1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/14/1953	H	Calgary Stampeders	18-19	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12500
Mon	8/17/1953	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	10000
Sat	8/22/1953	H	Canadian All-Stars/Sarnia Imperials	36-5	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	13500
Sat	8/29/1953	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	14-10	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Mon	9/7/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	14-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17000
Fri	9/11/1953	A	Montreal Alouettes	0-17	L	Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	13215
Wed	9/16/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	20-21	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium
Sat	9/19/1953	A	Toronto Argonauts	12-9	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	20382
Sat	9/26/1953	H	Montreal Alouettes	20-15	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
Sat	10/3/1953	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	6-31	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	15500
Sat	10/10/1953	A	Toronto Argonauts	26-0	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium
Mon	10/12/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	12-30	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	19069
Sat	10/17/1953	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	33-24	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13500
Sat	10/24/1953	A	Toronto Argonauts	5-17	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19437
Sat	10/31/1953	H	Montreal Alouettes	31-18	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17000
Sun	11/8/1953	A	Montreal Alouettes	18-31	L	Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	12085
Sat	11/14/1953	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	18-8	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	18000
IRFU Final #1
Wed	11/18/1953	H	Montreal Alouettes	37-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	16000
IRFU Final #2
Sun	11/22/1953	A	Montreal Alouettes	22-11	W	Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	18070
Grey Cup
Sat	11/28/1953	N	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12-6	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	27313

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
45	Quincy Armstrong	LB	6-3	231	25	North Texas	8
81	Roy Bailey	HB	5-8	200	30	Tulane	10
89	Al Baldwin	E	6-2	205	30	Arkansas	5
72	Don Beatty	DE	6-3	197	23	Western Ontario	14
46	Bill Berezowski	LB	6-2	215	25	McMaster	14
51	Eddie Bevan	DG	5-9	220	27	none	14
56	Buster Brown	T-G	6-0	210	23	McMaster; McGill	12
83	Dick Brown	DB	5-10	170	27	Toronto	14
94	Bob Celeri	QB	5-10	180	26	California	1
60	Bobby Cross	T	6-4	248	22	Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State	11
99	Bernie Custis	HB-QB	6-0	183	24	Syracuse	13
52	Art Darch	OG	6-1	222	22	none	14
89	Bobby Dawson	HB	5-10	161	21	none	9
34	Louie DiFrancesco	T	5-10	208	29		1
66	Dunc Ellis	T	5-11	225	23	Toronto	1
71	Cam Fraser	FW-K	6-2	215	21	none	13
84	Bob Garside	LB	6-2	210	24	Toronto	3
42	Jake Gaudaur	C	6-2	220	33	none	14
93	Billy Graham	HB	5-7	167	18	none	4
85	Billy Joe Grimes	HB	6-1	195	26	Oklahoma State	3
84	Merle Hapes	HB	5-10	190	34	Mississippi	14
97	Stan Heath	QB	6-1	190	26	Wisconsin; Nevada-Reno	1
88	Lou Kusserow	DB	6-1	200	26	Columbia	12
88	Auburn Lambeth	QB	6-1	200	23	Davidson	2
73	Tip Logan	E	6-1	194	26	Queen's	12
78	Gerry MacTaggart	E	6-3	187	22	McMaster	12
75	Vince Mazza	OT-DT	6-1	216	28	none	14
76	Chet Miksza	FW	6-2	231	23	none	8
65	Alex Muzyka	T-G	5-11	208	24	none	13
74	Pete Neumann	DE	5-11	210	23	none	14
82	Chuck Niven	HB	5-9	188	21	Duke	1
70	Vito Ragazzo	OE	6-3	200	26	William & Mary	13
45	Ralph Sazio	T	6-1	220	31	William & Mary	1
53	Vince Scott	DG	5-8	215	31	Notre Dame	14
72	Joe Shinn	E	5-10	187	23	Little Rock JC; Tulane	1
95	Butch Songin	QB	6-2	205	29	Boston College	9
77	Ralph Toohy	LB	6-0	197	27	none	14
87	Ray Truant	DB	5-10	185	23	Western Ontario	14
80	Hal Waggoner	HB	5-9	170	23	Little Rock JC; Tulane	3
54	Pete Woolley	G	5-11	225	24	none	12

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	41	64	61	63
Opponents Totals	57	58	47	81

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Tip Logan	3	32	32	100.0		-	4			2	0	61
Lou Kusserow	10	0	0			-	0			0	0	50
Bernie Custis	5	0	0			-	0			0	1	27
Roy Bailey	3	0	0			-	0			0	0	15
Cam Fraser	1	0	0			-	0			10	0	15
Ralph Toohy	2	0	0			-	0			0	0	10
Don Beatty	1	0	0			-	0			0	1	7
Quincy Armstrong	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Dick Brown	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Billy Joe Grimes	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Auburn Lambeth	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Vito Ragazzo	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Joe Shinn	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Hal Waggoner	1	0	0			-	0			0	0	5
Merle Hapes	0	0	0			-	0			5	0	5
Pete Neumann	0	0	0			-	0			0	1	2
(Team)	0	0	0			-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	32	32	32	100.0	4		17	4	229
Opponents Totals	36	31	36	86.1	6		10	2	243