1983 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 5-10-1 .344 |
| Steve Goldman | Receivers |
| John Lowry | Offensive Line |
| Ted Schmitz | Defensive Line |
| Rich Stubler | Defensive Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 6/10/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 6-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28520 | |
| Wed | 6/15/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 35-24 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11302 | |
| Wed | 6/22/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 25-18 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11250 | |
| Wed | 6/29/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 40-47 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13331 | |
| Sat | 7/9/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17211 | |
| Sat | 7/16/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 50-19 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 25569 | |
| Fri | 7/22/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-29 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24052 | |
| Sat | 7/30/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-34 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16101 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-18 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 43568 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-22 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14729 | |
| Sun | 8/21/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-29 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 24565 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 35-30 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18547 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-50 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 51428 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 16-50 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25128 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-29 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26014 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-34 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19266 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 34-22 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 16-41 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 43513 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 12-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14010 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 21-21 | T | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 41157 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 33-31 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 28524 | |
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/20/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 36-41 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 54530 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marv Allemang | 63 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Acadia | 16 | |
| Jeff Arp | 53 | OG | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Keith Baker | 1 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Texas A&M; Texas Southern | 15 | |
| Mike Barker | 66 | DT | 6-4 | 280 | 24 | Grambling State | 9 | |
| Gerald Bess | 14 | CB | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Tuskegee | 15 | |
| Pat Brady | 51 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Mark Bragagnolo | 22 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Toronto | 15 | |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 6 | |
| Tom Clements | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Notre Dame | 10 | |
| Scott Collie | 25 | SB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Brigham Young | 5 | |
| Grover Covington | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Johnson C. Smith | 16 | |
| Rufus Crawford | 21 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | Virginia State | 12 | |
| Rocky DiPietro | 23 | SB | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Neil Evans | 33 | CB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Toronto | 6 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 72 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Whitworth | 15 | |
| Derek Faggiani | OL | 6-4 | 267 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 3 | ||
| Howard Fields | 16 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Baylor | 16 | |
| Ross Francis | 54 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Pete Gales | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 170 | 24 | Iowa | 6 | |
| Greg Gary | 41 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | Fullerton State | 5 | |
| Ed Gataveckas | 39 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Acadia | 16 | |
| Paul Gohier | 62 | OT | 6-4 | 280 | 26 | McGill | 7 | |
| Dave Graffi | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Kelly Hamilton | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Sequoias JC | 1 | ||
| Bill Howard | 60 | C | 6-2 | 270 | 24 | Western Ontario | 9 | |
| Ron Johnson | 73 | WR | 6-3 | 188 | 25 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Long Beach State | 16 | |
| Steve Kearns | 34 | SB | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Liberty | 5 | |
| Wayne Lee | 17 | SB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| Terry Lehne | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Saskatchewan | 6 | |
| Claude Mathews | 79 | DT | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | Auburn | 6 | |
| Mike McIntyre | 26 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | New Brunswick | 16 | |
| Alfonzo McMillian | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 27 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 2 | ||
| Ryan Moore | 71 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | none | 4 | |
| Jim Muller | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Queen's | 1 | |
| Paul Palma | 69 | OT | 6-3 | 273 | 23 | Concordia (Quebec) | 16 | |
| Mitchell Price | 65 | DE | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | West Alabama | 16 | |
| John Priestner | 36 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Sauve | 58 | DT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Harvard | 16 | |
| Johnny Shepherd | 19 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Liberty; West Alabama | 16 | |
| Mark Streeter | 20 | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Youngstown State; North Iowa Area CC; Arizona | 15 | |
| Mickey Sutton | DB | 5-8 | 168 | 23 | Chabot JC; Montana | 1 | ||
| Jeff Tedford | 9 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | Cerritos JC; Fresno State | 11 | |
| Dom Vetro | 27 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 8 | |
| Merv Walker | 29 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 31 | none | 5 | |
| Mike Walker | 61 | DT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | |
| Henry Waszczuk | 50 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 33 | Kent State | 13 | |
| Felix Wright | 28 | DB | 6-2 | 294 | 24 | Drake | 12 | |
| Mark Young | 18 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Morgan State | 4 | |
| Ben Zambiasi | 31 | OLB | 6-1 | 206 | 27 | Georgia | 11 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Jim Pendergast | WR | Queen's |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13 | Paul Palma | OT | Concordia (Quebec) | |
| 3 | 22 | Casey Lapa | LB | British Columbia | |
| 4 | 31 | Rory Radford | LB | Guelph | |
| 5 | 40 | George Piva | OT | British Columbia | |
| 6 | 49 | David Brace | TE | Western Connecticut State | |
| 7 | 58 | Mike Zivolak | C | Western Ontario | |
| 8 | 67 | Jack Kalthof | LB | Saskatchewan | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 156 | 78 | 99 | 389 |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 146 | 86 | 164 | 498 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 286 | 82 | 181 | 23 | 119 | 952 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 349 | 110 | 219 | 20 | 135 | 1059 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 31 | 42 | 73.8 | 21 | 0 | 149 | |
| Keith Baker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |||
| Rufus Crawford | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Ron Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Johnny Shepherd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Gerald Bess | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Mark Bragagnolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Rocky DiPietro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Mark Streeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Felix Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Steve Kearns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dieter Brock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Scott Collie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 39 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 42 | 73.8 | 21 | 1 | 389 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 45 | 5 | 31 | 46 | 67.4 | 22 | 2 | 498 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Shepherd | 197 | 1069 | 5.4 | 62 | 1 |
| Mark Bragagnolo | 40 | 197 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Rufus Crawford | 35 | 114 | 3.3 | 17 | 5 |
| Rocky DiPietro | 0 | 25 | 25L | 0 | |
| Dieter Brock | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 6 | 2 |
| Tom Clements | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Gales | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Graffi | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Keith Baker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Tedford | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 318 | 1498 | 4.7 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 360 | 1810 | 5.0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Clements | 323 | 190 | 58.8 | 118 | 2416 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 86 | 19 | 5.9 | 15 | 4.6 | 82.5 | |||
| Dieter Brock | 197 | 114 | 57.9 | 77 | 1241 | 6.3 | 10.9 | 49 | 8 | 4.1 | 6 | 3.0 | 77.4 | |||
| Jeff Tedford | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 13 | 214 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 11.8 | 30.4 | |||
| Pete Gales | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 6 | 43 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 22.3 | |||
| Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Keith Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 569 | 328 | 57.6 | 214 | 3950 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 27 | 4.7 | 27 | 4.7 | 75.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 578 | 320 | 55.4 | 233 | 5040 | 8.7 | 15.8 | 25 | 4.3 | 49 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Baker | 66 | 911 | 13.8 | 52 | 10 |
| Johnny Shepherd | 58 | 583 | 10.1 | 66 | 4 |
| Rocky DiPietro | 56 | 693 | 12.4 | 36 | 2 |
| Ron Johnson | 53 | 914 | 17.2 | 86 | 6 |
| Rufus Crawford | 44 | 350 | 8.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Mark Bragagnolo | 33 | 257 | 7.8 | 20 | 2 |
| Steve Kearns | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Lee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Graffi | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dom Vetro | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Scott Collie | 11 | 152 | 13.8 | 30 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 328 | 3950 | 12.0 | 27 | |
| Opponents Totals | 320 | 5040 | 15.8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Wright | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 62 | 1 |
| Gerald Bess | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 102 | 2 |
| Mark Streeter | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Howard Fields | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Mark Young | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Ben Zambiasi | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike McIntyre | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mitchell Price | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Priestner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Tedford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 512 | 20.5 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 475 | 17.6 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 150 | 7108 | 47.4 | 96 | 10 | |
| Team Totals | 150 | 7108 | 47.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 6582 | 44.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus Crawford | 51 | 478 | 9.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Howard Fields | 47 | 465 | 9.9 | 60 | 0 |
| Felix Wright | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Mark Streeter | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Baker | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Dom Vetro | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Priestner | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Young | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 118 | 1053 | 8.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 125 | 1227 | 9.8 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 64 | 3687 | 57.6 | 90 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 3687 | 57.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Shepherd | 28 | 738 | 26.4 | 61 | 0 |
| Rufus Crawford | 21 | 493 | 23.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Howard Fields | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Dave Graffi | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Young | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Priestner | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kelly Hamilton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Streeter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rocky DiPietro | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pat Brady | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Gataveckas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1423 | 21.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1295 | 22.7 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Grover Covington | 10.0 | |
| Mike Walker | 8.0 | |
| Mitchell Price | 6.5 | |
| John Priestner | 4.0 | |
| Dave Sauve | 3.5 | |
| Claude Mathews | 3.5 | |
| Mike Barker | 3.5 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 3.0 | |
| Greg Gary | 2.5 | |
| Ben Zambiasi | 2.0 | |
| Felix Wright | 1.5 | |
| Mickey Sutton | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 49.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Barker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Brady | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Bragagnolo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Clements | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufus Crawford | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky DiPietro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Greg Gary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Gataveckas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Graffi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McIntyre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Alfonzo McMillian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| John Priestner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Sauve | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Shepherd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Streeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Felix Wright | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ben Zambiasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 69 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 19 | 19 |
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