1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 5-10-1 .344 |
| Head Coach: Jerry Williams |
| Tom Mooney | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Zilly | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/2/1975 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20210 | |
| Tue | 7/8/1975 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-30 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22747 | |
| Sat | 7/12/1975 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 0-26 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | ||
| Wed | 7/16/1975 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18040 | |
| Wed | 7/23/1975 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 23-33 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 23150 | |
| Wed | 7/30/1975 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 9-31 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24249 | |
| Tue | 8/5/1975 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 15-8 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 22287 | |
| Wed | 8/13/1975 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 7-27 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 40474 | |
| Tue | 8/19/1975 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 13-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22580 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1975 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 20-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27104 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1975 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-56 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27259 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1975 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22144 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1975 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-28 | T | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18964 | |
| Wed | 9/24/1975 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32-34 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21397 | |
| Wed | 10/1/1975 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 11-16 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20221 | |
| Wed | 10/8/1975 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 4-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22467 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1975 | H | British Columbia Lions | 14-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20250 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1975 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 25-23 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22897 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1975 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-27 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 40284 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1975 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 26-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 35342 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/9/1975 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 12-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 15378 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Nick Bastaja | 63 | OT | 6-2 | 255 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
| Charlie Battle | LB | 6-4 | 237 | 22 | Colorado; Grambling State | 1 | ||
| Bob Bell | 21 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | none | 3 | |
| Ezil Bibbs | 61 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | |
| Richard Bishop | 54 | DT | 6-1 | 265 | 25 | Marshalltown JC; Louisville | 2 | |
| Tommy Campbell | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Rochester JC; Iowa State | 10 | |
| Mark Chalmers | 78 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Texas | 9 | |
| Ed Chalupka | 58 | OG | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | North Carolina | 16 | |
| Lou Clare | 31 | DB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Ken Clark | 13 | P-WR | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | |
| Doug Collins | 66 | OT | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Cincinnati | 8 | |
| Fred Cooper | DB | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | Purdue | 3 | ||
| Bill Danychuk | 55 | OT | 6-3 | 240 | 35 | Tennessee | 13 | |
| Jim Datrice | 21 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 33 | St. Mary's (California) | 4 | |
| David Douglas | DT | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Morgan State | 1 | ||
| Dave Easley | 19 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | none | 11 | |
| Bill Etter | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Notre Dame | 1 | ||
| Terry Evanshen | 25 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Ken Ferguson | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | Utah State | 12 | |
| Ron Forwick | 67 | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| Rich Griffiths | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | ||
| Ted Hand | 59 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | |
| Joe Harris | 45 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 11 | |
| Garney Henley | 26 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 40 | South Dakota State; Huron | 16 | |
| Andy Hopkins | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | Stephen F. Austin State | 8 | |
| Jim Hovey | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | ||
| Charles Jessamy | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Kansas Wesleyan | 10 | |
| Jerry Keeling | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 180 | 36 | Tulsa | 15 | |
| Bob Krouse | 14 | LB | 6-1 | 193 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| John Kruspe | 3 | DB | 5-11 | 189 | 31 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Dave Lane | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Guelph | 1 | ||
| Marion Latimore | 68 | OG | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Hutchinson CC; Kansas State | 16 | |
| Paul Linford | DT | 6-6 | 265 | 22 | Brigham Young | 1 | ||
| Jim McMillan | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 175 | 23 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Morris Noble | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Compton JC; Washington State | 7 | |
| Ernie Palango | 33 | DB | 6-2 | 190 | 21 | Sheridan | 12 | |
| Tom Pate | 72 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Nebraska | 12 | |
| Tony Perea | 42 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | 5 | |
| Lewis Porter | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 178 | 28 | Southern University | 16 | |
| Bob Pritchett | 71 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 25 | Utah; Foothill JC; Utah | 7 | |
| Mike Samples | 62 | DE | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | Missouri Southern State; Drake | 16 | |
| Angelo Santucci | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | |
| David Shaw | 37 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | 7 | |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 77 | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Les Strayhorn | 16 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | East Carolina | 4 | |
| Ian Sunter | 36 | K | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | none | 16 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 70 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 28 | Laney JC; Utah | 8 | |
| Mike Walker | 22 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Henry Waszczuk | 50 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Kent State | 16 | |
| Terry Wellesley | 11 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Tennessee Tech | 4 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Nick Bastaja | G | Simon Fraser |
| Angelo Santucci | RB | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Gerald Kunyk | QB | Alberta |
| 1 | 5 | Sean Sullivan | RB | Simon Fraser |
| 1 | 6 | Krys Kasprzyk | DT | Wooster |
| 4 | 32 | Libert Castillo | RB | Toronto |
| 5 | 41 | Brian Plenderleith | WR | Windsor |
| 6 | 49 | Ian Anderson | LB | Queen's |
| 7 | 57 | Warren Howe | FL | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 8 | 65 | Rob Heartwell | HB | Western Ontario |
| 8 | 66 | Richard Chalupka | RB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 109 | 53 | 60 | 284 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 140 | 123 | 71 | 395 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 246 | 98 | 130 | 18 | 118 | 940 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 290 | 133 | 141 | 16 | 123 | 957 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 0 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 28 | 43 | 65.1 | 8 | 0 | 109 | |
| Terry Evanshen | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |||
| Andy Hopkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Lou Clare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tony Perea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jerry Keeling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Angelo Santucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Lawrie Skolrood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 65.1 | 11 | 1 | 284 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 44 | 2 | 17 | 46 | 37.0 | 16 | 2 | 395 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Hopkins | 97 | 463 | 4.8 | 47 | 4 |
| Angelo Santucci | 101 | 452 | 4.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Jim McMillan | 47 | 297 | 6.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Les Strayhorn | 51 | 250 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Charles Jessamy | 58 | 206 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Datrice | 44 | 123 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerry Keeling | 37 | 72 | 1.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Mike Walker | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Clark | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Etter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 452 | 1968 | 4.4 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 513 | 2759 | 5.4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Keeling | 263 | 145 | 55.1 | 106 | 1851 | 7.0 | 12.8 | 81 | 12 | 4.6 | 12 | 4.6 | 73.6 | |||
| Jim McMillan | 155 | 64 | 41.3 | 74 | 868 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 53 | 6 | 3.9 | 17 | 11.0 | 33.1 | |||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | |||
| Bill Etter | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 421 | 211 | 50.1 | 181 | 2736 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 18 | 4.3 | 29 | 6.9 | 56.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 182 | 48.0 | 179 | 3016 | 8.0 | 16.6 | 18 | 4.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Evanshen | 55 | 970 | 17.6 | 81 | 13 |
| Garney Henley | 21 | 358 | 17.0 | 45 | 2 |
| Andy Hopkins | 17 | 150 | 8.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Charles Jessamy | 14 | 172 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Walker | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Datrice | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Clark | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Terry Wellesley | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 32 | 400 | 12.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Speedy Thomas | 28 | 421 | 15.0 | 62 | 2 |
| Angelo Santucci | 22 | 87 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Les Strayhorn | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 211 | 2736 | 13.0 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 3016 | 16.6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Porter | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Tommy Campbell | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Rich Griffiths | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Pritchett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Morris Noble | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 214 | 11.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 396 | 13.7 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Clark | 134 | 5873 | 43.8 | 84 | 3 | |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 135 | 5900 | 43.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 6715 | 42.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Porter | 48 | 585 | 12.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Angelo Santucci | 23 | 254 | 11.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Walker | 27 | 219 | 8.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Lou Clare | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 50 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Dave Lane | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Andy Hopkins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ernie Palango | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 127 | 1412 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 1090 | 9.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 61 | 3476 | 57.0 | 87 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 3476 | 57.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Porter | 21 | 501 | 23.9 | 54 | 0 |
| Tommy Campbell | 22 | 498 | 22.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Angelo Santucci | 11 | 251 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 7 | 142 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Walker | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Samples | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 1470 | 21.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1442 | 24.9 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bastaja | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Chalmers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Clare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Datrice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Hand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Andy Hopkins | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Jessamy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Keeling | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Kruspe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Latimore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McMillan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Palango | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Pate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Perea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Lewis Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Samples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Santucci | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Strayhorn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Sunter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Waszczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 18 | 18 |
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