1966 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Ralph Sazio |
| Kelley Mote | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Restic | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Thu | 7/14/1966 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 27 | 41 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20000 | |
| Wed | 7/20/1966 | H | British Columbia Lions | 13 | 2 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 14000 | |
| Mon | 7/25/1966 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | 20 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14495 | |
| Wed | 7/27/1966 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 29 | 24 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23103 | |
| Fri | 8/5/1966 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 8 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28594 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 21 | 3 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 24765 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23 | 10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22261 | |
| Wed | 8/24/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 8 | 16 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 20000 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1966 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 12 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 29903 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23664 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 33 | 4 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22512 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29 | 7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26057 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 28 | 7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 10 | 17 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24107 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1966 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 23662 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18 | 20 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24002 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 31 | 14 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 8 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 15072 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 24 | 14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 20342 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 30 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22387 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | ||||||||||
| Sat | 11/19/1966 | N | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 42 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 20000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Art Baker | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 29 | Syracuse | 1 | ||
| John Barrow | 61 | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 31 | Florida | 14 | |
| Willie Bethea | 16 | LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| Gene Ceppetelli | 44 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 24 | Villanova | 14 | |
| John Cimba | 19 | HB-LB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Buffalo | 14 | |
| Dick Cohee | 24 | ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | New Mexico State; Reedley JC | 14 | |
| Frank Cosentino | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 29 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Bill Danychuk | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Tennessee | 14 | |
| Buddy Joe Eilers | 60 | DE | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Texas A&M | 4 | |
| Dave Fleming | 21 | OHB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| Tommy Grant | 18 | OE | 5-11 | 195 | 31 | none | 14 | |
| Garney Henley | 26 | DB-HB | 5-11 | 180 | 31 | South Dakota State; Huron | 14 | |
| Steve Hmiel | 72 | OE | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | 10 | ||
| Zeno Karcz | 73 | E | 5-11 | 200 | 31 | Michigan | 4 | |
| Ellison Kelly | 54 | LOT | 6-1 | 231 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Bob Krouse | 14 | HB | 6-1 | 193 | 23 | none | 6 | |
| Bobby Kuntz | 32 | FB | 5-11 | 178 | 34 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Billy Ray Locklin | 50 | DE | 6-2 | 222 | 29 | New Mexico State | 14 | |
| Marty Martinello | 63 | MG | 5-10 | 225 | 35 | none | 14 | |
| Gerry McDougall | 20 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Long Beach CC; UCLA | 14 | |
| John Michaluk | 46 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Kent State | 14 | |
| Larry Molinari | 75 | OE | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | Virginia | 3 | |
| LeRoy Moore | 78 | DE | 6-0 | 231 | 31 | Fort Valley State | 6 | |
| Angelo Mosca | 66 | DT | 6-4 | 272 | 29 | Notre Dame; Wyoming | 14 | |
| Bronko Nagurski | 60 | ROT | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
| Ted Page | 15 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Compton JC | 14 | |
| Herb Paterra | 23 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Hal Patterson | 77 | LOE | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | Garden City CC; Kansas | 14 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 29 | LB | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | Hillsdale | 14 | |
| Rene Riopelle | 34 | HB | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | none | 2 | |
| Bob Steiner | 62 | T | 6-4 | 245 | 20 | none | 6 | |
| Don Sutherin | 23 | K-DB | 5-11 | 200 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Larry Tomlinson | E | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Nebraska | 1 | ||
| Dave Viti | 70 | ROE | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | Boston University | 14 | |
| Chuck Walton | 52 | ROG | 6-3 | 253 | 25 | Iowa State | 14 | |
| Billy Wayte | 39 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Fresno State | 14 | |
| Joe Zuger | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | Arizona State | 13 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Steve Ostapchuk | HB | McMaster |
| 2 | 18 | Wayne O'Brien | C | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| 3 | 27 | Gary Jobe | T | McMaster |
| 4 | 36 | Gordon White | HB | Toronto |
| 5 | 44 | Tom Richardson | E | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 6 | 51 | Doug Mitchell | LM | Western Ontario |
| 8 | 57 | Bob Johnston | E | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| 8 | 60 | Jack Tynedale | LB | Waterloo |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 88 | 65 | 49 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 59 | 39 | 47 | 160 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 223 | 103 | 99 | 21 | 113 | 942 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 205 | 94 | 88 | 23 | 81 | 764 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 0 | 25 | 31 | 80.6 | - | - | - | 10 | 25 | 40.0 | 12 | 0 | 67 |
| Tommy Grant | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bobby Kuntz | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Joe Zuger | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Hal Patterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willie Bethea | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Dick Cohee | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gerry McDougall | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Art Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Hmiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Herb Paterra | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Viti | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 25 | 31 | 80.6 | 10 | 25 | 40.0 | 21 | 1 | 264 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 6 | 1 | 160 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Cohee | 104 | 635 | 6.1 | 81 | 2 |
| Willie Bethea | 95 | 531 | 5.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Bobby Kuntz | 115 | 504 | 4.4 | 17 | 5 |
| Joe Zuger | 43 | 162 | 3.8 | 23 | 3 |
| Dave Fleming | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Gerry McDougall | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Cosentino | 19 | 75 | 3.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 10 | 1 |
| John Cimba | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Ceppetelli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 429 | 2136 | 5.0 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 2000 | 4.8 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 159 | 70 | 44.0 | 78 | 1252 | 7.9 | 17.9 | 48 | 7 | 4.4 | 11 | 6.9 | 14 | 122 | 1130 | 57.4 |
| Frank Cosentino | 123 | 57 | 46.3 | 53 | 913 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 62 | 9 | 7.3 | 13 | 10.6 | 5 | 38 | 875 | 56.4 |
| Dick Cohee | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 49 | 24.5 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 135.4 |
| Team Totals | 284 | 128 | 45.1 | 132 | 2214 | 7.8 | 17.3 | 17 | 6.0 | 24 | 8.5 | 189 | 2025 | 56.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 295 | 135 | 45.8 | 137 | 1872 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 8 | 2.7 | 23 | 7.8 | 489 | 1383 | 43.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Grant | 35 | 683 | 19.5 | 47 | 8 |
| Hal Patterson | 28 | 470 | 16.8 | 62 | 3 |
| Willie Bethea | 20 | 238 | 11.9 | 49 | 2 |
| Dave Viti | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Dick Cohee | 9 | 174 | 19.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Bobby Kuntz | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 38 | 1 |
| Gerry McDougall | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 30 | 2 |
| Dave Fleming | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Larry Molinari | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Hmiel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Tomlinson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 128 | 2214 | 17.3 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 135 | 1872 | 13.9 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Billy Wayte | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Herb Paterra | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 311 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 386 | 16.1 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 118 | 5195 | 44.0 | 81 | 8 | |
| Don Sutherin | 13 | 502 | 38.6 | 50 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 131 | 5694 | 43.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 5707 | 38.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 83 | 438 | 5.3 | 80 | 0 |
| Tommy Grant | 37 | 183 | 4.9 | 83 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 138 | 691 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 650 | 5.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 43 | 2574 | 59.9 | 77 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 2574 | 59.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Cohee | 14 | 398 | 28.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Willie Bethea | 12 | 327 | 27.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Gerry McDougall | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Hmiel | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Kuntz | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 869 | 26.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 1021 | 23.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Bethea | 1 | 0 | |||||
| John Cimba | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Cohee | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Cosentino | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Danychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Fleming | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Tommy Grant | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Hmiel | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ellison Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Kuntz | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Marty Martinello | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Molinari | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| LeRoy Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Herb Paterra | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Viti | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Wayte | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Zuger | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
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