| 1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) | 
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 7-9-0 .438 | 
| Head Coach: Jerry Williams | 
| Tom Mooney | Assistant Coach | 
| Jack Zilly | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/2/1974 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 17-23 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 6000 | |
| Sun | 7/7/1974 | H | British Columbia Lions | 25-23 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21158 | |
| Fri | 7/12/1974 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-16 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20226 | |
| Wed | 7/17/1974 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 10-41 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20471 | |
| Wed | 7/24/1974 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 12-20 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 15246 | |
| Tue | 7/30/1974 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 29-22 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28391 | |
| Tue | 8/6/1974 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19133 | |
| Wed | 8/14/1974 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 6-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33157 | |
| Tue | 8/20/1974 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28732 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1974 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 10-29 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 16290 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1974 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 11-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28050 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1974 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18612 | |
| Wed | 9/11/1974 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-0 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25110 | |
| Wed | 9/18/1974 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 30028 | |
| Wed | 9/25/1974 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 29-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23297 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | British Columbia Lions | 10-32 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23420 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-33 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 26055 | |
| Mon | 10/14/1974 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-19 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27491 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 11-19 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35007 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 26-24 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 32790 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14876 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Harry Abofs | DB | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Tennessee Tech | 9 | ||
| Dick Aldridge | 37 | LB | 6-0 | 198 | 33 | Waterloo | 10 | |
| Ezil Bibbs | 61 | DT | 6-3 | 252 | 22 | Grambling State | 16 | |
| Richard Bishop | 54 | DE | 6-1 | 265 | 24 | Marshalltown JC; Louisville | 5 | |
| Larry Brame | 47 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Western Kentucky | 14 | |
| Al Brenner | 25 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Michigan State | 16 | |
| Bubba Bridges | DE | 6-6 | 245 | 24 | Colorado | 2 | ||
| Tommy Campbell | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Rochester JC; Iowa State | 16 | |
| Ed Chalupka | 58 | OG | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | North Carolina | 16 | |
| Lou Clare | 31 | DB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Andy Currie | 65 | OT | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Acadia | 13 | |
| Bill Danychuk | OT | 6-3 | 240 | 34 | Tennessee | 7 | ||
| Brian Donnelly | 16 | DB | 5-11 | 179 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 7 | |
| Dan Dulmage | 67 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | McGill; Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Chuck Ealey | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Toledo | 7 | ||
| Dave Easley | 19 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Bill Etter | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Terry Evanshen | 11 | SE | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Utah State | 14 | |
| Ken Ferguson | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Dave Fleming | 21 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | none | 16 | |
| Tony Gabriel | 72 | TE | 6-4 | 209 | 26 | Syracuse | 16 | |
| Jerome Gantt | OT | 6-4 | 266 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 7 | ||
| Fred Grambau | 63 | DT | 6-1 | 248 | 24 | Michigan | 13 | |
| Ted Greves | QB | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Ithaca | 10 | ||
| Mike Haggard | WR | 6-3 | 181 | 23 | South Carolina | 6 | ||
| Garney Henley | 26 | FL | 5-11 | 180 | 39 | South Dakota State; Huron | 16 | |
| Andy Hopkins | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | Stephen F. Austin State | 16 | |
| Don Jonas | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 36 | Penn State | 9 | |
| Bob Krouse | 14 | LB | 6-1 | 193 | 31 | none | 12 | |
| Gary Kuzyk | 70 | SE | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Otterbein | 16 | |
| Bill Langner | 57 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | none | 11 | |
| Marion Latimore | DE | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Hutchinson CC; Kansas State | 1 | ||
| Doug Mitchell | C | 6-2 | 240 | 32 | Western Ontario | 2 | ||
| Mike Oriard | 64 | OG | 6-4 | 223 | 26 | Notre Dame | 6 | |
| Lewis Porter | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Southern University | 13 | |
| Willie Postler | 56 | C | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Montana | 16 | |
| Bob Richardson | 71 | TE | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Centerville JC; Iowa State | 16 | |
| Jamie Rotella | 39 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Mike Samples | 62 | DE | 6-2 | 238 | 24 | Missouri Southern State; Drake | 14 | |
| Ian Sunter | 36 | K-P | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | none | 16 | 0 | 
| Mike Walker | 22 | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| John Williams | 23 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | New Mexico Highlands | 9 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College | 
| Ted Greves | WB | Ithaca | 
| Gary Mueller | LB | Wilfrid Laurier | 
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 2 | Ken Clark | WR-P | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 
| 2 | 11 | Tom Dufault | HB | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 
| 2 | 17 | Andy Currie | DE | Acadia | 
| 3 | 20 | Frank Yakimchuk | T | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 
| 4 | 29 | Peter McNabb | DB | Queen's | 
| 5 | 38 | Fred McLean | HB | Wilfrid Laurier | 
| 6 | 47 | Ralph Corvino | DB | McMaster | 
| 7 | 56 | Dave Lane | DB | Guelph | 
| 7 | 60 | Doug Ward | DB | York | 
| 8 | 65 | Jamie Porteous | DB | New Brunswick | 
| 8 | 69 | Dave Lawson | QB | McMaster | 
| 9 | 73 | Dave Hutton | LB | Guelph | 
| 9 | 77 | Craig Holt | WR | Guelph | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 79 | 64 | 59 | 279 | 
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 101 | 57 | 102 | 313 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 94 | 164 | 9 | 97 | 733 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 258 | 107 | 136 | 15 | 103 | 777 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 0 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | - | - | - | 35 | 53 | 66.0 | 14 | 0 | 141 | 
| Dave Fleming | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Garney Henley | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tony Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lou Clare | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Haggard | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gary Kuzyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Hopkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Jonas | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Ealey | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Terry Evanshen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 35 | 53 | 66.0 | 14 | 0 | 279 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 30 | 28 | 47 | 59.6 | 13 | 0 | 313 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Hopkins | 232 | 943 | 4.1 | 36 | 4 | 
| Bill Etter | 52 | 320 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 | 
| Dave Fleming | 61 | 247 | 4.0 | 35 | 5 | 
| Chuck Ealey | 58 | 238 | 4.1 | 37 | 1 | 
| Don Jonas | 18 | 39 | 2.2 | 15 | 2 | 
| Mike Walker | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 | 
| Mike Haggard | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 431 | 1816 | 4.2 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 2125 | 4.6 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Etter | 183 | 109 | 59.6 | 65 | 1446 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 46 | 4 | 2.2 | 9 | 4.9 | 71.4 | |||
| Chuck Ealey | 130 | 71 | 54.6 | 51 | 1012 | 7.8 | 14.3 | 44 | 2 | 1.5 | 8 | 6.2 | 59.5 | |||
| Don Jonas | 121 | 52 | 43.0 | 59 | 732 | 6.0 | 14.1 | 51 | 4 | 3.3 | 10 | 8.3 | 39.7 | |||
| Mike Haggard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 435 | 232 | 53.3 | 176 | 3190 | 7.3 | 13.8 | 10 | 2.3 | 27 | 6.2 | 58.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 415 | 210 | 50.6 | 181 | 3151 | 7.6 | 15.0 | 24 | 5.8 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gabriel | 61 | 795 | 13.0 | 46 | 3 | 
| Garney Henley | 41 | 714 | 17.4 | 46 | 4 | 
| Dave Fleming | 30 | 545 | 18.2 | 51 | 0 | 
| Mike Haggard | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 30 | 1 | 
| Gary Kuzyk | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 19 | 1 | 
| Bob Richardson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 | 
| Mike Walker | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Andy Hopkins | 42 | 325 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 | 
| Terry Evanshen | 29 | 431 | 14.9 | 33 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 232 | 3190 | 13.8 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 210 | 3151 | 15.0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Porter | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 33 | 0 | 
| Al Brenner | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 24 | 0 | 
| Lou Clare | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | 
| Tommy Campbell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 | 
| Jamie Rotella | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| John Williams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Dick Aldridge | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 24 | 303 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 280 | 10.4 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 151 | 5840 | 38.7 | 74 | 6 | |
| Mike Walker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 152 | 5855 | 38.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 159 | 6568 | 41.3 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Walker | 51 | 318 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 | 
| Dave Easley | 34 | 162 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 | 
| Harry Abofs | 31 | 108 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 | 
| Tommy Campbell | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 25 | 0 | 
| Brian Donnelly | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 | 
| Dave Fleming | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Ted Greves | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Lou Clare | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Al Brenner | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 
| John Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 143 | 793 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 637 | 4.3 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 38 | 2084 | 54.8 | 80 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 38 | 2084 | 54.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Campbell | 18 | 425 | 23.6 | 45 | 0 | 
| Lewis Porter | 14 | 345 | 24.6 | 35 | 0 | 
| Dave Fleming | 7 | 188 | 26.9 | 36 | 0 | 
| Andy Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tony Gabriel | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 42 | 956 | 22.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 778 | 21.0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Abofs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 
| Ezil Bibbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| Larry Brame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tommy Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 
| Ed Chalupka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lou Clare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 
| Chuck Ealey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dave Easley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bill Etter | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tony Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 
| Ted Greves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Andy Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bob Krouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Gary Kuzyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mike Oriard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Lewis Porter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 
| Jamie Rotella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mike Samples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 
| Ian Sunter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mike Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| John Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 18 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 85 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 11 | 11 | 
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