1971 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Al Dorow |
| Urban Bowman | Assistant Coach |
| Tom Mooney | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/7/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-16 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19075 | |
| Mon | 7/12/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-32 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10499 | |
| Mon | 7/19/1971 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 9-20 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 11755 | |
| Thu | 7/22/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 8-21 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25645 | |
| Thu | 7/29/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-15 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22786 | |
| Wed | 8/11/1971 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26385 | |
| Wed | 8/25/1971 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 8-12 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 33321 | |
| Tue | 8/31/1971 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 24-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 24401 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 30-17 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 34535 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1971 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-23 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1971 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 10-9 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28871 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 26953 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 1-17 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23616 | |
| Wed | 10/6/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-28 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13914 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1971 | H | British Columbia Lions | 36-3 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25997 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4-18 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20345 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1971 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-40 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21700 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-15 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-4 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 26471 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 8-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 33392 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/20/1971 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-17 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Max Anderson | 29 | RB | 5-7 | 180 | 26 | Trinity Valley CC; Arizona State | 6 | |
| John Baker | 71 | DE | 6-5 | 260 | 29 | Virginia Union; Norfolk State | 7 | |
| Mike Blum | 70 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan | 14 | |
| Al Brenner | 25 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Claude Brumfield | OG | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Tennessee State | 2 | ||
| Dave Buchanan | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 200 | 23 | Arizona State | 9 | |
| Ed Chalupka | 58 | OG | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | North Carolina | 10 | |
| Gord Christian | 72 | OE | 6-4 | 228 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 75 | OE | 6-0 | 195 | 35 | West Texas A&M | 14 | |
| Bill Danychuk | 55 | OG-OT | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Tennessee | 14 | |
| Doug Dersch | 54 | LB-OT | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | Calgary | 14 | |
| Dave Fleming | 21 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| Wally Gabler | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan | 8 | |
| Tony Gabriel | 77 | OE | 6-4 | 209 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | |
| Garney Henley | 26 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 36 | South Dakota State; Huron | 14 | |
| Emery Hicks | 47 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Kansas | 9 | |
| Jon Hohman | 57 | OG | 6-1 | 243 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | |
| Max Huber | OT | 6-3 | 252 | 26 | Brigham Young | 5 | ||
| Bobby Hudspeth | 60 | OT | 6-3 | 275 | 26 | Kansas; Southern Illinois | 6 | |
| Gary Inskeep | 71 | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Wisconsin-Stout | 14 | |
| Paul Johnson | 20 | DB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Penn State | 4 | |
| Jim Kates | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | ||
| Bob Krouse | 14 | LB | 6-1 | 193 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| John Manel | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Kansas State | 11 | |
| Paul McKay | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Seth Miller | 19 | DB | 6-4 | 207 | 23 | Arizona State | 3 | |
| Doug Mitchell | 66 | OT-C | 6-2 | 240 | 29 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Angelo Mosca | 68 | DT | 6-4 | 272 | 34 | Notre Dame; Wyoming | 14 | |
| Rock Perdoni | 61 | DT | 5-11 | 238 | 24 | Ferrum JC; Georgia Tech | 7 | |
| Greg Perez | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | ||
| Wayne Philbrick | 46 | DT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | none | 2 | |
| Lewis Porter | 24 | FL | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Southern University | 8 | |
| Frank Quayle | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Virginia | 2 | ||
| John Reid | 48 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Glen Schapansky | DL | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | none | 4 | ||
| Bob Steiner | 69 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Gerry Sternberg | 33 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Toronto | 8 | |
| Bobby Taylor | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 190 | 32 | none | 6 | |
| Ed Turek | 39 | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Buffalo; Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Larry Watkins | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 23 | Western Kentucky | 8 | |
| Dick Wesolowski | 27 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | |
| John Williams | 23 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | |
| Steve Worster | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 22 | Texas | 3 | |
| Pete Wysocki | 47 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Saul Zemaitis | 32 | HB | 5-10 | 205 | 22 | North Carolina | 14 | |
| Joe Zuger | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 212 | 31 | Arizona State | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 16 | Walter Sehr | HB | Toronto |
| 3 | 25 | Paul Zarek | FL | McMaster |
| 4 | 34 | Chuck Wakefield | E | Waterloo |
| 5 | 43 | Jim Dimitroff | FB | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| 6 | 52 | Rodger Hunter | DB | Guelph |
| 7 | 60 | Mike Chevers | E | Waterloo |
| 8 | 66 | Wayne Fox | FL | Waterloo |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 69 | 30 | 87 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 55 | 75 | 73 | 246 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 164 | 68 | 79 | 17 | 101 | 840 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 258 | 109 | 125 | 24 | 95 | 645 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 2 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | - | - | - | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 5 | 0 | 76 |
| Dave Fleming | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Zuger | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Max Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Al Brenner | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Chalupka | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gord Christian | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Wesolowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lewis Porter | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| John Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emery Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Worster | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 17 | 2 | 242 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 8 | 1 | 246 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wesolowski | 81 | 332 | 4.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 88 | 287 | 3.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Max Anderson | 72 | 267 | 3.7 | 27 | 2 |
| Dave Buchanan | 62 | 213 | 3.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Worster | 23 | 72 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Wally Gabler | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Joe Zuger | 22 | 12 | 0.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Ed Turek | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Saul Zemaitis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Manel | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 377 | 1282 | 3.4 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 434 | 2523 | 5.8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 265 | 129 | 48.7 | 117 | 1632 | 6.2 | 12.7 | 108 | 8 | 3.0 | 19 | 7.2 | 48.5 | |||
| Wally Gabler | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | 18 | 237 | 6.2 | 14.8 | 55 | 2 | 5.3 | 4 | 10.5 | 41.1 | |||
| Dave Buchanan | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 68 | 22.7 | 34.0 | 41 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 149.3 | |||
| John Manel | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 5 | 57 | 4.8 | 11.4 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 17.0 | |||
| Max Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 319 | 152 | 47.6 | 142 | 1994 | 6.3 | 13.1 | 11 | 3.4 | 25 | 7.8 | 46.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 356 | 186 | 52.2 | 139 | 2463 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 31 | 8.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 28 | 423 | 15.1 | 49 | 2 |
| Dave Fleming | 24 | 400 | 16.7 | 108 | 2 |
| Tony Gabriel | 20 | 285 | 14.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 15 | 122 | 8.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Gord Christian | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Bobby Taylor | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Garney Henley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 23 | 347 | 15.1 | 41 | 3 |
| Dave Buchanan | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Steve Worster | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 55 | 1 |
| Max Anderson | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 152 | 1994 | 13.1 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2463 | 13.2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Brenner | 9 | 178 | 19.8 | 51 | 1 |
| Garney Henley | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 29 | 1 |
| John Williams | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 83 | 1 |
| Paul McKay | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Blum | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Perez | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerry Sternberg | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 463 | 14.9 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 433 | 17.3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuger | 141 | 6840 | 48.5 | 76 | 9 | |
| Paul McKay | 7 | 316 | 45.1 | 70 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 148 | 7156 | 48.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 5350 | 40.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Turek | 65 | 266 | 4.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Paul McKay | 38 | 235 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 11 | 171 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 |
| John Williams | 0 | 53 | 30L | 0 | |
| Doug Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Perez | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 720 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 138 | 995 | 7.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mitchell | 40 | 2303 | 57.6 | 86 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 2303 | 57.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garney Henley | 11 | 252 | 22.9 | 35 | 0 |
| Lewis Porter | 9 | 238 | 26.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Dave Fleming | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Dave Buchanan | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Gabriel | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Dersch | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 853 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 716 | 19.9 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 1 |
| Mike Blum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 1 |
| Dave Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Chalupka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dersch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garney Henley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Emery Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Hohman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Inskeep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Krouse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| John Manel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Mosca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Greg Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 1 |
| Lewis Porter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Steiner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Sternberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Turek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wesolowski | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| John Williams | 0 | 00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saul Zemaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Zuger | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 298 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 14 | 14 |
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