1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)

2nd place 7-7-0 .500

Sammy Baugh	Backfield
Ralph Sazio	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	7/31/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-27	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Wed	8/8/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	34-26	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium
Sat	8/11/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	0-7	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000
Tue	8/14/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22-10	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	10000
Wed	8/22/1956	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	21-29	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	19500
Wed	8/29/1956	A	Toronto Argonauts	18-0	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	23801
Mon	9/3/1956	H	Toronto Argonauts	31-21	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	20725
Sat	9/8/1956	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	21-0	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14514
Wed	9/12/1956	H	Toronto Argonauts	21-22	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	19153
Fri	9/14/1956	A	Toronto Argonauts	19-41	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	24118
Sat	9/22/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	14-56	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22367
Sat	9/29/1956	H	Montreal Alouettes	43-44	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	18000
Sat	10/6/1956	H	Toronto Argonauts	42-6	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15125
Mon	10/8/1956	A	Toronto Argonauts	34-29	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19046
Sat	10/13/1956	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	40-24	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16511
Sat	10/20/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	14-82	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22365
Sat	10/27/1956	H	Montreal Alouettes	50-14	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	20000
Sat	11/3/1956	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	15-17	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14042
IRFU Semi-Final
Wed	11/7/1956	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	46-21	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12121
IRFU Final #1
Sat	11/10/1956	H	Montreal Alouettes	21-30	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
IRFU Final #2
Sat	11/17/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	41-48	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22280

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
65	George Arnett	OT	6-2	240	28	McMaster	14
51	Eddie Bevan	G	5-9	220	30	none	14
76	Jack Bighead	OE	6-3	215	26	Pepperdine	8
67	Hardy Brown	LB	6-0	193	32	Southern Methodist; Tulsa	7
62	Al Carapella	T	6-0	235	29	Miami (Florida)	5
61	Russ Carroccio	T	6-1	235	25	Virginia	1
99	Tony Curcillo	QB	6-1	200	25	Ohio State	7
52	Art Darch	OG	6-1	222	24	none	1
95	Bobby Dawson	QB	5-10	161	24	none	14
75	Paul Dekker	OE	6-5	220	25	Michigan State	7
46	Geno DeNobile	OG	6-0	223	24		4
52	Gene Donaldson	OT-DT	5-9	225	26	Kentucky	13
83	Johnny Fedosoff	OHB	5-11	180	24	none	14
46	Ken Foster	LB	5-10	199	27	McMaster	2
71	Cam Fraser	FW-E	6-2	215	24	none	14
85	Cookie Gilchrist	OHB	6-3	249	21	none	14
88	Ralph Goldston	DB	5-11	195	27	Indiana; Youngstown State	8
67	Bob Golic	DE	6-3	235	25	Indiana	6
86	Tommy Grant	HB	5-11	195	21	none	14
82	Ron Howell	HB	6-0	185	21	none	4
70	John Hruska	DE	6-1	207	24		5
60	B.C. Inabinet	OT	6-6	265	22	Clemson	1
46/44	John Irvine	C-LB	6-2	220	23	Maryland	14
72	Walt Jenkins	DE-OG	6-1	223	26	Wayne State (Michigan)	6
99	Ronnie Knox	QB	6-1	198	21	California; UCLA	7
88	Lou Kusserow	HB	6-1	200	29	Columbia	1
75	Don Luft	E	6-5	220	26	Indiana	5
66	Chet Miksza	T	6-2	231	26	none	14
61	Fred Miller	OT	6-3	220	25	Santa Monica JC; Pacific	7
74	Pete Neumann	DE	5-11	210	26	none	14
45	Walt Nikorak	C	5-10	214	23	none	11
60	Jim Norman	G-T-C	6-2	248	22	none	7
81	Steve Oneschuk	HB	5-10	177	27	Toronto	14
61	Earl Putman	T	6-6	308	24	Arizona State	1
71	Ray Ramsey	E	6-2	166	35	Bradley	1
92	Tex Robinson	HB	6-2	205	24	Temple	13
72	Howard Schnellenberger	E	6-1	222	22	Kentucky	7
53	Vince Scott	DG	5-8	215	34	Notre Dame	14
77	Ralph Toohy	LB	6-0	197	30	none	13
84	Zollie Toth	FB	6-2	218	32	Louisiana State	2
87	Ray Truant	DB	5-10	185	26	Western Ontario	14
80	Hal Waggoner	HB	5-9	170	26	Little Rock JC; Tulane	14
89	Davey West	HB	5-9	175	28	none	14
90	Nobby Wirkowski	QB	5-10	175	30	Miami (Ohio)	8
62	Pete Woolley	G	5-11	225	27	none	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Don Cheeseman	FB	Toronto
2	12	Clare Sellens	G	Queen's
3	21	Don Smith	E	Toronto
4	30	Emil Bosacki	QB	McGill

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	128	100	91	64
Opponents Totals	61	116	109	99

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		290	123	152	15	103	959
Opponents Totals		345	132	190	23	82	665

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Steve Oneschuk	1	42	51	82.4	1	4	25.0	2	0	53
Ralph Goldston	8	0	0		0	0		0	0	48
Tex Robinson	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	42
Hal Waggoner	6	0	0		0	0		0	0	36
Cookie Gilchrist	5	0	0		0	0		1	0	31
Davey West	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Tony Curcillo	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
Howard Schnellenberger	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Paul Dekker	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Tommy Grant	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Ron Howell	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Don Luft	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Zollie Toth	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Ray Truant	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Cam Fraser	0	0	0		0	0		10	0	10
Jack Bighead	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Johnny Fedosoff	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Ralph Toohy	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Chet Miksza	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	1	0	1
Team Totals	54	42	54	77.8	1	5	20.0	14	0	383
Opponents Totals	54	43	54	79.6	2	4	50.0	6	2	385

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cookie Gilchrist	130	832	6.4	76	3
Tex Robinson	100	577	5.8	52	3
Tony Curcillo	39	335	8.6	34	4
Tommy Grant	37	133	3.6	12	1
Hal Waggoner	37	132	3.6	23	1
Zollie Toth	22	113	5.1	14	2
Johnny Fedosoff	22	112	5.1	15	0
Ralph Goldston	18	74	4.1	22	1
Nobby Wirkowski	10	58	5.8	14	0
Steve Oneschuk	11	41	3.7	18	0
Ronnie Knox	14	35	2.5	16	0
Lou Kusserow	7	23	3.3	5	0
Ray Truant	3	5	1.7	3	0
Ralph Toohy	0	4		4L	0
Davey West	1	1	1.0	1	0
Bobby Dawson	6	-9	-1.5		0
Team Totals	457	2466	5.4		15
Opponents Totals	474	2424	5.1		21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Tony Curcillo	152	83	54.6	49	1726	11.4	20.8	80	18	11.8	20	13.2			94.8
Nobby Wirkowski	133	73	54.9	52	999	7.5	13.7	82	11	8.3	8	6.0			81.6
Ronnie Knox	66	39	59.1	23	609	9.2	15.6	60	5	7.6	4	6.1			89.8
Bobby Dawson	15	7	46.7	8	95	6.3	13.6	23	1	6.7	0	0.0			89.6
Hal Waggoner	1	1	100.0	0	22	22.0	22.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0			118.8
Cam Fraser	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			39.6
Team Totals	368	203	55.2	133	3451	9.4	17.0		35	9.5	32	8.7	237	3214	82.6
Opponents Totals	463	252	54.4	187	4187	9.0	16.6		29	6.3	24	5.2	331	3856	84.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Dekker	27	477	17.7	61	2
Hal Waggoner	26	585	22.5	80	5
Ralph Goldston	20	397	19.9	75	7
Cookie Gilchrist	18	279	15.5	40	2
Tex Robinson	18	242	13.4	82	3
Jack Bighead	16	228	14.3	26	1
Don Luft	15	224	14.9	24	2
Howard Schnellenberger	14	184	13.1	30	2
Tommy Grant	10	236	23.6	51	1
Davey West	10	205	20.5	34	5
Ron Howell	6	105	17.5	33	2
Steve Oneschuk	5	57	11.4	24	1
Lou Kusserow	5	42	8.4	13	0
Johnny Fedosoff	4	60	15.0	27	1
Zollie Toth	4	32	8.0	11	0
Ralph Toohy	3	74	24.7	36	1
Ray Truant	2	24	12.0	13	0
Team Totals	203	3451	17.0		35
Opponents Totals	252	4187	16.6		29

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Truant	8	89	11.1	30	1
Tex Robinson	3	79	26.3	32	1
Hal Waggoner	3	11	3.7	11	0
Bobby Dawson	2	52	26.0	27	0
Johnny Fedosoff	2	17	8.5	17	0
John Irvine	2	14	7.0	10	0
Cookie Gilchrist	2	7	3.5	6	0
Steve Oneschuk	1	29	29.0	29	0
Ralph Goldston	1	27	27.0	27	0
Team Totals	24	325	13.5		2
Opponents Totals	32	216	6.8		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Cam Fraser	121	5566	46.0	77	0	-
Ronnie Knox	2	78	39.0	46	0	-
Team Totals	123	5644	45.9			-	941	4703	38.2
Opponents Totals	123	4938	40.1			-	875	4063	33.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Johnny Fedosoff	49	386	7.9	31
Davey West	35	300	8.6	37
Ron Howell	14	107	7.6	26
Bobby Dawson	11	77	7.0	17
Tommy Grant	0	5		5L
Ray Truant	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	110	875	8.0
Opponents Totals	116	941	8.1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cookie Gilchrist	15	344	22.9	41	0
Tommy Grant	17	333	19.6	60	0
Hal Waggoner	10	238	23.8	52	0
Davey West	7	124	17.7	28	0
Steve Oneschuk	6	61	10.2	13	0
Tex Robinson	3	44	14.7	22	0
Johnny Fedosoff	3	43	14.3	22	0
Zollie Toth	2	41	20.5	22	0
Ron Howell	1	38	38.0	28	0
Ralph Goldston	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	66	1266	19.2		0
Opponents Totals	63	1269	20.1		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Howard Schnellenberger						1
Ray Truant						1
Team Totals	55	31	24	30	54	2
Opponents Totals		30		31	31	2