1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	6/7/1981	A	Montreal Alouettes	27-21	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	21742
Sat	6/13/1981	H	Toronto Argonauts	3-15	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	13000
Thu	6/18/1981	A	Toronto Argonauts	23-16	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30011
Sat	6/27/1981	H	Montreal Alouettes	24-38	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	16604
Sun	7/5/1981	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33-23	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21219
Sat	7/11/1981	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	47-10	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	22345
Fri	7/17/1981	A	Calgary Stampeders	6-26	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	30812
Sat	7/25/1981	H	Toronto Argonauts	57-13	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30022
Sat	8/1/1981	A	Edmonton Eskimos	5-41	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	43346
Sat	8/8/1981	H	Calgary Stampeders	28-16	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20270
Sun	8/16/1981	A	British Columbia Lions	37-23	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	30616
Sat	8/29/1981	H	Montreal Alouettes	16-11	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27180
Mon	9/7/1981	H	Edmonton Eskimos	34-34	T	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30121
Sat	9/12/1981	A	Montreal Alouettes	26-10	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	27720
Sun	9/20/1981	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25-13	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	24130
Sat	9/26/1981	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	30-16	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20451
Sun	10/4/1981	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30-26	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	29458
Mon	10/12/1981	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-28	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27149
Sun	10/25/1981	H	British Columbia Lions	7-34	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20113
Sat	10/31/1981	A	Toronto Argonauts	21-11	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30615
Eastern Final
Sun	11/15/1981	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-17	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	28104

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Jerry Anderson		DB	5-11	187	28	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	1
Keith Baker	1	WR	5-10	185	24	Texas A&M; Texas Southern	16
Greg Barrow	57	OG-OT	6-4	265	24	Florida; Western Ontario; Florida	5
Gerald Bess	14	DB	6-0	188	23	Tuskegee	3
Jack Blair	41	LB	6-1	192	25	none	13
John Blake	52	OG	6-6	260	29	San Jose State	16
Mark Bragagnolo	22	RB	6-1	215	26	Toronto	13
Ecomet Burley	74	DT	5-10	240	27	Texas Tech	14
Maurice Burton	25	CB	5-10	170	23	Morgan State	1
Carm Carteri	47	OLB	6-2	216	25	Montana	16
Lou Clare	39	LB	6-1	225	31	Minnesota	3
Tom Clements	2	QB	5-10	185	28	Notre Dame	16
Phil Colwell		RB	6-1	195	25	Wilfrid Laurier	2
Grover Covington	66	DE	6-2	235	25	Johnson C. Smith	16
Rufus Crawford	24	RB	5-10	180	26	Virginia State	13
Rocky DiPietro	23	SB	6-3	210	25	Ottawa	16
Howard Fields	16	DB	5-10	190	23	Baylor	15
Ross Francis	54	OG	6-3	255	24	Queen's	16
Ed Fulton	59	OT	6-3	250	26	Maryland	16
Ed Gataveckas	39	LB	6-0	215	24	Acadia	16
Dave Graffi	32/58	FB-OL	6-0	220	22	Wilfrid Laurier	16
David Green	26	FB	5-10	200	28	Chowan JC; Edinboro	6
York Hentschel		DT	6-3	250	28		2
Rick Kalvaitis	63	DT	6-4	235	23	Wilfrid Laurier	15
Dave Marler	8	DB	6-1	195	26	Mississippi College; Mississippi State	16
Alan Moffat	56	OG	6-4	265	29	Ottawa	12
Jim Muller	69	DT	6-3	215	24	Queen's	16
Emil Nielsen	30	DB	5-10	179	28	Simon Fraser	16
Steve Parker	60	DE	6-3	262	23	Triton JC; Eastern Illinois	4
Gord Paterson	34	SB	5-11	185	31	Manitoba	16
Leroy Paul	27	CB	5-10	185	24	Texas Southern	13
Leif Pettersen	71	WR	6-2	183	31	Otterbein	16
John Priestner	36	MLB	6-2	230	23	Western Ontario	16
Jim Ramey	68	DE	6-4	247	24	Kentucky	12
Bernie Ruoff	10	P-K	6-0	185	30	Syracuse	16	0
David Shaw	37	DB	6-0	180	28	Prairie View A&M	16
Kerry Smith	70	WR	5-10	168	27	none	14
Steve Stapler	3	WR	5-11	165	23	San Diego State	15
Ed Szpytma		OT	6-5	240	26	McMaster	1
Bob Van Duyne	55	OT	6-4	250	29	Idaho	16
Henry Waszczuk	50	C	6-0	230	31	Kent State	16
Bernard West		LB	6-0	225	23	North Texas	2
Harold Woods	6	DB	5-10	177	26	Potomac State; West Virginia	15
Preston Young	28	DB	6-0	180	27	Simon Fraser	16
Ben Zambiasi	31	OLB	6-1	206	25	Georgia	14

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Bill Howard	C	Western Ontario

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	26	Jeff Arp	OG	Western Ontario
4	35	Rob Sommerville	DB	Waterloo
5	44	Rick Maloney	TE	Western Ontario
6	53	Ian Troop	OG	Wilfrid Laurier
7	62	Bill Paul	RB	Sheridan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	56	163	71	124	414
Opponents Totals	63	88	68	116	335

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		309	62	232	15	146	1224
Opponents Totals		283	89	170	24	106	889

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bernie Ruoff	0	40	40	100.0	0		-	29	46	63.0	25	0	152
Leif Pettersen	7	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	42
Rocky DiPietro	6	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	36
Rufus Crawford	4	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	24
Tom Clements	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Dave Graffi	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Kerry Smith	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Harold Woods	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Ben Zambiasi	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
John Priestner	0	0	0		1		-	0	0		0	0	2
Keith Baker	11	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	66
Steve Stapler	4	0	0		1		-	0	0		0	0	26
Mark Bragagnolo	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
David Green	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Leroy Paul	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Team Totals	43	40	40	100.0	2	3	29	46	63.0	25	0	414
Opponents Totals	32	28			2		32	38	84.2	11	2	335

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rufus Crawford	109	400	3.7	35	4
Mark Bragagnolo	73	278	3.8	16	2
David Green	66	208	3.2	16	2
Tom Clements	32	178	5.6	26	1
Dave Graffi	21	89	4.2	14	1
Bernie Ruoff	2	20	10.0	10	0
Keith Baker	3	2	0.7	7	0
Phil Colwell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Stapler	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Team Totals	308	1162	3.8		10
Opponents Totals	322	1502	4.7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	RTG
Tom Clements	523	301	57.6	199	4536	8.7	15.1	81	27	5.2	23	4.4		85.1
Dave Marler	32	13	40.6	17	165	5.2	12.7	25	2	6.3	2	6.3		52.2
Leif Pettersen	2	2	100.0	0	31	15.5	15.5	26	0	0.0	0	0.0		118.8
Keith Baker	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Team Totals	558	316	56.6	217	4732	8.5	15.0		29	5.2	25	4.5		83.3
Opponents Totals	527	294	55.8	207	3863	7.3	13.1				26	4.9	39

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky DiPietro	59	868	14.7	42	6
Rufus Crawford	49	607	12.4	36	0
Leif Pettersen	27	415	15.4	48	7
Gord Paterson	20	283	14.2	29	0
Dave Graffi	9	68	7.6	32	0
Kerry Smith	4	62	15.5	28	1
John Priestner	1	5	5.0	5	0
Henry Waszczuk	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Keith Baker	68	1218	17.9	81	11
Steve Stapler	48	903	18.8	74	4
Mark Bragagnolo	22	242	11.0	34	0
David Green	8	66	8.3	18	0
Team Totals	316	4732	15.0		29
Opponents Totals	294	3863	13.1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harold Woods	6	97	16.2	23	0
Leroy Paul	5	58	11.6	32	0
Preston Young	4	57	14.3	24	0
David Shaw	3	73	24.3	37	0
Ben Zambiasi	3	59	19.7	52	1
John Priestner	2	31	15.5	31	0
Howard Fields	2	7	3.5	7	0
Gerald Bess	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	26	382	14.7		1
Opponents Totals	25	308	12.3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	131	5947	45.4	71	8
Team Totals	131	5947	45.4
Opponents Totals	142	6367	44.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Stapler	40	383	9.6	36	0
David Shaw	24	271	11.3	101	0
Howard Fields	32	237	7.4	25	0
Keith Baker	9	80	8.9	50	0
Rufus Crawford	8	33	4.1	15	0
Kerry Smith	1	9	9.0	9	0
Emil Nielsen	0	8		8L	0
Team Totals	114	1021	9.0		0
Opponents Totals	114	1116	9.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	69	4226	61.2	90	4
Team Totals	69	4226	61.2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Stapler	18	450	25.0	59	0
Howard Fields	9	198	22.0	30	0
Rufus Crawford	8	127	15.9	29	0
Harold Woods	4	92	23.0	28	0
Rocky DiPietro	3	12	4.0	6	0
Dave Graffi	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leif Pettersen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Preston Young	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leroy Paul	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Team Totals	46	869	18.9		0
Opponents Totals	60	1420	23.7

SACKS	NO	YDS
Grover Covington	16.0
Ecomet Burley	7.5
Jim Ramey	5.0
Ben Zambiasi	4.0
Jim Muller	3.5
Rick Kalvaitis	1.0
York Hentschel	1.0
John Priestner	0.5
Steve Parker	0.5
Team Totals	39.0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jerry Anderson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Blake	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Bragagnolo	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
Ecomet Burley	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Carm Carteri	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tom Clements	5	2	1	0	1	0	0
Grover Covington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rufus Crawford	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky DiPietro	3	0	2	0	2	0	0
Howard Fields	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
David Green	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Muller	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
Emil Nielsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gord Paterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Paul	1	1	0	1	1	55	2
Leif Pettersen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Priestner	0	0	0	3	3	12	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Shaw	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
Steve Stapler	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Henry Waszczuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bernard West	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harold Woods	1	1	0	1	1	98	1
Preston Young	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ben Zambiasi	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	20	13	7	22	29	187	3
Opponents Totals		22		13	13

Art Asselta	Assistant Coach
Gunther Cunningham	Assistant Coach
Hal Hunter	Offensive Coordinator
Bud Riley	Defensive Coordinator