1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

1st place Eastern Division 11-4-1 .719

Head Coach: Frank Kush

Art Asselta	Assistant Coach
Gunther Cunningham	Assistant Coach
Hal Hunter	Offensive Coordinator
Bud Riley	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	6/7/1981	A	Montreal Alouettes	27-21	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	21742
Sat	6/13/1981	H	Toronto Argonauts	3-15	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	13000
Thu	6/18/1981	A	Toronto Argonauts	23-16	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30011
Sat	6/27/1981	H	Montreal Alouettes	24-38	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	16604
Sun	7/5/1981	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33-23	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21219
Sat	7/11/1981	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	47-10	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	22345
Fri	7/17/1981	A	Calgary Stampeders	6-26	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	30812
Sat	7/25/1981	H	Toronto Argonauts	57-13	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30022
Sat	8/1/1981	A	Edmonton Eskimos	5-41	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	43346
Sat	8/8/1981	H	Calgary Stampeders	28-16	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20270
Sun	8/16/1981	A	British Columbia Lions	37-23	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	30616
Sat	8/29/1981	H	Montreal Alouettes	16-11	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27180
Mon	9/7/1981	H	Edmonton Eskimos	34-34	T	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30121
Sat	9/12/1981	A	Montreal Alouettes	26-10	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	27720
Sun	9/20/1981	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25-13	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	24130
Sat	9/26/1981	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	30-16	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20451
Sun	10/4/1981	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30-26	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	29458
Mon	10/12/1981	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-28	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27149
Sun	10/25/1981	H	British Columbia Lions	7-34	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20113
Sat	10/31/1981	A	Toronto Argonauts	21-11	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30615
Eastern Final
Sun	11/15/1981	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-17	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	28104

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
	Jerry Anderson	DB	5-11	187	28	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	1
1	Keith Baker	WR	5-10	185	24	Texas A&M; Texas Southern	16
57	Greg Barrow	OG-OT	6-4	265	24	Florida; Western Ontario; Florida	5
14	Gerald Bess	DB	6-0	188	23	Tuskegee	3
41	Jack Blair	LB	6-1	192	25	none	13
52	John Blake	OG	6-6	260	29	San Jose State	16
22	Mark Bragagnolo	RB	6-1	215	26	Toronto	13
74	Ecomet Burley	DT	5-10	240	27	Texas Tech	14
25	Maurice Burton	CB	5-10	170	23	Morgan State	1
47	Carm Carteri	OLB	6-2	216	25	Montana	16
39	Lou Clare	LB	6-1	225	31	Minnesota	3
2	Tom Clements	QB	5-10	185	28	Notre Dame	16
	Phil Colwell	RB	6-1	195	25	Wilfrid Laurier	2
66	Grover Covington	DE	6-2	235	25	Johnson C. Smith	16
24	Rufus Crawford	RB	5-10	180	26	Virginia State	13
23	Rocky DiPietro	SB	6-3	210	25	Ottawa	16
16	Howard Fields	DB	5-10	190	23	Baylor	15
54	Ross Francis	OG	6-3	255	24	Queen's	16
59	Ed Fulton	OT	6-3	250	26	Maryland	16
39	Ed Gataveckas	LB	6-0	215	24	Acadia	16
32/58	Dave Graffi	FB-OL	6-0	220	22	Wilfrid Laurier	16
26	David Green	FB	5-10	200	28	Chowan JC; Edinboro	6
	York Hentschel	DT	6-3	250	28		2
63	Rick Kalvaitis	DT	6-4	235	23	Wilfrid Laurier	15
8	Dave Marler	DB	6-1	195	26	Mississippi College; Mississippi State	16
56	Alan Moffat	OG	6-4	265	29	Ottawa	12
69	Jim Muller	DT	6-3	215	24	Queen's	16
30	Emil Nielsen	DB	5-10	179	28	Simon Fraser	16
60	Steve Parker	DE	6-3	262	23	Triton JC; Eastern Illinois	4
34	Gord Paterson	SB	5-11	185	31	Manitoba	16
27	Leroy Paul	CB	5-10	185	24	Texas Southern	13
71	Leif Pettersen	WR	6-2	183	31	Otterbein	16
36	John Priestner	MLB	6-2	230	23	Western Ontario	16
68	Jim Ramey	DE	6-4	247	24	Kentucky	12
10	Bernie Ruoff	P-K	6-0	185	30	Syracuse	16	0
37	David Shaw	DB	6-0	180	28	Prairie View A&M	16
70	Kerry Smith	WR	5-10	168	27	none	14
3	Steve Stapler	WR	5-11	165	23	San Diego State	15
	Ed Szpytma	OT	6-5	240	26	McMaster	1
55	Bob Van Duyne	OT	6-4	250	29	Idaho	16
50	Henry Waszczuk	C	6-0	230	31	Kent State	16
	Bernard West	LB	6-0	225	23	North Texas	2
6	Harold Woods	DB	5-10	177	26	Potomac State; West Virginia	15
28	Preston Young	DB	6-0	180	27	Simon Fraser	16
31	Ben Zambiasi	OLB	6-1	206	25	Georgia	14

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Bill Howard	C	Western Ontario

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	26	Jeff Arp	OG	Western Ontario
4	35	Rob Sommerville	DB	Waterloo
5	44	Rick Maloney	TE	Western Ontario
6	53	Ian Troop	OG	Wilfrid Laurier
7	62	Bill Paul	RB	Sheridan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	56	163	71	124
Opponents Totals	63	88	68	116

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		309	62	232	15	146	1224
Opponents Totals		283	89	170	24	106	889

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bernie Ruoff	0	40	40	100.0	0		29	46	63.0	25	0	152
Keith Baker	11	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	66
Leif Pettersen	7	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	42
Rocky DiPietro	6	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	36
Steve Stapler	4	0	0		1		0	0		0	0	26
Rufus Crawford	4	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	24
Mark Bragagnolo	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	12
David Green	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	12
Leroy Paul	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	12
Tom Clements	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Dave Graffi	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Kerry Smith	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Harold Woods	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Ben Zambiasi	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
John Priestner	0	0	0		1		0	0		0	0	2
Team Totals	43	40	40	100.0	2	3	29	46	63.0	25	0	414
Opponents Totals	32	28			2		32	38	84.2	11	2	335

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rufus Crawford	109	400	3.7	35	4
Mark Bragagnolo	73	278	3.8	16	2
David Green	66	208	3.2	16	2
Tom Clements	32	178	5.6	26	1
Dave Graffi	21	89	4.2	14	1
Bernie Ruoff	2	20	10.0	10	0
Keith Baker	3	2	0.7	7	0
Phil Colwell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Stapler	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Team Totals	308	1162	3.8		10
Opponents Totals	322	1502	4.7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	RTG
Tom Clements	523	301	57.6	199	4536	8.7	15.1	81	27	5.2	23	4.4		85.1
Dave Marler	32	13	40.6	17	165	5.2	12.7	25	2	6.3	2	6.3		52.2
Leif Pettersen	2	2	100.0	0	31	15.5	15.5	26	0	0.0	0	0.0		118.8
Keith Baker	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Team Totals	558	316	56.6	217	4732	8.5	15.0		29	5.2	25	4.5		83.3
Opponents Totals	527	294	55.8	207	3863	7.3	13.1				26	4.9	39

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Baker	68	1218	17.9	81	11
Rocky DiPietro	59	868	14.7	42	6
Rufus Crawford	49	607	12.4	36	0
Steve Stapler	48	903	18.8	74	4
Leif Pettersen	27	415	15.4	48	7
Mark Bragagnolo	22	242	11.0	34	0
Gord Paterson	20	283	14.2	29	0
Dave Graffi	9	68	7.6	32	0
David Green	8	66	8.3	18	0
Kerry Smith	4	62	15.5	28	1
John Priestner	1	5	5.0	5	0
Henry Waszczuk	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	316	4732	15.0		29
Opponents Totals	294	3863	13.1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harold Woods	6	97	16.2	23	0
Leroy Paul	5	58	11.6	32	0
Preston Young	4	57	14.3	24	0
David Shaw	3	73	24.3	37	0
Ben Zambiasi	3	59	19.7	52	1
John Priestner	2	31	15.5	31	0
Howard Fields	2	7	3.5	7	0
Gerald Bess	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	26	382	14.7		1
Opponents Totals	25	308	12.3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	131	5947	45.4	71	-
Team Totals	131	5947	45.4		-	1116	5505	37.7
Opponents Totals	142	6367	44.8		-	1021	5346	37.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Stapler	40	383	9.6	36	0
David Shaw	24	271	11.3	101	0
Howard Fields	32	237	7.4	25	0
Keith Baker	9	80	8.9	50	0
Rufus Crawford	8	33	4.1	15	0
Kerry Smith	1	9	9.0	9	0
Emil Nielsen	0	8		8L	0
Team Totals	114	1021	9.0		0
Opponents Totals	114	1116	9.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	69	4226	61.2	90	4
Team Totals	69	4226	61.2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Stapler	18	450	25.0	59	0
Howard Fields	9	198	22.0	30	0
Rufus Crawford	8	127	15.9	29	0
Harold Woods	4	92	23.0	28	0
Rocky DiPietro	3	12	4.0	6	0
Dave Graffi	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leif Pettersen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Preston Young	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leroy Paul	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Team Totals	46	869	18.9		0
Opponents Totals	60	1420	23.7

SACKS	NO	YDS
Grover Covington	16.0
Ecomet Burley	7.5
Jim Ramey	5.0
Ben Zambiasi	4.0
Jim Muller	3.5
Rick Kalvaitis	1.0
York Hentschel	1.0
John Priestner	0.5
Steve Parker	0.5
Team Totals	39.0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jerry Anderson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Blake	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Bragagnolo	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
Ecomet Burley	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Carm Carteri	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tom Clements	5	2	1	0	1	0	0
Grover Covington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rufus Crawford	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky DiPietro	3	0	2	0	2	0	0
Howard Fields	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
David Green	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Muller	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
Emil Nielsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gord Paterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Paul	1	1	0	1	1	55	2
Leif Pettersen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Priestner	0	0	0	3	3	12	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Shaw	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
Steve Stapler	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Henry Waszczuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bernard West	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harold Woods	1	1	0	1	1	98	1
Preston Young	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ben Zambiasi	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	20	13	7	22	29	187	3
Opponents Totals		22		13	13