1968 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 6-7-1 .464 |
| Head Coach: Joe Restic |
| Al Bruno | Assistant Coach |
| Ray Malavasi | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/15/1968 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24-22 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
| Thu | 7/18/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-35 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 22023 | |
| Thu | 7/25/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 15-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 15000 | |
| Thu | 8/1/1968 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-53 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23739 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1968 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 31-25 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 19785 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-3 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 24393 | |
| Wed | 8/28/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-23 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 23500 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1968 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 15-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27153 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 9/18/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 25023 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 31-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21500 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1968 | A | British Columbia Lions | 16-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25165 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-13 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 18123 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-36 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 29960 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25411 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 1-12 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 24206 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-21 | T | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 8000 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-33 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 25723 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Barrow | 61 | LOT-RDT | 6-2 | 255 | 33 | Florida | 14 | |
| Willie Bethea | 16 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Denny Biodrowski | 60 | MLB | 6-1 | 253 | 28 | Memphis | 9 | |
| Gord Christian | 72 | SE-TE | 6-4 | 228 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 75 | SE | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | West Texas A&M | 14 | |
| Dick Cohee | 24 | OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | New Mexico State; Reedley JC | 1 | |
| Bill Danychuk | 55 | ROG | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | |
| Roy Davis | 76 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 2 | |
| Dave Fleming | 21 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Jerry Gendron | 76 | DE | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 4 | |
| Tommy Grant | 18 | FL | 5-11 | 195 | 33 | none | 14 | |
| Barrie Hansen | 28 | RDH | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Los Angeles Pierce JC | 14 | |
| Garney Henley | 26 | S | 5-11 | 180 | 33 | South Dakota State; Huron | 13 | |
| Jon Hohman | 57 | LOG | 6-1 | 243 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | |
| Ellison Kelly | 54 | OT | 6-1 | 231 | 33 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Bob Krouse | 14 | RLB | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Dewey Lincoln | 20 | RCB-HB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Billy Ray Locklin | 50 | LDE | 6-2 | 222 | 31 | New Mexico State | 14 | |
| Lonnie Maich | 52 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Kent State | 14 | |
| John Michaluk | 46 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Kent State | 14 | |
| Chet Miksza | 44 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 38 | none | 14 | |
| Allen Miller | 35 | LB | 6-0 | 224 | 28 | Ohio University | 7 | |
| Doug Mitchell | 63 | RDT-ROT-LOT-RLB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Angelo Mosca | 68 | LDT | 6-4 | 272 | 31 | Notre Dame; Wyoming | 14 | |
| Ted Page | 15 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Compton JC | 14 | |
| Herb Paterra | 25 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 28 | Michigan State | 2 | |
| Bill Redell | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 27 | Southern California; Occidental | 14 | |
| John Reid | 48 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Bob Richardson | 23 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | UCLA | 14 | |
| Wilbert Scott | 58 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Indiana | 12 | |
| Allen Smith | 22 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Fort Valley State | 14 | |
| Bob Steiner | 62 | ROTLDT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Bob Storey | 73 | LLB | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Ed Turek | 39 | LDH | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Buffalo; Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Charlie Turner | 66 | OT | 6-1 | 243 | 25 | Ohio University | 5 | |
| Dave Viti | 70 | RDE | 6-2 | 229 | 29 | Boston University | 14 | |
| Joe Zuger | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | Arizona State | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 18 | Tod Reynolds | HB | McMaster |
| 3 | 27 | Mark Timpany | HB | McMaster |
| 4 | 36 | Yori Korgemagi | OT | Toronto |
| 5 | 44 | Guy Potvin | DB | Queen's |
| 6 | 52 | Ron Bell | E | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 60 | Bill Martin | LB | Western Ontario |
| 8 | 67 | Jim Chiarelli | HB | McMaster |
| 9 | 71 | George Springate | K | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 40 | 90 | 70 | 262 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 129 | 59 | 64 | 292 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 90 | 110 | 10 | 103 | 828 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 266 | 120 | 124 | 22 | 58 | 455 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 4 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | - | - | - | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 10 | 0 | 111 |
| Dave Fleming | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Willie Bethea | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Zuger | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Allen Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Viti | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 17 | 0 | 262 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 30 | 34 | 88.2 | 16 | 34 | 47.1 | 10 | 0 | 292 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Bethea | 127 | 607 | 4.8 | 17 | 3 |
| Dave Fleming | 108 | 599 | 5.5 | 45 | 5 |
| Allen Smith | 57 | 323 | 5.7 | 37 | 2 |
| Ed Turek | 15 | 120 | 8.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Joe Zuger | 52 | 114 | 2.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Dewey Lincoln | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Cohee | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 379 | 1865 | 4.9 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 398 | 2285 | 5.7 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 316 | 160 | 50.6 | 137 | 2616 | 8.3 | 16.4 | 83 | 15 | 4.7 | 19 | 6.0 | 69.5 | |||
| Bill Redell | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 3 | 86 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 57.4 | |||
| Ed Turek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 331 | 170 | 51.4 | 141 | 2702 | 8.2 | 15.9 | 15 | 4.5 | 20 | 6.0 | 68.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 352 | 182 | 51.7 | 138 | 3173 | 9.0 | 17.4 | 20 | 5.7 | 32 | 9.1 | 63.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 47 | 800 | 17.0 | 83 | 4 |
| Dave Fleming | 39 | 768 | 19.7 | 83 | 7 |
| Willie Bethea | 32 | 381 | 11.9 | 51 | 2 |
| Dave Viti | 12 | 207 | 17.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Allen Smith | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Tommy Grant | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 50 | 1 |
| Dewey Lincoln | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed Turek | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Gord Christian | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Jerry Gendron | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 170 | 2702 | 15.9 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 3173 | 17.4 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 6 | 147 | 24.5 | 65 | 1 |
| Bob Richardson | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Allen Miller | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wilbert Scott | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Barrow | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 456 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 267 | 13.4 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 129 | 6249 | 48.4 | 85 | 0 | 7 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 130 | 6261 | 48.2 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 5559 | 42.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 35 | 294 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Tommy Grant | 35 | 187 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 22 | 117 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Dewey Lincoln | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Storey | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Turek | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Richardson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Zuger | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 0 | -10 | -10L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 117 | 723 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 128 | 882 | 6.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Turek | 7 | 386 | 55.1 | 64 | 0 |
| Doug Mitchell | 13 | 685 | 52.7 | 73 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 17 | 871 | 51.2 | 70 | 0 |
| Wilbert Scott | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Dave Viti | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 2147 | 51.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Lincoln | 18 | 486 | 27.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ed Turek | 13 | 345 | 26.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Allen Smith | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Willie Bethea | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Storey | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Richardson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gord Christian | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1142 | 23.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 811 | 19.8 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Bethea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Dewey Lincoln | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Locklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Michaluk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Mosca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Richardson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbert Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Allen Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Zuger | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
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