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1954 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)

2nd place • 9-5-0 .643

1954 CFL • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Carl Voyles

Ralph Sazio	Line
Bob Thalman	Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/13/1954	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-5	W		Regina, SK	Taylor Field	9000
Mon	8/16/1954	A	Calgary Stampeders	5-12	L		Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	10000
Wed	8/18/1954	A	British Columbia Lions	12-0	W		Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	10000
Sat	8/28/1954	H	Montreal Alouettes	6-24	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
Sat	9/4/1954	A	Toronto Argonauts	17-6	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	14797
Mon	9/6/1954	H	Toronto Argonauts	7-21	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	14000
Sat	9/11/1954	A	Montreal Alouettes	3-21	L		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	17463
Sat	9/18/1954	H	Montreal Alouettes	7-6	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	14000
Sat	9/25/1954	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	38-12	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	9220
Sat	10/2/1954	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	45-0	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	9300
Sat	10/9/1954	H	Toronto Argonauts	34-6	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15000
Mon	10/11/1954	A	Toronto Argonauts	22-13	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	16050
Sat	10/16/1954	A	Montreal Alouettes	11-46	L		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	21000
Sat	10/23/1954	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	25-17	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	9300
Sat	10/30/1954	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	30-9	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	8422
Sat	11/6/1954	A	Montreal Alouettes	15-19	L		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	19127
Sat	11/13/1954	H	Toronto Argonauts	15-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	9000
IRFU Final #1
Wed	11/17/1954	H	Montreal Alouettes	9-14	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15000
IRFU Final #2
Sat	11/20/1954	A	Montreal Alouettes	19-24	L		Montreal, QC	Molson Stadium	21025

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
George Arnett	46	OT	6-2	240	26	McMaster	14
Eddie Bevan	51	DG	5-9	220	28	none	14
Dick Brown	83	DB	5-10	170	28	Toronto	13
Bernie Custis	99	OHB	6-0	183	25	Syracuse	13
Art Darch	52	OG	6-1	222	23	none	14
Bobby Dawson	89	B	5-10	161	22	none	14
Frank Dempsey	66	T	6-3	235	29	Florida	13
Glenn Dobbs	94	QB	6-4	210	34	Tulsa	1
Don Ettinger	55	LB	6-2	215	33	Kansas	12
Bobby Flippin	81	HB	6-0	167	26	Midwestern State	5
Cam Fraser	71	E-FW-P	6-2	215	22	none	13
Bob Garside	84	LB	6-2	210	25	Toronto	14
Merle Hapes	80	HB	5-10	190	35	Mississippi	14
Ron Howell	82	HB	6-0	185	19	none	10
Pete Karpuk	85	DB	5-9	160	30	none	14
Ted Kukowski	45	C	6-0	219	24	Navy; Syracuse	1
Lou Kusserow	88	DB	6-1	200	27	Columbia	14
Tip Logan	73	E	6-1	194	27	Queen's	13
Vince Mazza	75	OT	6-1	216	29	none	12
Les McClelland	64	OT	6-0	227	22	Syracuse	12
Chet Miksza	76	E	6-2	231	24	none	13
Pete Neumann	74	DE	5-11	210	24	none	11
Walt Nikorak	47	C	5-10	214	21	none	14
Bill Quinlan	78	C-DE	6-3	248	22	Michigan State	14
Vito Ragazzo	70	OE	6-3	200	27	William & Mary	14
Ray Ramsey	71	OE	6-2	166	33	Bradley	12
Fred Ruish	86	HB	6-2	205	21	none	2
Vince Scott	53	DG	5-8	215	32	Notre Dame	14
Butch Songin	95	QB	6-2	205	30	Boston College	14
Ken Stanley	78	E	6-0	195	23	McMaster	7
Ralph Toohy	77	FW-E	6-0	197	28	none	14
Ray Truant	87	DB	5-10	185	24	Western Ontario	14
Hal Waggoner	80	HB	5-9	170	24	Little Rock JC; Tulane	1
Pete Woolley	54	G	5-11	225	25	none	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Steve Oneschuk	HB	Toronto
2	8	Jimmy Dodds	FB	McMaster
3	12	Jack Thompson	HB	Western Ontario
4	16	Bill Moulton	G	McGill
5	20	George Bertand	G	McGill
6	24	Danny Pugliese	T	McMaster
7	28	Don Sterling	E	McGill
8	32	Pete Cranston	QB	Queen's

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	64	61	85	65	275
Opponents Totals	28	66	48	65	207

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		239	107	117	15	62	535
Opponents Totals		259	116	135	8

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Tip Logan	2	35	36	97.2	-	-	-	3	8	37.5	3	0	57
Lou Kusserow	10	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	50
Bernie Custis	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	40
Ray Ramsey	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	40
Merle Hapes	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	20
Cam Fraser	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		15	0	15
Dick Brown	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	10
Vito Ragazzo	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	10
Ray Truant	1	3	4	75.0	-	-	-	0	0		0	0	8
Vince Mazza	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		2	2	6
Don Ettinger	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Ron Howell	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Bill Quinlan	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	1	2
Glenn Dobbs	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	1
Chet Miksza	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	1	0.0	1	0	1
Pete Karpuk	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Team Totals	40	38	40	95.0	3	9	33.3	22	3	275
Opponents Totals	32	27	32	84.4	4			6	1	207

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Merle Hapes	130	572	4.4	44	4
Bernie Custis	104	472	4.5	38	4
Lou Kusserow	90	338	3.8	17	4
Bobby Flippin	23	133	5.8	39	0
Dick Brown	16	99	6.2	16	1
Butch Songin	23	75	3.3	22	0
Ron Howell	5	58	11.6	21	1
Ray Truant	8	44	5.5	18	0
Hal Waggoner	4	18	4.5	11	0
Ray Ramsey	3	8	2.7	14	0
Ralph Toohy	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	407	1822	4.5		14
Opponents Totals	443	2191	4.9		21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Butch Songin	340	187	55.0	124	2500	7.4	13.4	82	19	5.6	29	8.5				61.6
Bernie Custis	10	5	50.0	5	117	11.7	23.4	88	1	10.0	0	0.0				125.8
Bobby Flippin	2	2	100.0	0	21	10.5	10.5	12	0	0.0	0	0.0				110.4
Ray Truant	1	1	100.0	0	10	10.0	10.0	10t	1	100.0	0	0.0				147.9
Cam Fraser	2	1	50.0	1	10	5.0	10.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0				64.6
Lou Kusserow	2	1	50.0	1	1	0.5	1.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0				56.3
Glenn Dobbs	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	362	198	54.7	134	2679	7.4	13.5		21	5.8	30	8.3		270	2409	63.3
Opponents Totals	354	193	54.5	129	2490	7.0	12.9		10	2.8	32	9.0				48.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lou Kusserow	49	702	14.3	73	5
Ray Ramsey	42	770	18.3	88	8
Bernie Custis	37	399	10.8	60	4
Vito Ragazzo	22	263	12.0	37	2
Ralph Toohy	17	175	10.3	19	0
Merle Hapes	12	122	10.2	21	0
Ron Howell	6	92	15.3	51	0
Tip Logan	6	80	13.3	38	2
Ray Truant	3	30	10.0	20	0
Bobby Flippin	4	46	11.5	17	0
Team Totals	198	2679	13.5		21
Opponents Totals	193	2490	12.9		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lou Kusserow	5	108	21.6	90	1
Don Ettinger	5	32	6.4	22	1
Pete Karpuk	4	120	30.0	85	1
Ray Ramsey	4	54	13.5	32	0
Ray Truant	4	49	12.3	28	1
Vito Ragazzo	4	31	7.8	27	0
Dick Brown	2	53	26.5	28	1
Bernie Custis	1	35	35.0	35	0
Bob Garside	1	8	8.0	8	0
Frank Dempsey	1	5	5.0	5	0
Eddie Bevan	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	32	498	15.6		5
Opponents Totals	30	363	12.1		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Cam Fraser	138	5944	43.1	73		15
Butch Songin	1	50	50.0	50		0
Glenn Dobbs	12	529	44.1	60		1
Dick Brown	1	41	41.0	41		0
Merle Hapes	1	32	32.0	32		0
Team Totals	153	6596	43.1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Brown	58	340	5.9	33	0
Bobby Flippin	29	272	9.4	33	0
Pete Karpuk	35	247	7.1	25	0
Ray Truant	11	42	3.8	11	0
Bernie Custis	3	18	6.0	11	0
Ron Howell	2	13	6.5	12	0
Bobby Dawson	2	8	4.0	4	0
Lou Kusserow	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ralph Toohy	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	142	940	6.6		0
Opponents Totals		829			1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bernie Custis	13	364	28.0	51	0
Bobby Flippin	7	152	21.7	29	0
Lou Kusserow	6	116	19.3	26	0
Dick Brown	2	52	26.0	35	0
Hal Waggoner	2	40	20.0	27	0
Ray Ramsey	1	37	37.0	37	0
Bill Quinlan	2	19	9.5	14	0
Ralph Toohy	2	17	8.5	10	0
Ray Truant	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	36	808	22.4		0
Opponents Totals					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	35	21	14	18	32		0
Opponents Totals		18		21	21		0

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