1954 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU) |
2nd place • 9-5-0 .643 |
Head Coach: Carl Voyles |
Ralph Sazio | Line |
Bob Thalman | Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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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 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
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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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