1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 5-11-0 .313 |
| Head Coach: Bob Shaw |
| Rick Cassata | Assistant Coach |
| Dwight Fowler | Assistant Coach |
| Nick Nicolau | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 6/15/1977 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 24-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16124 | |
| Wed | 6/22/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-12 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20061 | |
| Tue | 6/28/1977 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-36 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17004 | |
| Tue | 7/5/1977 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 19-27 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 23920 | |
| Tue | 7/12/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-20 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27502 | |
| Tue | 7/19/1977 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 11-13 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 24497 | |
| Tue | 8/2/1977 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-21 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25782 | |
| Wed | 8/10/1977 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 1-22 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 48120 | |
| Tue | 8/16/1977 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23480 | |
| Wed | 8/24/1977 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 27-22 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 23725 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1977 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-20 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25036 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1977 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18-33 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25677 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 25-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 47498 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-38 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21307 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-19 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21748 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 2-43 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 34390 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1977 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 28-36 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24750 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | British Columbia Lions | 31-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19133 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1977 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 11-18 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 46620 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17353 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marv Allemang | 63 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Acadia | 15 | |
| Bill Armstrong | DB | 6-3 | 202 | 22 | Wake Forest | 1 | ||
| Tim Berryman | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 23 | Ottawa | 1 | ||
| Dan Bovair | 19 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Don Bowman | 29 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
| Larry Brame | LB-DT | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | Western Kentucky | 4 | ||
| Sam Britts | 47 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Missouri | 16 | |
| Larry Brune | DB | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | Rice | 4 | ||
| Larry Butler | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Appalachian State | 16 | |
| Kent Carter | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 7 | ||
| Ken Clark | 13 | P-K-WR | 6-2 | 196 | 29 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | |
| Darryl Craig | 66 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Queen's | 9 | |
| Ken Dombrowski | DL | 6-4 | 260 | 23 | Arizona Western JC; Cameron | 3 | ||
| Pat Donley | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Kentucky | 5 | ||
| Mike Eben | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 31 | Toronto | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Edwards | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | Oklahoma; Louisiana-Monroe | 16 | |
| Bart Evans | 54 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Terry Evanshen | FL | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | Utah State | 12 | ||
| Barry Finlay | 28 | DB | 6-2 | 185 | 27 | McMaster | 16 | |
| Steve Gelley | 21 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Jim Harris | DB | 5-10 | 171 | 25 | none | 1 | ||
| M.L. Harris | 7 | RB | 6-5 | 238 | 23 | Tampa; Kansas State | 16 | |
| Bill Harrison | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| John Harvey | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Tyler JC; Texas-Arlington | 1 | ||
| Byron Hemingway | LB | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Boston College | 5 | ||
| Nick Jambrosic | 3 | K | 5-10 | 165 | 21 | none | 12 | 0 |
| Craig Jensen | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Brigham Young | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Jones | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Southern California | 16 | |
| John Kinch | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Youngstown State | 15 | |
| Rick Konopka | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | ||
| Gary Krahn | OG | 6-2 | 242 | 22 | North Dakota | 2 | ||
| Rich Lewis | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 27 | Portland State | 1 | ||
| Gene Mack | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | ||
| John Martini | 42 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Toronto | 16 | |
| Ron Meeks | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Arkansas State | 1 | ||
| Alan Moffat | 56 | DT | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| Mike Nelms | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Tarrant County JC; Sam Houston State; Baylor | 2 | ||
| Doyle Orange | 32 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | |
| Dave Pegg | K | 5-11 | 179 | 26 | Windsor | 4 | 0 | |
| Tom Perko | 43 | LB | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |
| Mark Perrelli | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 1 | ||
| Lewis Porter | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 178 | 30 | Southern University | 16 | |
| Al Romano | 71 | DT | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 8 | |
| Andre Roundtree | LB | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Santa Ana JC; Iowa State | 1 | ||
| Mike Samples | 62 | DT | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Missouri Southern State; Drake | 9 | |
| David Shaw | 37 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 13 | |
| Gary Shaw | 17 | DB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Brigham Young | 14 | |
| Paul Sheridan | OG-DE | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | York | 1 | ||
| Tom Shuman | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 194 | 24 | Penn State | 16 | |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 77 | OE | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Kerry Smith | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 23 | none | 5 | ||
| Donnie Thomas | LB | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Indiana | 5 | ||
| Dave Tipton | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Western Illinois | 4 | ||
| Gary Tufford | 15 | WR | 5-9 | 160 | 27 | none | 11 | |
| Henry Waszczuk | 50 | OG-C | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Kent State | 15 | |
| Angelo Wells | 60 | DE | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Morgan State | 8 | |
| Paul Whaley | 18 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Guelph | 9 | |
| Mike Wilson | 67 | OT | 6-1 | 243 | 30 | Dayton | 16 | |
| Jim Wolf | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 1 | ||
| Joe Worobec | 65 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Drake | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Dan Bovair | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| John Kinch | RB | Youngstown State |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 16 | John Rothwell | DB | Waterloo |
| 3 | 25 | Paul Sheridan | DE | York |
| 4 | 34 | Julio Giordani | LB | Toronto |
| 5 | 43 | Glen Dawson | K | Marshall |
| 6 | 52 | Andre Morin | DT | Ottawa |
| 7 | 61 | Bill Rozalowsky | RB | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 62 | Terry Tapak | DE | Acadia |
| 8 | 70 | Mark Dumont | LB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 8 | 71 | Pat Chemeris | OT | Waterloo |
| 9 | 79 | Jim D'Andrea | QB | Queen's |
| 9 | 80 | Dean Lees | LB | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| 10 | 87 | Peter Logan | WR | Western Ontario |
| 10 | 88 | Jim Howard | OT | McMaster |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 94 | 48 | 94 | 283 |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 121 | 88 | 119 | 394 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 276 | 129 | 122 | 25 | 126 | 1084 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 306 | 147 | 138 | 21 | 137 | 1238 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Jambrosic | 0 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23 | 30 | 76.7 | 6 | 0 | 96 |
| M.L. Harris | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jimmy Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Jimmy Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Pegg | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Alan Moffat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doyle Orange | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Kerry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 37 | 73.0 | 18 | 0 | 283 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 35 | 2 | 34 | 43 | 79.1 | 9 | 2 | 394 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 250 | 1581 | 6.3 | 69 | 6 |
| Doyle Orange | 72 | 380 | 5.3 | 36 | 2 |
| Jimmy Jones | 58 | 342 | 5.9 | 39 | 5 |
| Bill Harrison | 35 | 150 | 4.3 | 23 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| M.L. Harris | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 2 |
| David Shaw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Shuman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Clark | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 430 | 2502 | 5.8 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 494 | 2666 | 5.4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jones | 302 | 174 | 57.6 | 114 | 2156 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 71 | 9 | 3.0 | 14 | 4.6 | 70.5 | |||
| Tom Shuman | 71 | 26 | 36.6 | 40 | 293 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7.0 | 20.5 | |||
| Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Jimmy Edwards | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 102.1 | |||
| Team Totals | 376 | 202 | 53.7 | 155 | 2472 | 6.6 | 12.2 | 10 | 2.7 | 19 | 5.1 | 62.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 376 | 229 | 60.9 | 133 | 3063 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 14 | 3.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.L. Harris | 43 | 771 | 17.9 | 50 | 6 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 39 | 223 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 24 | 317 | 13.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Evanshen | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Harrison | 19 | 183 | 9.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Ken Clark | 14 | 229 | 16.4 | 71 | 0 |
| Gary Tufford | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Whaley | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Jambrosic | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Doyle Orange | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 40 | 2 |
| Kerry Smith | 9 | 144 | 16.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Mike Eben | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 2472 | 12.2 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 229 | 3063 | 13.4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gelley | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Martini | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Alan Moffat | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Byron Hemingway | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Nelms | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Brune | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 225 | 16.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 229 | 12.1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Clark | 136 | 6359 | 46.8 | 70 | 11 | |
| Team Totals | 136 | 6359 | 46.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 124 | 5445 | 43.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 46 | 548 | 11.9 | 67 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 21 | 207 | 9.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Mike Nelms | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Meeks | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Gelley | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Shaw | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 1099 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 1488 | 12.4 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Jambrosic | 47 | 2407 | 51.2 | 69 | 0 |
| Dave Pegg | 9 | 542 | 60.2 | 78 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 56 | 2949 | 52.7 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 13 | 321 | 24.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 11 | 267 | 24.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Harrison | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Meeks | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Nelms | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Larry Brune | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 1324 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1157 | 21.8 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Allemang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Britts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Donley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Finlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Gelley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M.L. Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Hemingway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Martini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Moffat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Doyle Orange | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Romano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Henry Waszczuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 20 | 20 |
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