1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

2nd place Eastern Division 9-8-1 .528

Head Coach: Al Bruno

Mike Faragalli	Co-Offensive Coordinator
Frank North	Special Teams
John Salavantis	Co-Offensive Coordinator
Ted Schmitz	Co-Defensive Coordinator
Rich Stubler	Co-Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Wed	6/11/1986	H	Toronto Argonauts	21-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	17750
Wed	6/18/1986	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	16-23	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13621
Thu	6/26/1986	A	Toronto Argonauts	20-21	L		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	23100
Thu	7/3/1986	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	2-18	L		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	15877
Sat	7/12/1986	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28-11	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	13664
Fri	7/18/1986	A	Calgary Stampeders	21-23	L		Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26201
Fri	7/25/1986	H	British Columbia Lions	21-36	L		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	16462
Thu	8/7/1986	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30-36	L		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25982
Sat	8/16/1986	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-21	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	14907
Thu	8/21/1986	A	Montreal Alouettes	28-23	W		Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	12158
Mon	9/1/1986	H	Montreal Alouettes	42-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	23185
Sun	9/7/1986	A	Toronto Argonauts	23-25	L		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	28531
Sun	9/14/1986	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21-21	T	OT	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	18565
Sun	9/21/1986	H	Calgary Stampeders	20-15	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	15105
Sat	9/27/1986	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	31-11	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17192
Sat	10/4/1986	H	Edmonton Eskimos	23-24	L		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	17352
Fri	10/10/1986	A	Edmonton Eskimos	9-28	L		Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	38385
Sat	10/18/1986	A	British Columbia Lions	23-17	W		Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	40127
Sun	10/26/1986	H	Toronto Argonauts	20-10	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	24430
Fri	11/7/1986	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	20-19	W		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	14101
Sun	11/16/1986	H	Toronto Argonauts	17-31	L		Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	23126	Eastern Final #1
Sun	11/23/1986	A	Toronto Argonauts	42-25	W		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32041	Eastern Final #2
Sun	11/30/1986	N	Edmonton Eskimos	39-15	W		Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	59621	Grey Cup

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
	Calvin Adams	CB	5-9	170	24	East Carolina	4
63	Marv Allemang	C	6-3	255	33	Acadia	18
	Romel Andrews	DE	6-5	255	23	Tennessee-Martin	4
34	Walt Bender	RB	5-11	195	25	Tabor; Kent State	12
27	Paul Bennett	S	5-10	195	32	Wilfrid Laurier	18
14	Gerald Bess	CB	6-0	188	28	Tuskegee	2
51	Pat Brady	C-OG-OT	6-1	240	26	Western Ontario	18
15	Less Browne	CB	5-11	170	27	Colorado State	17
1	Tony Champion	WR	6-3	240	23	Tennessee-Martin	18
77	Grover Covington	DE	6-2	235	30	Johnson C. Smith	15
	Mike Derks	C	6-5	285	24	Cincinnati	1
23	Rocky DiPietro	SB	6-3	210	30	Ottawa	16
72	Leo Ezerins	OLB	6-4	225	30	Whitworth	18
16	Howard Fields	DH	5-10	190	28	Baylor	18
41	Greg Gary	LB	6-1	221	28	Fullerton State	7
39	Ed Gataveckas	MLB-OLB	6-0	215	29	Acadia	18
66	Miles Gorrell	LOT	6-7	285	31	Ottawa	18
32	Dave Graffi	FB	6-0	220	27	Wilfrid Laurier	4
4	Ken Hobart	QB	6-0	210	25	Lewis & Clark; Idaho	18
30	Dan Huclack	FB	6-2	205	29	Simon Fraser	13
75	Ron Ingram	WR	5-10	168	27	Oklahoma State	5
74	Steve Jackson	SB	6-3	230	25	Guelph	18
2	Mike Kerrigan	QB	6-3	205	26	Northwestern	18
17	Wayne Lee	SB	6-1	195	27	Ottawa	18
37	Terry Lehne	DH-S	5-11	185	27	Saskatchewan	18
64	Leon Lyszkiewicz	DT	6-4	240	31	Alberta	5
62	John Malinosky	OT	6-5	260	31	Michigan State	18
79	Mark Napiorkowski	DT-DE	6-4	240	24	British Columbia	16
26	Don Newman	SB	6-1	190	29	Louisiana State; Grambling State; Idaho	2
3	Paul Osbaldiston	K-P	6-3	210	22	Montana Western	9	0
8	Tom Porras	QB	6-2	200	28	Ventura JC; Washington	18
65	Mitchell Price	DE	6-3	260	25	West Alabama	15
36	John Priestner	LB	6-2	230	28	Western Ontario	3
58	Jason Riley	LOG	6-3	260	28	British Columbia	18
43	Frank Robinson	OLB	6-0	204	27	Tulane	13
19	Junior Robinson	DB	6-0	186	25	Guelph	2
33	Mike Robinson	OLB	6-3	235	26	Utah State	14
10	Bernie Ruoff	P-K	6-0	185	35	Syracuse	9	0
56	Dale Sanderson	ROT	6-3	260	25	Tennessee	18
67	Ralph Scholz	ROG	6-5	270	25	Cornell	10
19	Johnny Shepherd	RB	5-10	185	29	Liberty; West Alabama	2
28	Lance Shields	CB	6-0	178	26	Drake	13
59	Rod Skillman	DT	6-3	260	26	Missouri	16
80	Steve Stapler	WR-P	5-11	165	28	San Diego State	17
20	Mark Streeter	DH	6-0	190	29	Youngstown State; North Iowa Area CC; Arizona	18
	Brian Strong	OL	6-5	260	25	Montana State	4
50	Lance Thompson	DL	6-2	220	24	Carleton	1
35	Jed Tommy	FB	6-0	230	24	Guelph	17
61	Mike Walker	DT	6-2	250	27	Washington State	18
21	Kenny Zachary	RB	6-0	222	23	Oklahoma State	4
31	Ben Zambiasi	MLB	6-1	206	30	Georgia	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	8	Jeff Watson	OT	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)
3	26	Greg Reynard	DL	Montana Western
4	35	Rick Lococo	C	York
5	44	Peter Curwin	DE	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)
6	53	Mike Jellema	LB	Simon Fraser
7	62	Steve Pozzobon	DE-LB	Cornell
8	71	Paul Clatney	DB	McMaster

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	102	128	106	66	3
Opponents Totals	62	107	108	86	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		344	122	194	28	149	1230
Opponents Totals		335

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Paul Osbaldiston	0	16	16	100.0	0	0	23	30	76.7	7	0	92
Bernie Ruoff	0	19	19	100.0	0	0	16	25	64.0	9	0	76
Walter Bender	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	48
Tony Champion	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	36
Ken Hobart	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	36
Steve Stapler	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	0	32
Rocky DiPietro	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	24
Dan Huclack	1	2	3	66.7	0	0	1	3	33.3	2	0	13
Wayne Lee	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Mark Streeter	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Kenny Zachary	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Less Browne	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Mark Napiorkowski	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	38	37	38	97.4	0	0	40	58	69.0	20	0	405
Opponents Totals	30											366

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter Bender	162	618	3.8	32	8
Ken Hobart	82	593	7.2	35	6
Kenny Zachary	59	275	4.7	34	2
Jed Tommy	42	139	3.3	8	0
Mike Kerrigan	25	81	3.2	16	0
Dan Huclack	10	36	3.6	7	0
Johnny Shepherd	8	28	3.5	7	0
Dave Graffi	7	21	3.0	8	0
Tony Champion	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	5	5.0	5	0
Tom Porras	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Stapler	2	-15	-7.5	-10	0
Team Totals	400	1789	4.5		16
Opponents Totals	363	1564	4.3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	RTG
Mike Kerrigan	424	242	57.1	163	3193	7.5	13.2	75	16	3.8	19	4.5		74.9
Ken Hobart	217	104	47.9	107	1062	4.9	10.2	52	2	.9.0	6	2.8		54.0
Tom Porras	1	1	100.0	0	16	16.0	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0		118.8
Tony Champion	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0
Paul Osbaldiston	1	1	100.0	0	-8	-8.0	-8.0	-8	0	0.0	0	0.0		79.2
Team Totals	645	348	54.0	271	4263	6.6	12.3		18	2.8	26	4.0		67.1
Opponents Totals	665	367	55.2	255	4732	7.1	12.9				43	6.5	77

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky DiPietro	86	1087	12.6	47	4
Tony Champion	74	1216	16.4	75	6
Steve Stapler	62	861	13.9	51	5
Wayne Lee	46	564	12.3	36	2
Walter Bender	26	167	6.4	23	0
Kenny Zachary	12	116	9.7	24	0
Jed Tommy	12	57	4.8	10	0
Steve Jackson	8	65	8.1	18	0
Ron Ingram	8	48	6.0	9	0
Dan Huclack	6	31	5.2	14	1
Dave Graffi	4	47	11.8	16	0
Johnny Shepherd	3	1	.3.0	2	0
Don Newman	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	348	4263	12.3		18
Opponents Totals	367	4732	12.9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark Streeter	9	207	23.0	52	2
Less Browne	8	128	16.0	42	1
Lance Shields	8	37	4.6	16	0
Howard Fields	6	118	19.7	50	0
Leo Ezerins	3	8	2.7	8	0
Ben Zambiasi	2	48	24.0	29	0
Calvin Adams	2	34	17.0	32	0
Frank Robinson	2	29	14.5	28	0
Paul Bennett	2	10	5.0	10	0
Leon Lyszkiewicz	1	0	0.0	0	0
Romel Andrews	0	6		6L	0
Team Totals	43	625	14.5		3
Opponents Totals	26	449	17.3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	82	3506	42.8	68	-
Steve Stapler	64	2606	40.7	78	-
Paul Osbaldiston	27	1056	39.1	59	-
Paul Bennett	1	19	19.0	19	-
Team Totals	174	7187	41.3		-
Opponents Totals					-	1221

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Bennett	91	728	8.0	32	0
Wayne Lee	40	351	8.8	76	0
Less Browne	1	111	111.0	47	0
Mike Robinson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Howard Fields	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ben Zambiasi	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tony Champion	1	5	5.0	5	0
Terry Lehne	2	3	1.5	3	0
Leo Ezerins	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	139	1221	8.8		0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Paul Osbaldiston	39	2095	53.7	66	0
Bernie Ruoff	35	2043	58.4	70	0
Steve Jackson	1	43	43.0	43	0
Dan Huclack	1	39	39.0	39	0
Ken Hobart	1	35	35.0	35	0
Team Totals	77	4255	55.3
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Less Browne	20	520	26.0	61	0
Howard Fields	20	394	19.7	35	0
Walter Bender	11	259	23.5	32	0
Tony Champion	10	233	23.3	43	0
Steve Stapler	4	64	16.0	20	0
Wayne Lee	4	63	15.8	22	0
Kenny Zachary	2	38	19.0	21	0
Terry Lehne	2	25	12.5	15	0
Don Newman	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team Totals	74	1615	21.8		0
Opponents Totals

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Walker	21.0
Grover Covington	18.0
Rod Skillman	9.0
Mitchell Price	7.0
Ben Zambiasi	4.0
Frank Robinson	4.0
Mark Streeter	2.0
Romel Andrews	2.0
Ed Gataveckas	1.0
Leo Ezerins	1.0
Less Browne	1.0
Team Totals	77.0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Calvin Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romel Andrews	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Walter Bender	4	3	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Bennett	2	1	0	3	3	0	0
Pat Brady	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Less Browne	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Champion	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Grover Covington	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Rocky DiPietro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gary	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Ken Hobart	3	2	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Kerrigan	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Lee	3	3	1	0	1	0	0
Terry Lehne	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Napiorkowski	0	0	0	3	3	0	1
Bernie Ruoff	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Stapler	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jed Tommy	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Walker	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Kenny Zachary	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Zambiasi	0	0	0	2	2	15	0
Team Totals	29	21	8	14	22	20	1
Opponents Totals		14		21	21