1961 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-4-0 .714 |
Head Coach: Jim Trimble |
Eddie Bevan | Assistant Coach |
Steve Oneschuk | Assistant Coach |
Ralph Sazio | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 7/21/1961 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 9-17 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
Mon | 7/24/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 27-38 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18769 | |
Mon | 7/31/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 25-16 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 17635 | |
Tue | 8/8/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 38-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12000 | |
Tue | 8/15/1961 | H | British Columbia Lions | 30-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 17103 | |
Sun | 8/20/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 28-24 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27809 | |
Thu | 8/31/1961 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18951 | |
Mon | 9/4/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-19 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26533 | |
Mon | 9/11/1961 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-15 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27646 | |
Sat | 9/16/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 37-36 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 16707 | |
Mon | 9/18/1961 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-15 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10152 | |
Sat | 9/23/1961 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 7-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 25291 | |
Sat | 9/30/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-47 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22400 | |
Mon | 10/9/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 10-14 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 25273 | |
Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 37-10 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29553 | |
Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 15-5 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22723 | |
Sat | 10/28/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 44-29 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 20271 | |
Sat | 11/4/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 6-21 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 16199 | |
Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 7-25 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33161 | |
Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/25/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 48-2 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22671 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sat | 12/2/1961 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-21 | L | OT | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32651 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
John Barrow | 61 | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 26 | Florida | 13 | |
Donnie Caraway | 44 | G | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Hinds CC; Houston | 5 | |
Don Cook | 62 | T | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | none | 2 | |
Frank Cosentino | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
Hardiman Cureton | 51 | LB | 5-11 | 235 | 28 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 13 | |
Paul Dekker | 75 | OE | 6-5 | 220 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | |
Geno DeNobile | 62 | OG | 6-0 | 223 | 29 | 14 | ||
Tom Dublinski | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 197 | 31 | Utah | 11 | |
Bernie Faloney | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Maryland | 12 | |
Cam Fraser | 71 | E | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | none | 6 | |
Len Gargarello | 17 | HB | 5-11 | 180 | Western Washington; McMaster | 1 | ||
Ralph Goldston | 21 | HB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 32 | Indiana; Youngstown State | 13 | |
Tommy Grant | 18 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | none | 3 | |
Garney Henley | 26 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | South Dakota State; Huron | 10 | |
Larry Hickman | 30 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Baylor | 5 | |
Ron Howell | 28 | DB-LB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | none | 13 | |
Bob Jarus | 19 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Purdue | 10 | |
Zeno Karcz | 15 | HB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | |
Ellison Kelly | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 231 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | |
Ken Kilrea | 16 | HB-LB | 6-3 | 237 | 21 | South Carolina | 11 | |
George Lalicich | 56 | G | 5-11 | 220 | 22 | none | 8 | |
Gerry McDougall | 25 | HB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Long Beach CC; UCLA | 14 | |
Grant McKee | 17 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | |
Chet Miksza | 46 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 31 | none | 14 | |
Ron Miller | 18 | E | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Indiana | 3 | |
Bob Minihane | 64 | T | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Boston University | 9 | |
Tom Moran | 70 | DE | 6-1 | 193 | 29 | 10 | ||
Tom Moulton | 73 | FB-E | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | |
Bronko Nagurski | 60 | T | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Notre Dame | 9 | |
Pete Neumann | 74 | DE | 5-11 | 210 | 31 | none | 14 | |
Paul Palmer | 24 | OB | 6-1 | 202 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | |
Hal Patterson | 77 | OE | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Garden City CC; Kansas | 8 | |
Ron Ray | 66 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Howard Payne | 14 | |
Butch Rogers | 14 | LB | 6-1 | 202 | 28 | McMaster | 14 | |
George Scott | 20 | OHB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | |
Vince Scott | 53 | MG | 5-8 | 215 | 39 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
Carver Shannon | 20 | HB | 6-1 | 201 | 23 | Southern Illinois | 4 | |
Don Sutherin | 22 | CB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | |
Willie Taylor | 56 | C-LB | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Florida A&M | 10 | |
Milam Wall | 23 | HB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | North Carolina | 4 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Casey Wood | T | Toronto |
1 | 3 | John Ware | C | Queen's |
2 | 6 | Wallie Barrie | LB | McGill |
3 | 11 | Weldon Thorburn | T | Toronto |
4 | 16 | Bob House | E | Toronto |
5 | 20 | Bob Godley | G | Toronto |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 82 | 78 | 78 | 102 | 340 |
Opponents Totals | 53 | 79 | 77 | 84 | 293 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 286 | 108 | 156 | 22 | 78 | 601 | |||
Opponents Totals | 273 | 133 | 121 | 19 | 93 | 630 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Sutherin | 0 | 35 | 43 | 81.4 | - | - | - | 10 | 25 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 69 |
Gerry McDougall | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
Paul Dekker | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
George Scott | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Bernie Faloney | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | ||
Ralph Goldston | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Hal Patterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tom Dublinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tommy Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Pete Neumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Butch Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Cam Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Carver Shannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Larry Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Milam Wall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Team Totals | 44 | 36 | 44 | 81.8 | 10 | 25 | 40.0 | 8 | 1 | 340 | |||
Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 15 | 0 | 293 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Hickman | 69 | 447 | 6.5 | 67 | 1 |
Bernie Faloney | 77 | 434 | 5.6 | 27 | 4 |
Bob Jarus | 72 | 350 | 4.9 | 23 | 0 |
Gerry McDougall | 58 | 335 | 5.8 | 76 | 3 |
George Scott | 51 | 289 | 5.7 | 27 | 1 |
Carver Shannon | 32 | 152 | 4.8 | 23 | 1 |
Frank Cosentino | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
Garney Henley | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 52 | 1 |
Ralph Goldston | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 7 | 1 |
Don Sutherin | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
Tommy Grant | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Geno DeNobile | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
Milam Wall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Paul Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 398 | 2213 | 5.6 | 12 | |
Opponents Totals | 434 | 2615 | 6.0 | 18 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Faloney | 274 | 156 | 56.9 | 104 | 2565 | 9.4 | 16.4 | 72 | 23 | 8.4 | 14 | 5.1 | 20 | 168 | 2397 | 95.2 |
Frank Cosentino | 59 | 23 | 39.0 | 32 | 356 | 6.0 | 15.5 | 41 | 2 | 3.4 | 4 | 6.8 | 8 | 70 | 286 | 42.8 |
Tom Dublinski | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 11 | 218 | 9.1 | 19.8 | 74 | 2 | 8.3 | 2 | 8.3 | 4 | 21 | 197 | 71.2 |
Gerry McDougall | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 36 | 12.0 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 119.4 |
Don Sutherin | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 97.9 |
George Scott | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 |
Team Totals | 363 | 194 | 53.4 | 149 | 3198 | 8.8 | 16.5 | 28 | 7.7 | 20 | 5.5 | 259 | 2939 | 86.1 | ||
Opponents Totals | 326 | 164 | 50.3 | 142 | 2661 | 8.2 | 16.2 | 13 | 4.0 | 20 | 6.1 | 250 | 2411 | 65.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry McDougall | 40 | 632 | 15.8 | 56 | 7 |
Paul Dekker | 37 | 578 | 15.6 | 48 | 7 |
George Scott | 32 | 551 | 17.2 | 74 | 6 |
Ralph Goldston | 25 | 414 | 16.6 | 72 | 2 |
Hal Patterson | 20 | 452 | 22.6 | 65 | 3 |
Bob Jarus | 13 | 210 | 16.2 | 35 | 0 |
Garney Henley | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 27 | 0 |
Tommy Grant | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 16 | 1 |
Tom Dublinski | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 1 |
Don Sutherin | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
Ron Miller | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Carver Shannon | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 1 |
Milam Wall | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
Larry Hickman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 194 | 3198 | 16.5 | 28 | |
Opponents Totals | 164 | 2661 | 16.2 | 13 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Sutherin | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 56 | 0 |
Garney Henley | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 38 | 0 |
Ron Howell | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
Ralph Goldston | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Zeno Karcz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 20 | 246 | 12.3 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 233 | 11.7 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Faloney | 50 | 2287 | 45.7 | 58 | 0 | 2 |
Cam Fraser | 51 | 2210 | 43.3 | 67 | 1 | 2 |
Gerry McDougall | 3 | 182 | 60.7 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Don Sutherin | 15 | 639 | 42.6 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 119 | 5318 | 44.7 | 1 | ||
Opponents Totals | 124 | 5256 | 42.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garney Henley | 31 | 186 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ron Howell | 56 | 174 | 3.1 | 26 | 0 |
Don Sutherin | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 |
Paul Palmer | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
George Scott | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
Cam Fraser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Grant McKee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 116 | 525 | 4.5 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 122 | 761 | 6.2 | 1 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Sutherin | 58 | 3414 | 58.9 | 79 | 0 |
Team Totals | 58 | 3414 | 58.9 | ||
Opponents Totals | 49 | 2533 | 51.7 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Scott | 14 | 317 | 22.6 | 46 | 0 |
Hal Patterson | 12 | 272 | 22.7 | 38 | 0 |
Carver Shannon | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 36 | 0 |
Garney Henley | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 43 | 0 |
Ron Howell | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 |
Gerry McDougall | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
Bob Jarus | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
Chet Miksza | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
Don Sutherin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Ralph Goldston | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
Zeno Karcz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bob Minihane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 47 | 997 | 21.2 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 1545 | 26.6 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garney Henley | 1 | ||||||
Gerry McDougall | 1 | ||||||
Pete Neumann | 1 | ||||||
Rogers | 1 | ||||||
Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 3 | |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
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