1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
2nd place • Eastern Division • 9-8-1 .528 |
Head Coach: Al Bruno |
Mike Faragalli | Co-Offensive Coordinator |
Frank North | Special Teams |
John Salavantis | Co-Offensive Coordinator |
Ted Schmitz | Co-Defensive Coordinator |
Rich Stubler | Co-Defensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 6/11/1986 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17750 | |
Wed | 6/18/1986 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-23 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13621 | |
Thu | 6/26/1986 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-21 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 23100 | |
Thu | 7/3/1986 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 2-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 15877 | |
Sat | 7/12/1986 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 13664 | |
Fri | 7/18/1986 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 21-23 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26201 | |
Fri | 7/25/1986 | H | British Columbia Lions | 21-36 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16462 | |
Thu | 8/7/1986 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-36 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25982 | |
Sat | 8/16/1986 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14907 | |
Thu | 8/21/1986 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 28-23 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 12158 | |
Mon | 9/1/1986 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 42-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 23185 | |
Sun | 9/7/1986 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-25 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28531 | |
Sun | 9/14/1986 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-21 | T | OT | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18565 |
Sun | 9/21/1986 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 20-15 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 15105 | |
Sat | 9/27/1986 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17192 | |
Sat | 10/4/1986 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 23-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17352 | |
Fri | 10/10/1986 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 9-28 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 38385 | |
Sat | 10/18/1986 | A | British Columbia Lions | 23-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 40127 | |
Sun | 10/26/1986 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 20-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24430 | |
Fri | 11/7/1986 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-19 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14101 | |
Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
Sun | 11/16/1986 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-31 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 23126 | |
Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
Sun | 11/23/1986 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 42-25 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32041 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sun | 11/30/1986 | N | Edmonton Eskimos | 39-15 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59621 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Calvin Adams | CB | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | East Carolina | 4 | ||
Marv Allemang | 63 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 33 | Acadia | 18 | |
Romel Andrews | DE | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Tennessee-Martin | 4 | ||
Walt Bender | 34 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Tabor; Kent State | 12 | |
Paul Bennett | 27 | S | 5-10 | 195 | 32 | Wilfrid Laurier | 18 | |
Gerald Bess | 14 | CB | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | Tuskegee | 2 | |
Pat Brady | 51 | C-OG-OT | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | Western Ontario | 18 | |
Less Browne | 15 | CB | 5-11 | 170 | 27 | Colorado State | 17 | |
Tony Champion | 1 | WR | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Tennessee-Martin | 18 | |
Grover Covington | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 30 | Johnson C. Smith | 15 | |
Mike Derks | C | 6-5 | 285 | 24 | Cincinnati | 1 | ||
Rocky DiPietro | 23 | SB | 6-3 | 210 | 30 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Leo Ezerins | 72 | OLB | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Whitworth | 18 | |
Howard Fields | 16 | DH | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Baylor | 18 | |
Greg Gary | 41 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Fullerton State | 7 | |
Ed Gataveckas | 39 | MLB-OLB | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Acadia | 18 | |
Miles Gorrell | 66 | LOT | 6-7 | 285 | 31 | Ottawa | 18 | |
Dave Graffi | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | |
Ken Hobart | 4 | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Lewis & Clark; Idaho | 18 | |
Dan Huclack | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
Ron Ingram | 75 | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 5 | |
Steve Jackson | 74 | SB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Guelph | 18 | |
Mike Kerrigan | 2 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Northwestern | 18 | |
Wayne Lee | 17 | SB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Ottawa | 18 | |
Terry Lehne | 37 | DH-S | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Saskatchewan | 18 | |
Leon Lyszkiewicz | 64 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | Alberta | 5 | |
John Malinosky | 62 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 31 | Michigan State | 18 | |
Mark Napiorkowski | 79 | DT-DE | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | British Columbia | 16 | |
Don Newman | 26 | SB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Louisiana State; Grambling State; Idaho | 2 | |
Paul Osbaldiston | 3 | K-P | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Montana Western | 9 | 0 |
Tom Porras | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Ventura JC; Washington | 18 | |
Mitchell Price | 65 | DE | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | West Alabama | 15 | |
John Priestner | 36 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
Jason Riley | 58 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 28 | British Columbia | 18 | |
Frank Robinson | 43 | OLB | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | Tulane | 13 | |
Junior Robinson | 19 | DB | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Guelph | 2 | |
Mike Robinson | 33 | OLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Utah State | 14 | |
Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 35 | Syracuse | 9 | 0 |
Dale Sanderson | 56 | ROT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Tennessee | 18 | |
Ralph Scholz | 67 | ROG | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Cornell | 10 | |
Johnny Shepherd | 19 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Liberty; West Alabama | 2 | |
Lance Shields | 28 | CB | 6-0 | 178 | 26 | Drake | 13 | |
Rod Skillman | 59 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Missouri | 16 | |
Steve Stapler | 80 | WR-P | 5-11 | 165 | 28 | San Diego State | 17 | |
Mark Streeter | 20 | DH | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Youngstown State; North Iowa Area CC; Arizona | 18 | |
Brian Strong | OL | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Montana State | 4 | ||
Lance Thompson | 50 | DL | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Carleton | 1 | |
Jed Tommy | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Guelph | 17 | |
Mike Walker | 61 | DT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Washington State | 18 | |
Kenny Zachary | 21 | RB | 6-0 | 222 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 4 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 31 | MLB | 6-1 | 206 | 30 | Georgia | 16 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 8 | Jeff Watson | OT | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
3 | 26 | Greg Reynard | DL | Montana Western |
4 | 35 | Rick Lococo | C | York |
5 | 44 | Peter Curwin | DE | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
6 | 53 | Mike Jellema | LB | Simon Fraser |
7 | 62 | Steve Pozzobon | DE-LB | Cornell |
8 | 71 | Paul Clatney | DB | McMaster |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 102 | 128 | 106 | 66 | 3 | 405 |
Opponents Totals | 62 | 107 | 108 | 86 | 3 | 366 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 344 | 122 | 194 | 28 | 149 | 1230 | |||
Opponents Totals | 335 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 9 | 0 | 76 |
Tony Champion | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Ken Hobart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Steve Stapler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | ||
Rocky DiPietro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Wayne Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Mark Streeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Less Browne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mark Napiorkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Walter Bender | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Kenny Zachary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Dan Huclack | 1 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Paul Osbaldiston | 0 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23 | 30 | 76.7 | 7 | 0 | 92 |
Team Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 58 | 69.0 | 20 | 0 | 405 | |
Opponents Totals | 30 | 366 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Bender | 162 | 618 | 3.8 | 32 | 8 |
Ken Hobart | 82 | 593 | 7.2 | 35 | 6 |
Kenny Zachary | 59 | 275 | 4.7 | 34 | 2 |
Jed Tommy | 42 | 139 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Kerrigan | 25 | 81 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tom Porras | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | -10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 400 | 1789 | 4.5 | 16 | |
Opponents Totals | 363 | 1564 | 4.3 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Kerrigan | 424 | 242 | 57.1 | 163 | 3193 | 7.5 | 13.2 | 75 | 16 | 3.8 | 19 | 4.5 | 74.9 | |||
Ken Hobart | 217 | 104 | 47.9 | 107 | 1062 | 4.9 | 10.2 | 52 | 2 | .9.0 | 6 | 2.8 | 54.0 | |||
Tom Porras | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
Tony Champion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Paul Osbaldiston | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
Team Totals | 645 | 348 | 54.0 | 271 | 4263 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 18 | 2.8 | 26 | 4.0 | 67.1 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 665 | 367 | 55.2 | 255 | 4732 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 43 | 6.5 | 77 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky DiPietro | 86 | 1087 | 12.6 | 47 | 4 |
Tony Champion | 74 | 1216 | 16.4 | 75 | 6 |
Steve Stapler | 62 | 861 | 13.9 | 51 | 5 |
Wayne Lee | 46 | 564 | 12.3 | 36 | 2 |
Jed Tommy | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
Steve Jackson | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 18 | 0 |
Ron Ingram | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
Don Newman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Walter Bender | 26 | 167 | 6.4 | 23 | 0 |
Kenny Zachary | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 14 | 1 |
Team Totals | 348 | 4263 | 12.3 | 18 | |
Opponents Totals | 367 | 4732 | 12.9 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Streeter | 9 | 207 | 23.0 | 52 | 2 |
Less Browne | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 42 | 1 |
Lance Shields | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 50 | 0 |
Leo Ezerins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 |
Calvin Adams | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 32 | 0 |
Frank Robinson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 28 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Leon Lyszkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Romel Andrews | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 43 | 625 | 14.5 | 3 | |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 449 | 17.3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 82 | 3506 | 42.8 | 68 | 2 | |
Steve Stapler | 64 | 2606 | 40.7 | 78 | 2 | |
Paul Osbaldiston | 27 | 1056 | 39.1 | 59 | 0 | |
Paul Bennett | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 174 | 7187 | 41.3 | |||
Opponents Totals |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 91 | 728 | 8.0 | 32 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 40 | 351 | 8.8 | 76 | 0 |
Less Browne | 1 | 111 | 111.0 | 47 | 0 |
Mike Robinson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Terry Lehne | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Leo Ezerins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 139 | 1221 | 8.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Osbaldiston | 39 | 2095 | 53.7 | 66 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 35 | 2043 | 58.4 | 70 | 0 |
Steve Jackson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
Ken Hobart | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Team Totals | 77 | 4255 | 55.3 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less Browne | 20 | 520 | 26.0 | 61 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 20 | 394 | 19.7 | 35 | 0 |
Walter Bender | 11 | 259 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 10 | 233 | 23.3 | 43 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 22 | 0 |
Kenny Zachary | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
Terry Lehne | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
Don Newman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Team Totals | 74 | 1615 | 21.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Mike Walker | 21.0 | |
Grover Covington | 18.0 | |
Rod Skillman | 9.0 | |
Mitchell Price | 7.0 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 4.0 | |
Frank Robinson | 4.0 | |
Mark Streeter | 2.0 | |
Romel Andrews | 2.0 | |
Ed Gataveckas | 1.0 | |
Leo Ezerins | 1.0 | |
Less Browne | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 77.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calvin Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Romel Andrews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Walter Bender | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Less Browne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grover Covington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky DiPietro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Gary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Ken Hobart | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Kerrigan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Lehne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Napiorkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jed Tommy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kenny Zachary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 21 | 21 |
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