1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
3rd place • Eastern Conference • 5-10-1 .344 |
Head Coach: Tom Dimitroff |
Dwight Fowler | Assistant Coach |
Lauri Niskanen | Assistant Coach |
Herb Paterra | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 6/14/1978 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21414 | |
Sun | 6/18/1978 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-11 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17510 | |
Sat | 6/24/1978 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 18-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20056 | |
Thu | 6/29/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 11-16 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 38120 | |
Wed | 7/12/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 22-34 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 49950 | |
Wed | 7/19/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-23 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22746 | |
Tue | 7/25/1978 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 12-24 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 52132 | |
Tue | 8/1/1978 | A | British Columbia Lions | 22-22 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23662 | |
Wed | 8/9/1978 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-29 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22647 | |
Tue | 8/15/1978 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 6-32 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25389 | |
Wed | 8/23/1978 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8-36 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24314 | |
Mon | 9/4/1978 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 19-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 31377 | |
Sun | 9/10/1978 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-56 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 26282 | |
Sun | 9/17/1978 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 4-14 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 50567 | |
Sat | 9/23/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-6 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22794 | |
Mon | 10/9/1978 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-5 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25712 | |
Sat | 10/14/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 7-21 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 41250 | |
Sun | 10/22/1978 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 1-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21178 | |
Sat | 10/28/1978 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 9-34 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20775 | |
Sun | 11/5/1978 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 31005 | |
Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sat | 11/11/1978 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-35 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 37017 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Steve Ackroyd | 28 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 22 | Sheridan | 2 | |
Clifton Alapa | 79 | DT | 6-2 | 238 | 24 | Arizona State | 4 | |
Marv Allemang | 63 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Acadia | 16 | |
Vince Allen | HB | 5-8 | 180 | 23 | Indiana State | 3 | ||
Bill Armstrong | DB | 6-3 | 202 | 23 | Wake Forest | 4 | ||
Brock Aynsley | 19 | RB | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | Washington State | 3 | |
Danny Bass | 55 | OG | 6-2 | 265 | 24 | Elon | 16 | |
Jack Blair | 41 | LB | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | none | 15 | |
Jerry Blanton | DE-LB | 6-1 | 232 | 22 | Kentucky | 1 | ||
Dan Bovair | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | ||
Don Bowman | 29 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Rod Broadway | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | North Carolina | 1 | ||
Larry Butler | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Appalachian State | 16 | |
Ken Clark | P | 6-2 | 196 | 30 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 5 | 0 | |
Steve Cockerham | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Akron | 1 | ||
Marvin Davis | 62 | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Southern University | 1 | |
Rocky DiPietro | 23 | RB | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Jimmy Edwards | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Oklahoma; Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | |
Bart Evans | 54 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Randy Graham | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Dave Hadden | 21 | RB | 5-11 | 209 | 26 | Queen's | 16 | |
Bill Harrison | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Ottawa | 14 | |
Byron Hemingway | 45 | LB | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | Boston College | 7 | |
Zac Henderson | 34 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Oklahoma | 10 | |
Roy Henry | 11 | QB | Notre Dame; Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | ||||
Bruce Holland | 61 | DT | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 5 | |
Nick Jambrosic | 3 | K | 5-10 | 165 | 22 | none | 14 | 0 |
Jimmy Jones | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Southern California | 16 | |
John Kinch | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Youngstown State | 6 | ||
Bill Knox | 24 | DB | 5-9 | 192 | 27 | Purdue | 4 | |
Granville Liggins | DT | 6-0 | 225 | 32 | Oklahoma | 3 | ||
Neil Lumsden | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Ottawa | 10 | |
Bob Maddox | DE | 6-5 | 245 | 29 | Frostburg State; McDaniel; Frostburg State | 1 | ||
John Martini | 42 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Toronto | 16 | |
Ron Meeks | 17 | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Arkansas State | 16 | |
Tommy Mills | DB | 5-10 | 166 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 2 | ||
Alan Moffat | 56 | DT | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Ottawa | 12 | |
Frank Moffatt | 66 | OT | 6-3 | 280 | 20 | McMaster | 4 | |
Ray Nettles | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | Tennessee | 16 | |
Bill Palmer | 78 | LB | 6-3 | 217 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 5 | |
Tom Perko | LB | 6-3 | 233 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||
Leif Pettersen | 71 | WR | 6-2 | 183 | 28 | Otterbein | 16 | |
Dave Quehl | 24 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Holy Cross | 5 | |
Bob Riley | 22 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | 4 | ||
Gary Robinson | 64 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 32 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
Glenn Robinson | DE | 6-6 | 245 | 27 | Navarro JC; Oklahoma State | 3 | ||
Tom Roche | DB | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Ohio State | 2 | ||
Al Romano | DT | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 3 | ||
Mike Samples | 62 | DE | 6-2 | 238 | 28 | Missouri Southern State; Drake | 6 | |
David Shaw | 37 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 8 | |
Tom Shuman | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Penn State | 7 | |
Mike Siganos | 31 | DB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Kentucky | 7 | |
Rudy Sims | DE-DT | 6-0 | 255 | 30 | Florida A&M | 3 | ||
Lawrie Skolrood | 77 | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | North Dakota | 16 | |
Kerry Smith | 70 | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 24 | none | 8 | |
Ike Thomas | 9 | DB | 6-2 | 193 | 31 | Bishop | 5 | |
Henry Waszczuk | 50 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Kent State | 16 | |
Angelo Wells | DE | 6-3 | 265 | 24 | Morgan State | 4 | ||
George Wells | 69 | DE | 6-1 | 240 | 31 | New Mexico State | 9 | |
Chuck White | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Maryland | 1 | ||
Mike Williams | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Texas A&M | 3 | ||
Mike Wilson | 67 | OT | 6-1 | 243 | 31 | Dayton | 16 | |
Rod Woodward | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 34 | Idaho | 4 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 47 | OLB | 6-1 | 206 | 22 | Georgia | 10 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
---|---|---|
Player | Pos | College |
Rocky DiPietro | RB | Ottawa |
Bruce Holland | DT | Wilfrid Laurier |
Ted Kogler | LB | Waterloo |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | Bob O'Doherty | WR | Queen's |
2 | 11 | Larry Colbey | OT | Simon Fraser |
3 | 20 | Angelo Castellan | DT | Toronto |
4 | 29 | Dave Stumpf | OT | Toronto |
5 | 38 | Bill Levine | DT | Toronto |
6 | 47 | Yves Leclerc | QB | Ottawa |
7 | 56 | Mike Katarincic | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
8 | 65 | Dan Medwin | TE | Ottawa |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 30 | 63 | 58 | 74 | 225 |
Opponents Totals | 101 | 107 | 76 | 119 | 403 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 239 | 95 | 121 | 23 | 140 | 1089 | |||
Opponents Totals | 330 | 128 | 176 | 26 | 148 | 1192 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Jambrosic | 0 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 0 | - | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 13 | 0 | 58 | |
Jimmy Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |||
Lawrie Skolrood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
John Kinch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Jimmy Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Roy Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Kerry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Henry Waszczuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Leif Pettersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Rocky DiPietro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
Vince Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Zac Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ike Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Neil Lumsden | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ben Zambiasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 17 | 1 | 225 | |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 44 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 23 | 3 | 403 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Edwards | 197 | 840 | 4.3 | 32 | 2 |
Neil Lumsden | 47 | 268 | 5.7 | 58 | 0 |
Jimmy Jones | 43 | 204 | 4.7 | 28 | 1 |
Vince Allen | 34 | 145 | 4.3 | 12 | 1 |
John Kinch | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
Tom Shuman | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bill Harrison | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
Roy Henry | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Lawrie Skolrood | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
Kerry Smith | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
Team Totals | 357 | 1581 | 4.4 | 4 | |
Opponents Totals | 462 | 2191 | 4.7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Jones | 269 | 159 | 59.1 | 99 | 2060 | 7.7 | 13.0 | 75 | 9 | 3.3 | 11 | 4.1 | 77.4 | |||
Tom Shuman | 107 | 47 | 43.9 | 53 | 705 | 6.6 | 15.0 | 57 | 5 | 4.7 | 7 | 6.5 | 54.5 | |||
Roy Henry | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 13 | 99 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 38.6 | |||
Jimmy Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 404 | 217 | 53.7 | 168 | 2864 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 14 | 3.5 | 19 | 4.7 | 68.3 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 453 | 275 | 60.7 | 165 | 3722 | 8.2 | 13.5 | 13 | 2.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leif Pettersen | 41 | 557 | 13.6 | 38 | 0 |
Lawrie Skolrood | 40 | 661 | 16.5 | 57 | 4 |
Jimmy Edwards | 33 | 296 | 9.0 | 75 | 4 |
John Kinch | 16 | 109 | 6.8 | 17 | 3 |
Kerry Smith | 12 | 256 | 21.3 | 50 | 1 |
Bill Harrison | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
Bob Riley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Rocky DiPietro | 29 | 463 | 16.0 | 42 | 2 |
Neil Lumsden | 15 | 158 | 10.5 | 50 | 0 |
Dave Quehl | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
Vince Allen | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 52 | 0 |
Brock Aynsley | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
Team Totals | 217 | 2864 | 13.2 | 14 | |
Opponents Totals | 275 | 3722 | 13.5 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zac Henderson | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 45 | 1 |
Ike Thomas | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 |
David Shaw | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
Bill Armstrong | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
Tommy Mills | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
Ray Nettles | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Randy Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Mike Siganos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 13 | 265 | 20.4 | 2 | |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 263 | 13.8 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Clark | 40 | 1885 | 47.1 | 71 | 1 | |
Nick Jambrosic | 54 | 2353 | 43.6 | 68 | 3 | |
Zac Henderson | 11 | 503 | 45.7 | 51 | 0 | |
Bill Palmer | 11 | 417 | 37.9 | 61 | 0 | |
Neil Lumsden | 13 | 464 | 35.7 | 57 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 129 | 5622 | 43.6 | |||
Opponents Totals | 125 | 5547 | 44.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Edwards | 39 | 250 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
Vince Allen | 10 | 151 | 15.1 | 35 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 98 | 1 |
Ron Meeks | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
Steve Ackroyd | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Siganos | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
David Shaw | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
Dave Quehl | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
Bill Harrison | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Lawrie Skolrood | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 93 | 749 | 8.1 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 110 | 828 | 7.5 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Jambrosic | 38 | 2013 | 53.0 | 70 | 1 |
Neil Lumsden | 8 | 507 | 63.4 | 75 | 0 |
Team Totals | 46 | 2520 | 54.8 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Meeks | 23 | 471 | 20.5 | 46 | 0 |
Jimmy Edwards | 18 | 324 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
Mike Siganos | 11 | 236 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 |
Vince Allen | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 27 | 0 |
Bill Harrison | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 28 | 0 |
Steve Ackroyd | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Larry Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alan Moffat | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Leif Pettersen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 64 | 1175 | 18.4 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 951 | 21.1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Allemang | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Vince Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Bass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Cockerham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Marvin Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |
Jimmy Edwards | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Harrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Byron Hemingway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Nick Jambrosic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmy Jones | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Kinch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Neil Lumsden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Martini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Meeks | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Alan Moffat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Nettles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
Bill Palmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Leif Pettersen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Quehl | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
David Shaw | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Shuman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Siganos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
Lawrie Skolrood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kerry Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ike Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |
Henry Waszczuk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Ben Zambiasi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 32 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 66 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 15 | 23 | 23 |
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