| 1984 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) | 
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 6-9-1 .406 | 
| Head Coach: Al Bruno | 
| Jerry Bruner | Offensive Line | 
| Elijah Pitts | Offensive Coordinator | 
| Ted Schmitz | Defensive Line | 
| Rich Stubler | Secondary | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 6/5/1984 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 13-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27515 | |
| Mon | 6/11/1984 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11653 | |
| Sun | 6/17/1984 | H | Montreal Concordes | 17-30 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 10953 | |
| Fri | 6/22/1984 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 39-27 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16129 | |
| Sat | 6/30/1984 | A | Montreal Concordes | 49-31 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 16569 | |
| Sun | 7/8/1984 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-27 | T | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16530 | |
| Sat | 7/14/1984 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 9-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22405 | |
| Fri | 7/20/1984 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-23 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 20769 | |
| Sat | 7/28/1984 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-42 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17301 | |
| Sun | 8/12/1984 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 22-30 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22201 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1984 | H | British Columbia Lions | 11-19 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14101 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1984 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-35 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42750 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1984 | H | Montreal Concordes | 30-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 12888 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1984 | A | British Columbia Lions | 11-46 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 34630 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1984 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-48 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 32946 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1984 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 29-26 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 12501 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1984 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 13452 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1984 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 31-8 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28414 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1984 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18101 | |
| Sat | 10/27/1984 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 25-20 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32578 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/4/1984 | H | Montreal Concordes | 17-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20756 | |
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/11/1984 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-13 | W | OT | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 48414 | 
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/18/1984 | N | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-47 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 60081 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Marv Allemang | 63 | ROT-OG | 6-3 | 255 | 31 | Acadia | 15 | |
| Jeff Arp | 53 | ROG | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Western Ontario | 8 | |
| Keith Baker | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Texas A&M; Texas Southern | 8 | ||
| Mike Barker | 66 | RDT | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Grambling State | 4 | |
| Paul Bennett | 24 | S | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | |
| Gerald Bess | 14 | CB | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Tuskegee | 16 | |
| Pat Brady | 51 | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Mark Bragagnolo | 22 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 33 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 15 | |
| Less Browne | 15 | RCB | 5-11 | 170 | 25 | Colorado State | 8 | |
| Grover Covington | 77 | LDE | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Johnson C. Smith | 16 | |
| Donnie Craft | 18 | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 25 | Louisville | 2 | |
| Rufus Crawford | 21 | SB | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Virginia State | 16 | |
| Rocky DiPietro | 23 | SB | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Gord Elser | 76 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Calgary | 5 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 72 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | Whitworth | 13 | |
| Howard Fields | 16 | LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Baylor | 16 | |
| Ross Francis | 54 | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Pete Gales | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 170 | 25 | Iowa | 8 | |
| Greg Gary | 41 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 26 | Fullerton State | 3 | |
| Ed Gataveckas | 39 | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Acadia | 15 | |
| Dave Graffi | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Mike Graffi | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Wilfrid Laurier | 1 | |
| Kelly Hamilton | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Sequoias JC | 3 | ||
| Marshall Hamilton | 24 | S | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Yale | 4 | |
| Bill Howard | 60 | C | 6-2 | 270 | 25 | Western Ontario | 1 | |
| Steve Jackson | 74 | SB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Guelph | 1 | |
| DeWayne Jett | 7 | WR | 6-2 | 194 | 26 | Hawaii | 6 | |
| Ron Johnson | 6 | WR | 6-3 | 188 | 26 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Long Beach State | 15 | |
| Steve Kearns | 24 | SB | 6-1 | 214 | 28 | Liberty | 14 | |
| Wayne Lee | 17 | SB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Terry Lehne | 37 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Saskatchewan | 2 | |
| Kelvin Lindsey | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Ohio State | 6 | |
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 64 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 29 | Alberta | 14 | |
| Mike McIntyre | 26 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | New Brunswick | 16 | |
| Warner Miles | 56 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Ottawa | 9 | |
| Paul Palma | 69 | LOT | 6-3 | 273 | 24 | Concordia (Quebec) | 10 | |
| Mitchell Price | 65 | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | West Alabama | 12 | |
| John Priestner | 36 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
| Jason Riley | 56 | ROT | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | British Columbia | 6 | |
| Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 | 
| Dave Sauve | 88 | RDE | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Harvard | 16 | |
| Ralph Scholz | 67 | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Cornell | 9 | |
| Johnny Shepherd | 19 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Liberty; West Alabama | 7 | |
| Rod Skillman | 59 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Missouri | 8 | |
| Steve Stapler | 3 | WR | 5-11 | 165 | 26 | San Diego State | 5 | |
| Mark Streeter | 20 | LCB-DH | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Youngstown State; North Iowa Area CC; Arizona | 11 | |
| Jeff Tedford | 9 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Cerritos JC; Fresno State | 9 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 62 | OT | 6-8 | 290 | 27 | Kansas State | 6 | |
| Mike Walker | 61 | LDT-DE | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Washington State | 6 | |
| Henry Waszczuk | 50 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 34 | Kent State | 16 | |
| Felix Wright | 28 | RDH-CB | 6-2 | 294 | 25 | Drake | 16 | |
| Mark Young | 18 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Morgan State | 6 | |
| Ben Zambiasi | 31 | LLB | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Georgia | 15 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College | 
| Ralph Scholz | DT | Cornell | 
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 2 | 12 | Tony Marrone | OL | Concordia (Quebec) | 
| 3 | 21 | Martin Disabatino | OT | Concordia (Quebec) | 
| 4 | 30 | Les Kaminski | RB | Montana State | 
| 5 | 39 | Tim Wiens | DB | Saskatchewan | 
| 6 | 48 | Mike Derks | C | Cincinnati | 
| 7 | 57 | Leroy Steele | LB | South Dakota State | 
| 8 | 66 | George Fotopoulos | OG | Mount Allison | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 85 | 97 | 70 | 101 | 353 | 
| Opponents Totals | 100 | 139 | 48 | 152 | 439 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 304 | 83 | 196 | 25 | 147 | 1047 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 305 | 161 | 1239 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 34 | 44 | 77.3 | 14 | 0 | 145 | |
| Dieter Brock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Kelvin Lindsey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Rocky DiPietro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Rufus Crawford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Mark Bragagnolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Keith Baker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Gerald Bess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Johnny Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Felix Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Steve Stapler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 34 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 44 | 77.3 | 14 | 1 | 353 | |
| Opponents Totals | 439 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Lindsey | 62 | 308 | 5.0 | 83 | 4 | 
| Mark Bragagnolo | 54 | 223 | 4.1 | 19 | 3 | 
| Johnny Shepherd | 59 | 206 | 3.5 | 27 | 1 | 
| Rufus Crawford | 43 | 136 | 3.2 | 14 | 2 | 
| Dieter Brock | 48 | 134 | 2.8 | 18 | 6 | 
| Dave Graffi | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 | 
| Donnie Craft | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | 
| Steve Stapler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Pete Gales | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Jeff Tedford | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | -3 | 0 | 
| DeWayne Jett | 3 | -25 | -8.3 | 1 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 301 | 1061 | 3.5 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 327 | 1710 | 5.2 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Brock | 561 | 320 | 57.0 | 218 | 3966 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 83 | 15 | 2.7 | 23 | 4.1 | 70.9 | |||
| Pete Gales | 45 | 19 | 42.2 | 25 | 334 | 7.4 | 17.6 | 80 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 66.3 | |||
| Jeff Tedford | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 6 | 42 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 58.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 608 | 345 | 56.7 | 239 | 4342 | 7.1 | 12.6 | 16 | 2.6 | 24 | 3.9 | 71.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 581 | 322 | 55.4 | 225 | 4947 | 8.5 | 15.4 | 34 | 5.9 | 60 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky DiPietro | 71 | 1063 | 15.0 | 80 | 5 | 
| Rufus Crawford | 66 | 864 | 13.1 | 47 | 3 | 
| Ron Johnson | 50 | 681 | 13.6 | 64 | 2 | 
| Mark Bragagnolo | 32 | 256 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Keith Baker | 24 | 352 | 14.7 | 70 | 2 | 
| Kelvin Lindsey | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 39 | 2 | 
| Johnny Shepherd | 20 | 159 | 8.0 | 44 | 0 | 
| Wayne Lee | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 19 | 0 | 
| Dave Graffi | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Steve Kearns | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 12 | 0 | 
| Steve Stapler | 21 | 361 | 17.2 | 83 | 2 | 
| Donnie Craft | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| DeWayne Jett | 16 | 149 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 345 | 4342 | 12.6 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 322 | 4947 | 15.4 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Bess | 12 | 123 | 10.3 | 35 | 0 | 
| Felix Wright | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 30 | 1 | 
| Howard Fields | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 
| Leo Ezerins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 | 
| Mike McIntyre | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 
| Mark Young | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | 
| Ed Gataveckas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Ben Zambiasi | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Rod Skillman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| John Priestner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mark Streeter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 34 | 319 | 9.4 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 422 | 17.6 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 156 | 7302 | 46.8 | 77 | 5 | |
| Team Totals | 156 | 7302 | 46.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 150 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus Crawford | 100 | 1107 | 11.1 | 63 | 0 | 
| Howard Fields | 15 | 117 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 | 
| Paul Bennett | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 | 
| Mark Young | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 124 | 1284 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1481 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 55 | 3363 | 61.1 | 92 | 4 | 
| Team Totals | 55 | 3363 | 61.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus Crawford | 36 | 788 | 21.9 | 39 | 0 | 
| Howard Fields | 9 | 257 | 28.6 | 46 | 0 | 
| Kelvin Lindsey | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 40 | 0 | 
| Less Browne | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| Mike Graffi | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Donnie Craft | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | 
| Keith Baker | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Rocky DiPietro | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Leo Ezerins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Ed Gataveckas | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Johnny Shepherd | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| DeWayne Jett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 62 | 1339 | 21.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1211 | 
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Grover Covington | 18.5 | |
| Ben Zambiasi | 7.0 | |
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 5.5 | |
| Mitchell Price | 5.0 | |
| John Priestner | 4.0 | |
| Rod Skillman | 3.5 | |
| Mike Walker | 3.0 | |
| Ed Gataveckas | 2.5 | |
| Dave Sauve | 2.0 | |
| Greg Gary | 2.0 | |
| Gord Elser | 2.0 | |
| Mark Streeter | 1.0 | |
| Howard Fields | 1.0 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 1.0 | |
| Gerald Bess | 1.0 | |
| Mike Barker | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 60.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Bess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 
| Pat Brady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mark Bragagnolo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dieter Brock | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Less Browne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Grover Covington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Rufus Crawford | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Rocky DiPietro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Leo Ezerins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Howard Fields | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ross Francis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Pete Gales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ed Gataveckas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kelvin Lindsey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Johnny Shepherd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Rod Skillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Felix Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mark Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 
| Ben Zambiasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 36 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 17 | 17 | 
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