1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 8-5-1 .607 |
| Head Coach: Joe Restic |
| Al Bruno | Assistant Coach |
| Carl Schuette | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/9/1970 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-29 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16150 | |
| Fri | 7/17/1970 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-15 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10199 | |
| Mon | 7/20/1970 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 20-29 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 15455 | |
| Thu | 7/23/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-27 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16000 | |
| Wed | 7/29/1970 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23094 | |
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25135 | |
| Thu | 8/13/1970 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 3-29 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 27-6 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19723 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1970 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-12 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28702 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 23-38 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 25721 | |
| Wed | 9/16/1970 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 39-18 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21100 | |
| Wed | 9/23/1970 | A | British Columbia Lions | 26-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29787 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1970 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-34 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23061 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 14-33 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 29455 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-17 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21035 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1970 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21385 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 27-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 29755 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 18-18 | T | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 25886 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 22-32 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 33212 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/21/1970 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 4-11 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24270 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Allen Ray Aldridge | 77 | LB | 6-6 | 240 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 10 | |
| John Barrow | 61 | G-DT | 6-2 | 255 | 35 | Florida | 13 | |
| Willie Bethea | 16 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | none | 4 | |
| Ed Buchanan | 24 | ROH | 6-1 | 186 | 31 | San Diego CC | 14 | |
| Ed Chalupka | 58 | LOG | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | North Carolina | 14 | |
| Gord Christian | 72 | TE | 6-4 | 228 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 75 | SE | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | West Texas A&M | 14 | |
| Bill Danychuk | 55 | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 30 | Tennessee | 13 | |
| Bryan DeMarchi | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | |
| Billy James Doss | 78 | TE | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Southern University | 2 | |
| John Eckman | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Wichita State | 14 | |
| Dave Fleming | 21 | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Wally Gabler | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan | 5 | |
| Garney Henley | 26 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 35 | South Dakota State; Huron | 14 | |
| Jon Hohman | 57 | ROG | 6-1 | 243 | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 | |
| Al Irwin | 73 | FL | 6-4 | 220 | 27 | McMaster | 10 | |
| Paul Johnson | 20 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Penn State | 9 | |
| Ellison Kelly | 54 | LOT | 6-1 | 231 | 35 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Bob Krouse | 14 | LB | 6-1 | 193 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Mack Lamb | 22 | DB | 6-1 | 186 | 27 | Tennessee State | 10 | |
| Billy Ray Locklin | 50 | DE | 6-2 | 222 | 33 | New Mexico State | 14 | |
| Lonnie Maich | 52 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Kent State | 4 | |
| John Manel | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Kansas State | 13 | |
| Paul McKay | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Toronto | 6 | |
| Doug Mitchell | 66 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Angelo Mosca | 68 | DT | 6-4 | 272 | 33 | Notre Dame; Wyoming | 14 | |
| Ted Page | 15 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Compton JC | 14 | |
| John Reid | 48 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Mac Sauls | 20 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Texas State | 5 | |
| Paul Schmidlin | 70 | DE | 6-1 | 230 | 21 | Ohio State | 11 | |
| Henry Sorrell | 74 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | |
| Bill Starr | 73 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | John Carroll; Hofstra | 4 | |
| Bob Steiner | 70 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Mike Strofolino | 65 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 26 | Villanova | 4 | |
| Ed Turek | 39 | OB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Buffalo; Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Charlie Turner | 60 | ROT | 6-1 | 243 | 27 | Ohio University | 11 | |
| John Vilunas | 46 | C | 6-1 | 250 | 29 | none | 14 | |
| Dick Wesolowski | 27 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | North Carolina | 14 | |
| John Williams | 22 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | |
| Joe Zuger | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | Arizona State | 9 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Dave Fahrner | FB | Western Ontario |
| 1 | 5 | Jim Bennett | T | Toronto |
| 3 | 23 | Paul McKay | DB | Toronto |
| 3 | 27 | Jeff Hilton | FB | Western Ontario |
| 4 | 32 | Jay Graydon | DB | McMaster |
| 5 | 41 | Dave Clarke | DB | Guelph |
| 6 | 49 | Bob DiFruscia | FL | Guelph |
| 7 | 57 | Pete Quinlan | QB | McMaster |
| 8 | 66 | Doug Hinan | FB | Laurentian |
| 9 | 72 | Terry Harvey | DE | Wilfrid Laurier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 73 | 70 | 47 | 102 | 292 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 76 | 95 | 67 | 279 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 241 | 101 | 127 | 13 | 90 | 674 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 270 | 103 | 146 | 21 | 78 | 659 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 5 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | - | - | - | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 9 | 0 | 113 |
| Dave Fleming | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ed Buchanan | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| John Eckman | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Wesolowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Manel | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Willie Bethea | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Irwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Zuger | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Allen Ray Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Schmidlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 12 | 1 | 292 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 9 | 0 | 279 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Fleming | 138 | 614 | 4.4 | 33 | 5 |
| Ed Buchanan | 112 | 605 | 5.4 | 78 | 4 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 90 | 464 | 5.2 | 24 | 2 |
| Joe Zuger | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Willie Bethea | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 11 | 1 |
| John Eckman | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 10 | 2 |
| Wally Gabler | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Gord Christian | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 409 | 1935 | 4.7 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 400 | 2000 | 5.0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 132 | 78 | 59.1 | 44 | 1073 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 62 | 3 | 2.3 | 10 | 7.6 | 61.2 | |||
| Wally Gabler | 100 | 59 | 59.0 | 34 | 831 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 6 | 6.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 76.7 | ||||
| John Eckman | 80 | 38 | 47.5 | 35 | 617 | 7.7 | 16.2 | 44 | 4 | 5.0 | 7 | 8.8 | 54.0 | |||
| Garney Henley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Ed Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 87.5 | |||
| Team Totals | 314 | 177 | 56.4 | 113 | 2533 | 8.1 | 14.3 | 14 | 4.5 | 24 | 7.6 | 65.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 409 | 211 | 51.6 | 167 | 3235 | 7.9 | 15.3 | 31 | 7.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Fleming | 56 | 692 | 12.4 | 62 | 5 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 46 | 678 | 14.7 | 44 | 5 |
| Ed Buchanan | 35 | 500 | 14.3 | 42 | 2 |
| Gord Christian | 16 | 300 | 18.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Bill Starr | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Irwin | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Garney Henley | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Willie Bethea | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 |
| John Vilunas | 1 | -19 | -19.0 | -19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2533 | 14.3 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 211 | 3235 | 15.3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 72 | 0 |
| John Williams | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Paul Johnson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mac Sauls | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Allen Ray Aldridge | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Bob Krouse | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Henry Sorrell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mack Lamb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Turek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 416 | 13.4 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 257 | 10.7 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 62 | 2900 | 46.8 | 65 | - | |||||
| Paul McKay | 40 | 1764 | 44.1 | 73 | - | |||||
| Wally Gabler | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | - | |||||
| Garney Henley | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | - | |||||
| John Manel | 10 | 355 | 35.5 | 45 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 114 | 5112 | 44.8 | - | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 4931 | 42.1 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Turek | 51 | 339 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul McKay | 17 | 122 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bryan DeMarchi | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Mac Sauls | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 651 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 118 | 684 | 5.8 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mitchell | 48 | 2838 | 59.1 | 83 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 2859 | 58.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Buchanan | 16 | 396 | 24.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 82 | 0 |
| John Williams | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 67 | 0 |
| Mack Lamb | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Turek | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bryan DeMarchi | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Gord Christian | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Henry Sorrell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Paul Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Chalupka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1113 | 24.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1122 | 23.4 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Ray Aldridge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| John Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Bethea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Buchanan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Christian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Danychuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy James Doss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Eckman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Manel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Angelo Mosca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Sauls | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Schmidlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| Henry Sorrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Steiner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Turek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vilunas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Williams | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 98 | 1 |
| Joe Zuger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 145 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 17 | 17 |
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