1965 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Ralph Sazio |
| Kelley Mote | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Restic | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/20/1965 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13334 | |
| Tue | 7/27/1965 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 35-15 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 14000 | |
| Thu | 7/29/1965 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 15-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 18-9 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 21735 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1965 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27190 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27-1 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 11-18 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18800 | |
| Tue | 8/31/1965 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-6 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17530 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-2 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-22 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22491 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 33-0 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 22854 | |
| Tue | 9/28/1965 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-9 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 18575 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16542 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1965 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-23 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27755 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | British Columbia Lions | 25-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26803 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 6-2 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 35-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 17085 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20271 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/20/1965 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 21530 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/27/1965 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 32655 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mel Anthony | 37 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Michigan | 4 | |
| John Atamian | DG | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Notre Dame | 2 | ||
| Art Baker | 25 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 28 | Syracuse | 10 | |
| John Barrow | 61 | DT-OG | 6-2 | 255 | 30 | Florida | 14 | |
| Willie Bethea | 16 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Gene Ceppetelli | 44 | C-DT | 6-2 | 247 | 23 | Villanova | 14 | |
| John Cimba | 19 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Buffalo | 14 | |
| Dick Cohee | 24 | DB-OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | New Mexico State; Reedley JC | 14 | |
| Frank Cosentino | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Johnny Counts | 28 | HB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Illinois | 10 | |
| Stan Crisson | 75 | OE | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Duke | 13 | |
| Bill Danychuk | 63 | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | |
| Paul Duda | HB | 5-11 | 196 | 22 | Cortland State | 1 | ||
| Dave Fleming | 21 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | none | 3 | |
| Rae Germain | FB-LB | 6-0 | 218 | 23 | Guelph | 1 | ||
| Tommy Grant | 18 | FL | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Garney Henley | 26 | DB-HB | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | South Dakota State; Huron | 14 | |
| Steve Hmiel | 72 | DB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Ed Hoerster | 66 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Notre Dame | 1 | |
| Zeno Karcz | 73 | LB | 5-11 | 200 | 30 | Michigan | 14 | |
| Ellison Kelly | 54 | OT | 6-1 | 231 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Bob Krouse | 14 | DB | 6-1 | 193 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Bobby Kuntz | 32 | LB-FB | 5-11 | 178 | 33 | McMaster | 4 | |
| Billy Ray Locklin | 50 | DE | 6-2 | 222 | 28 | New Mexico State | 14 | |
| Marty Martinello | 65 | MG | 5-10 | 225 | 34 | none | 7 | |
| Gerry McDougall | 20 | HB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Long Beach CC; UCLA | 13 | |
| John Metras | 48 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Chet Miksza | 46 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 35 | none | 4 | |
| Angelo Mosca | 68 | DT-OT | 6-4 | 272 | 28 | Notre Dame; Wyoming | 13 | |
| Bronko Nagurski | 60 | OT | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
| Ken Nielsen | E | 6-1 | 182 | 23 | Alberta | 2 | ||
| Ted Page | 15 | DB-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Compton JC | 14 | |
| Herb Paterra | 23 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Michigan State | 9 | |
| Hal Patterson | 77 | OE | 6-1 | 190 | 33 | Garden City CC; Kansas | 4 | |
| Walt Radzick | 56 | T | 6-3 | 260 | 30 | Toronto | 6 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 29 | LB | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Hillsdale | 6 | |
| Lee Sampson | OE | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Compton JC; New Mexico Highlands; New Mexico State | 1 | ||
| Don Sutherin | 22 | DB-K | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Dave Viti | 70 | DE-OE | 6-2 | 229 | 26 | Boston University | 14 | |
| Chuck Walton | 52 | OG | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Iowa State | 14 | |
| Billy Wayte | 39 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Fresno State | 14 | |
| Cloyd Webb | E | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Iowa | 6 | ||
| Joe Zuger | 9 | P-QB | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Arizona State | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Ken Nielsen | HB | Alberta |
| 1 | 4 | Doug Buckman | E | Toronto |
| 1 | 5 | Bob Apps | HB | McMaster |
| 1 | 8 | Tom Beynon | T | Queen's |
| 2 | 17 | Arnie Kerfoot | T | Toronto |
| 3 | 26 | Clem Chappele | E | Bishop's |
| 4 | 35 | Vic Wooznick | QB | Toronto |
| 5 | 44 | Paul Hollett | LM | Toronto |
| 6 | 52 | Lloyd Davis | T | British Columbia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 98 | 33 | 99 | 281 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 153 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 178 | 96 | 67 | 15 | 90 | 883 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 202 | 84 | 87 | 31 | 77 | 672 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 0 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | - | - | - | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 6 | 0 | 82 |
| Willie Bethea | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tommy Grant | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Zuger | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Art Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Cosentino | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Wayte | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Cohee | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Counts | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stan Crisson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marty Martinello | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerry McDougall | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cloyd Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 19 | 29 | 65.5 | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 19 | 6 | 281 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 9 | 1 | 153 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Bethea | 117 | 598 | 5.1 | 45 | 4 |
| Art Baker | 114 | 555 | 4.9 | 90 | 3 |
| Mel Anthony | 44 | 227 | 5.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 49 | 219 | 4.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Gerry McDougall | 28 | 131 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Joe Zuger | 44 | 86 | 2.0 | 22 | 2 |
| Dave Fleming | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Cosentino | 29 | 76 | 2.6 | 18 | 2 |
| Paul Duda | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Cimba | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Cohee | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 453 | 2015 | 4.4 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 398 | 1822 | 4.6 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Cosentino | 121 | 51 | 42.1 | 58 | 876 | 7.2 | 17.2 | 58 | 6 | 5.0 | 12 | 9.9 | 7 | 62 | 814 | 44.3 |
| Joe Zuger | 108 | 41 | 38.0 | 60 | 669 | 6.2 | 16.3 | 91 | 2 | 1.9 | 7 | 6.5 | 21 | 165 | 504 | 38.7 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 230 | 92 | 40.0 | 118 | 1545 | 6.7 | 16.8 | 8 | 3.5 | 20 | 8.7 | 227 | 1318 | 38.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 309 | 130 | 42.1 | 149 | 1817 | 5.9 | 14.0 | 9 | 2.9 | 30 | 9.7 | 408 | 1409 | 31.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Crisson | 28 | 431 | 15.4 | 30 | 1 |
| Tommy Grant | 23 | 558 | 24.3 | 91 | 5 |
| Willie Bethea | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Dave Viti | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Gerry McDougall | 9 | 183 | 20.3 | 58 | 0 |
| Cloyd Webb | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mel Anthony | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 1545 | 16.8 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 1817 | 14.0 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wayte | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 64 | 2 |
| Garney Henley | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Ted Page | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 52 | 1 |
| Dick Cohee | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Herb Paterra | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Zeno Karcz | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Hoerster | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Viti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 460 | 15.3 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 201 | 10.1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 134 | 5990 | 44.7 | 81 | - | 780 | ||||
| Team Totals | 134 | 5990 | 44.7 | - | 780 | 4790 | 35.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 5446 | 38.9 | - | 916 | 4530 | 32.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 67 | 657 | 9.8 | 54 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 24 | 164 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Tommy Grant | 31 | 139 | 4.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 130 | 916 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 118 | 780 | 6.6 | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 39 | 2242 | 57.5 | 85 | 1 |
| Dave Viti | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 59 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 2341 | 57.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Cohee | 13 | 331 | 25.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Willie Bethea | 10 | 176 | 17.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gerry McDougall | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 787 | 23.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 711 | 19.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Anthony | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Art Baker | 1 | 0 | |||||
| John Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Bethea | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Gene Ceppetelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Cohee | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Cosentino | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Counts | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Stan Crisson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Danychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rae Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Garney Henley | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Zeno Karcz | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Ray Locklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marty Martinello | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Metras | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bronko Nagurski | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Page | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Don Sutherin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Viti | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Wayte | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Cloyd Webb | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Zuger | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 18 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
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