6-3	187	22	McMaster	12
Vince Mazza	75	OT-DT	6-1	216	28	none	14
Chet Miksza	76	FW	6-2	231	23	none	8
Alex Muzyka	65	T-G	5-11	208	24	none	13
Pete Neumann	74	DE	5-11	210	23	none	14
Chuck Niven	82	HB	5-9	188	21	Duke	1
Vito Ragazzo	70	OE	6-3	200	26	William & Mary	13
Ralph Sazio	45	T	6-1	220	31	William & Mary	1
Vince Scott	53	DG	5-8	215	31	Notre Dame	14
Joe Shinn	72	E	5-10	187	23	Little Rock JC; Tulane	1
Butch Songin	95	QB	6-2	205	29	Boston College	9
Ralph Toohy	77	LB	6-0	197	27	none	14
Ray Truant	87	DB	5-10	185	23	Western Ontario	14
Hal Waggoner	80	HB	5-9	170	23	Little Rock JC; Tulane	3
Pete Woolley	54	G	5-11	225	24	none	12

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	41	64	61	63	229
Opponents Totals	57	58	47	81	243

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Tip Logan	3	32	32	100.0	-	-	-	4			2	0	61
Lou Kusserow	10	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	50
Bernie Custis	5	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	1	27
Cam Fraser	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			10	0	15
Ralph Toohy	2	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	10
Don Beatty	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	1	7
Quincy Armstrong	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Dick Brown	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Billy Joe Grimes	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Auburn Lambeth	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Vito Ragazzo	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Joe Shinn	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Hal Waggoner	1	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Merle Hapes	0	0	0		-	-	-	0			5	0	5
Pete Neumann	0	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	1	2
Roy Bailey	3	0	0		-	-	-	0			0	0	15
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	32	32	32	100.0	4			17	4	229
Opponents Totals	36	31	36	86.1	6			10	2	243

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0