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1959 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)

1st place • 10-4-0 .714

1959 CFL • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Jim Trimble

Jack Jacobs	Backfield
Ralph Sazio	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	7/28/1959	H	British Columbia Lions	6-15	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	10000
Thu	8/6/1959	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8-5	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18073
Tue	8/18/1959	H	Montreal Alouettes	22-16	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	22126
Fri	8/21/1959	A	Toronto Argonauts	16-7	W		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	28000
Sat	8/29/1959	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	34-10	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	17266
Mon	9/7/1959	H	Toronto Argonauts	37-3	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	24425
Sat	9/12/1959	A	Montreal Alouettes	21-27	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	26218
Wed	9/16/1959	H	Montreal Alouettes	25-13	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	24759
Sun	9/20/1959	A	Toronto Argonauts	34-17	W		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	27883
Sat	9/26/1959	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	23-14	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	19837
Sat	10/3/1959	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	7-9	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	20012
Sat	10/10/1959	A	Toronto Argonauts	13-7	W		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	26223
Mon	10/12/1959	H	Toronto Argonauts	20-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	22068
Sat	10/17/1959	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	16-17	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16000
Sat	10/24/1959	H	Montreal Alouettes	16-0	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15500
Sat	10/31/1959	A	Montreal Alouettes	14-15	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	21817
IRFU Final #1
Sat	11/14/1959	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	5-17	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18926
IRFU Final #2
Sat	11/21/1959	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	21-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	20000
Grey Cup
Sat	11/28/1959	N	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7-21	L		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33133

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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
John Barrow	61	OT	6-2	255	24	Florida	13
Eddie Bell	77	LB	6-1	212	28	Pennsylvania	14
Eddie Bevan	51	G	5-9	220	33	none	13
Max Boydston	76	OE	6-2	210	27	Oklahoma	2
Len Chandler	70	DB	5-8	165	25		14
Ernie Danjean	54	LB	6-0	230	25	Auburn	13
Bobby Dawson	89	QB	5-10	161	27	none	14
Paul Dekker	75	OE	6-5	220	28	Michigan State	14
Geno DeNobile	55	OG	6-0	223	27		10
Tom Dublinski	9	QB	6-2	197	29	Utah	4
Bernie Faloney	92	QB-P	6-0	195	27	Maryland	14
Cam Fraser	71	E-P	6-2	215	27	none	14
Jim Fraser	45	C-LB-P	6-3	236	23	Wisconsin	1
Howard Glenn		OT	6-0	225	25	Linfield	1
Ralph Goldston	80	CB	5-11	195	30	Indiana; Youngstown State	14
Billy Graham	83	HB	5-7	167	24	none	6
Tommy Grant	86	HB	5-11	195	24	none	12
Ron Howell	82	FW-DB	6-0	185	24	none	14
Gene Jones	72	OE	6-0	200	23	Rice	3
Zeno Karcz	85	OHB	5-11	200	24	Michigan	13
Dale Klassen	65	T	6-2	220	24		3
Harry Lampman	73	OE	6-3	225	32	Queen's	7
Mal Laughton	87	QB-LB	5-11	195	20		2
Bill MacDougall	56	G	6-1	220	21	none	3
Eddie Macon	90	DB	6-0	177	32	Pacific	1
Don Maynard	78	HB	6-0	180	24	Rice; Texas-El Paso	1
Gerry McDougall	95	HB	6-2	225	24	Long Beach CC; UCLA	14
Chet Miksza	46	C-K	6-2	231	29	none	14
Angelo Mosca	62	T	6-4	272	22	Notre Dame; Wyoming	13
Bronko Nagurski	60	T	6-2	225	22	Notre Dame	12
Pete Neumann	74	DE	5-11	210	29	none	14
Steve Oneschuk	81	LB	5-10	177	30	Toronto	10
Don Paquette	52	DE	5-11	225	20	none	14
Billy Reynolds	88	HB	5-11	195	28	Pittsburgh	8
Joe Sardo	72	OE	6-0	200	22		3
Don Schaefer	96	FB	5-11	195	25	Notre Dame	1
Vince Scott	53	MG	5-8	215	37	Notre Dame	13
Dave Suminski	64	OG-DG	5-11	230	28	Wisconsin	14
Jim Taylor	44	LB	6-2	232	25	Baylor	14
Duane Wood	84/94	S-OHB	6-1	196	22	Oklahoma State	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Tim Reid	HB	Toronto
1	5	Dave Bates	T	McMaster
1	8	Bob Aitchison	C	McMaster
2	13	Mitch Wasek	T	Queen's
2	17	Jerry t	T	McMaster
3	22	Nick Sopinka	QB	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	48	125	51	74	298
Opponents Totals	29	10	62	61	162

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		241	90	130	21	111	989
Opponents Totals		267	114	129	24	94	810

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Ron Howell	10	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	60
Gerry McDougall	8	2	5	40.0			-	1	4	25.0	1	0	54
Steve Oneschuk	0	26	31	83.9			-	3	8	37.5	4	0	39
Paul Dekker	5	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	30
Bernie Faloney	3	0	0				-	0	0		5	0	23
Tommy Grant	3	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	18
Billy Reynolds	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Duane Wood	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Cam Fraser	0	0	0				-	0	0		9	0	9
Eddie Bell	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Ralph Goldston	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Gene Jones	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Zeno Karcz	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Harry Lampman	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Chet Miksza	0	0	2	0.0			-	1	1	100.0	0	0	3
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	4	8
Team Totals	38	28	38	73.7	5	13	38.5	19	4	298
Opponents Totals	21	17	21	81.0	4	8	50.0	7	0	162

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gerry McDougall	230	1010	4.4	70	7
Bernie Faloney	61	300	4.9	51	3
Billy Reynolds	72	287	4.0	12	2
Duane Wood	47	237	5.0	24	0
Tommy Grant	15	70	4.7	16	0
Ralph Goldston	6	35	5.8	14	0
Tom Dublinski	4	27	6.8	15	0
Steve Oneschuk	3	15	5.0	8	0
Don Schaefer	7	12	1.7	5	0
Bobby Dawson	2	8	4.0	8	0
Ron Howell	1	7	7.0	5	0
Mal Laughton	1	4	4.0	4	0
Billy Graham	1	1	1.0	1	0
Chet Miksza	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	451	2004	4.4		12
Opponents Totals	433	2085	4.8		8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bernie Faloney	247	139	139	96	2187	8.9	15.7	86	15	6.1	12	4.9	19	178	2009	85.9
Tom Dublinski	56	34	34	19	540	9.6	15.9	45	5	8.9	3	5.4	4	26	514	100.3
Gerry McDougall	7	3	3	4	61	8.7	20.3	31	1	14.3	0	0.0	1	13	48	113.7
Bobby Dawson	9	2	2	5	16	1.8	8.0	16	0	0.0	2	22.2	1	10	6	0.0
Tommy Grant	1	1	1	0	13	13.0	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	13	118.8
Billy Reynolds	1	0	0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	321	179	55.8	124	2817	8.8	15.7		21	6.5	18	5.6		227	2590	83.6
Opponents Totals	374	194	51.9	148	2467	6.6	12.7		11	2.9	32	8.6		310	2157	46.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Dekker	35	534	15.3	39	5
Tommy Grant	29	453	15.6	45	3
Ron Howell	25	624	25.0	82	8
Gerry McDougall	24	287	12.0	35	1
Billy Reynolds	20	216	10.8	36	0
Harry Lampman	18	213	11.8	22	1
Duane Wood	13	179	13.8	41	1
Gene Jones	6	180	30.0	58	1
Zeno Karcz	3	53	17.7	23	1
Max Boydston	2	26	13.0	15	0
Billy Graham	1	16	16.0	16	0
Eddie Macon	1	16	16.0	16	0
Don Maynard	1	10	10.0	10	0
Don Schaefer	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	179	2817	15.7		21
Opponents Totals	194	2467	12.7		11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ralph Goldston	9	131	14.6	31	0
Eddie Bell	5	26	5.2	11	0
Steve Oneschuk	4	24	6.0	13	0
Duane Wood	3	72	24.0	47	1
Ernie Danjean	3	10	3.3	5	0
Len Chandler	2	17	8.5	12	0
Jim Taylor	1	15	15.0	15	0
Eddie Macon	1	13	13.0	9	0
John Barrow	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bobby Dawson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Zeno Karcz	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bernie Faloney	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	32	336	10.5		1
Opponents Totals	18	188	10.4		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Cam Fraser	125	5643	45.1	71	1	-
Bernie Faloney	12	755	62.9	84	0	-
Duane Wood	2	96	48.0	52	0	-
Ron Howell	1	25	25.0	25	0	-
Gerry McDougall	1	23	23.0	23	0	-
Team Totals	141	6542	46.4			-	963	5579	39.6
Opponents Totals	138	5273	38.2			-	1025	4248	30.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Howell	60	478	8.0	82	2
Duane Wood	51	476	9.3	40	0
Billy Reynolds	6	26	4.3	10	0
Len Chandler	2	20	10.0	8	0
Eddie Macon	2	12	6.0	12	0
Steve Oneschuk	2	4	2.0	3	0
Ralph Goldston	2	3	1.5	3	0
Tommy Grant	2	3	1.5	3	0
Cam Fraser	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	128	1025	8.0		2
Opponents Totals	134	963	7.2		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Chet Miksza	51	2477	48.6	71	0
Team Totals	51	2477	48.6
Opponents Totals	38	1931	50.8

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Duane Wood	16	301	18.8	33	0
Ron Howell	9	199	22.1	36	0
Billy Reynolds	2	53	26.5	28	0
Gerry McDougall	3	34	11.3	12	0
Billy Graham	3	22	7.3	11	0
Jim Taylor	1	11	11.0	11	0
Tommy Grant	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	38	632	16.6		0
Opponents Totals	50	998	20.0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Eddie Bell							1
Ralph Goldston							1
Team Totals	22	15	7	21	28		2
Opponents Totals		21		15	15		1

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