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1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-4-0 .714

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Head Coach: Ralph Sazio

Kelley Mote	Assistant Coach
Joe Restic	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/25/1963	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24-23	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000
Thu	8/1/1963	A	Montreal Alouettes	16-23	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	19789
Sat	8/10/1963	H	Montreal Alouettes	30-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	25709
Thu	8/15/1963	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3-5	L		Regina, SK	Taylor Field	12609
Mon	8/19/1963	A	Calgary Stampeders	31-35	L		Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	21034
Sat	8/24/1963	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	20-16	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	24271
Mon	9/2/1963	H	Toronto Argonauts	7-1	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	26318
Sat	9/7/1963	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	27-28	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	19124
Sun	9/15/1963	A	Toronto Argonauts	7-15	L		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30752
Sat	9/21/1963	H	British Columbia Lions	38-21	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	26652
Sun	9/29/1963	H	Montreal Alouettes	24-14	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	23614
Mon	10/7/1963	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26-14	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15340
Mon	10/14/1963	H	Edmonton Eskimos	28-17	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	22642
Sun	10/20/1963	A	Toronto Argonauts	11-10	W		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	21196
Sat	10/26/1963	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	11-10	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	28007
Sun	11/3/1963	A	Montreal Alouettes	49-21	W		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	19337
Eastern Final #1
Sat	11/16/1963	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	45-0	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20406
Eastern Final #2
Sun	11/24/1963	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	18-35	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	23972
Grey Cup
Sat	11/30/1963	A	British Columbia Lions	21-10	W		Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	36461

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
Art Baker	25	FB	6-0	220	26	Syracuse	7
John Barrow	61	MG	6-2	255	28	Florida	13
Willie Bethea	16	HB	6-0	190	25	none	9
Jamie Caleb	30	FB	6-1	210	27	Grambling State	5
Joe Cannavino	19	LB	5-11	186	28	Ohio State	12
Gene Ceppetelli	44	DT	6-2	247	21	Villanova	14
Frank Cosentino	11	QB	6-3	195	26	Western Ontario	14
Hardiman Cureton	51	OT	5-11	235	30	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	14
Geno DeNobile	62	OT	6-0	223	31		14
Dick Easterly	20	HB	5-11	185	24	Syracuse	13
Bernie Faloney	10	QB	6-0	195	31	Maryland	14
Ralph Goldston	21	HB	5-11	195	34	Indiana; Youngstown State	14
Gene Gossage	63	OG-LB	6-3	239	28	Cincinnati; Northwestern	8
Tommy Grant	18	OHB	5-11	195	28	none	14
Garney Henley	26	DB-OHB	5-11	180	28	South Dakota State; Huron	12
Steve Hmiel	15	LB	6-0	193	24		10
Lindy Infante		OHB	5-10	175	23	Florida	1
Jerry Janes		E	6-5	245	28	Louisiana State	1
Zeno Karcz	73	LB-E	5-11	200	28	Michigan	14
Ellison Kelly	54	OG-LB	6-1	231	28	Michigan State	14
Ken Kilrea	50	E-G-LB	6-3	237	23	South Carolina	14
Bob Krouse	14	DB	6-1	193	20	none	14
Bobby Kuntz	23	HB	5-11	178	31	McMaster	14
Dick Lasse		G-LB	6-2	222	28	Syracuse	2
Grant McKee	72	HB	6-1	195	24	Michigan	13
Chet Miksza	46	C	6-2	231	33	none	14
Bob Minihane	64	T	6-3	255	25	Boston University	5
Angelo Mosca	68	DT	6-4	272	26	Notre Dame; Wyoming	14
Bronko Nagurski	60	T	6-2	225	26	Notre Dame	14
Pete Neumann	73	DE	5-11	210	33	none	12
Jim Pace	30	HB	6-0	200	27	Michigan	5
Hal Patterson	77	OE	6-1	190	31	Garden City CC; Kansas	14
Joe Pikula	65	DT	6-3	245	19	none	14
Ron Ray	66	DE	6-4	245	30	Howard Payne	12
Rene Riopelle	24	HB	6-0	187	21	none	6
Don Sutherin	22	DB	5-11	200	27	Ohio State	8
Dave Viti	70	OE	6-2	229	24	Boston University	14
Bobby Walden		DB-P	6-0	192	25	Georgia	1
Joe Zuger	9	QB	6-2	212	23	Arizona State	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Ken Rysdale	HB-QB	Western Ontario
2	17	George Chris	HB	McMaster
3	26	Al Brereton	HB	Toronto
4	35	Jack Dever	B	Carleton
5	42	Dave Cottrell	HB	New Brunswick
6	48	Bill Duncan	T	Alberta
8	57	Tom Skypeck	QB	McGill	declared ineligible

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	60	112	37	103	312
Opponents Totals	26	73	65	50	214

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		237	91	126	20	93	1021
Opponents Totals		238	79	137	22	86	821

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Tommy Grant	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
Don Sutherin	0	15	22	68.2	-	-	-	7	14	50.0	4	0	40
Dave Viti	1	13	17	76.5	-	-	-	4	8	50.0	1	0	32
Bobby Kuntz	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	30
Willie Bethea	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
Jamie Caleb	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
Garney Henley	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
Hal Patterson	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Bernie Faloney	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		2	0	14
Frank Cosentino	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Dick Easterly	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Zeno Karcz	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Joe Zuger	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		2	0	2
Jim Pace	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Art Baker	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	40	28	40	70.0	11	22	50.0	9	1	312
Opponents Totals	26	24	26	92.3	9	17	52.9	7	0	214

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Bethea	89	435	4.9	51	3
Bobby Kuntz	87	323	3.7	13	5
Jim Pace	76	315	4.1	23	3
Bernie Faloney	59	297	5.0	30	2
Frank Cosentino	28	231	8.3	33	2
Jamie Caleb	50	192	3.8	23	3
Art Baker	18	154	8.6	60	2
Garney Henley	17	60	3.5	12	0
Bobby Walden	5	14	2.8	5	0
Lindy Infante	3	12	4.0	6	0
Rene Riopelle	1	11	11.0	11	0
Tommy Grant	2	5	2.5	5	0
Bob Krouse	2	-1	-0.5	3	0
Joe Zuger	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	438	2043	4.7		20
Opponents Totals	365	1649	4.5		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bernie Faloney	273	143	52.4	114	2305	8.4	16.1	84	13	4.8	16	5.9	7	80	2225	72.4
Frank Cosentino	30	16	53.3	11	370	12.3	23.1	57	3	10.0	3	10.0	0	0	370	91.7
Joe Zuger	5	1	20.0	4	31	6.2	31.0	31t	1	20.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	92.5
Willie Bethea	1	1	100.0	0	20	20.0	20.0	20t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	20	158.3
Jim Pace	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Don Sutherin	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Dave Viti	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Garney Henley	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	313	161	51.4	132	2726	8.7	16.9		18	5.8	20	6.4		80	2646	73.8
Opponents Totals	359	185	51.5	152	2911	8.1	15.7		15	4.2	22	6.1		189	2722	67.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hal Patterson	41	841	20.5	84	3
Tommy Grant	40	834	20.9	57	7
Dave Viti	27	361	13.4	24	1
Garney Henley	20	294	14.7	46	4
Dick Easterly	15	271	18.1	31	2
Willie Bethea	11	105	9.5	26	1
Jamie Caleb	2	1	0.5	6	0
Ralph Goldston	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jim Pace	2	14	7.0	9	0
Bobby Walden	2	-5	-2.5	2	0
Team Totals	161	2726	16.9		18
Opponents Totals	185	2911	15.7		15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Garney Henley	6	161	26.8	60	0
Joe Zuger	5	13	2.6	12	0
Tommy Grant	2	46	23.0	46	0
Joe Cannavino	2	37	18.5	35	0
Zeno Karcz	2	3	1.5	3	0
Ralph Goldston	1	43	43.0	43	0
John Barrow	1	21	21.0	21	0
Steve Hmiel	1	13	13.0	13	0
Bobby Kuntz	1	3	3.0	3	0
Art Baker	1	-18	-18.0	-18	0
Team Totals	22	322	14.6		0
Opponents Totals	20	245	12.3		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Joe Zuger	86	3462	40.3	65		-
Bernie Faloney	18	861	47.8	73		-
Bobby Walden	9	398	44.2	55		-
Team Totals	113	4721	41.8			-	408	4313	38.2
Opponents Totals	118	4770	40.4			-	737	4033	34.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Garney Henley	28	295	10.5	55	0
Tommy Grant	36	271	7.5	32	0
Don Sutherin	18	68	3.8	11	0
Rene Riopelle	16	66	4.1	11	0
Dick Easterly	10	36	3.6	9	0
Joe Cannavino	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	109	737	6.8		0
Opponents Totals	109	408	3.7		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Don Sutherin	35	2067	59.1	75	0
Chet Miksza	21	1099	52.3	65	0
Dave Viti	2	91	45.5	53	0
Team Totals	58	3257	56.2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Grant	8	209	26.1	63	0
Willie Bethea	5	99	19.8	22	0
Garney Henley	3	92	30.7	37	0
Jamie Caleb	5	83	16.6	20	0
Jim Pace	3	57	19.0	38	0
Bobby Walden	2	54	27.0	28	0
Art Baker	2	36	18.0	27	0
Dick Easterly	2	26	13.0	19	0
Bob Krouse	3	23	7.7	13	0
Joe Cannavino	2	18	9.0	18	0
Team Totals	35	697	19.9		0
Opponents Totals	58	1386	23.9		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jamie Caleb							1
Zeno Karcz							1
Team Totals	21	16	5	21	26		2
Opponents Totals		21		16	16		1

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