1968 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

3rd place Eastern Conference 6-7-1 .464

Head Coach: Joe Restic

Al Bruno	Assistant Coach
Ray Malavasi	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	7/15/1968	H	British Columbia Lions	24-22	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium
Thu	7/18/1968	A	Toronto Argonauts	23-35	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	22023
Thu	7/25/1968	A	Montreal Alouettes	15-34	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	15000
Thu	8/1/1968	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-53	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	23739
Sat	8/10/1968	H	Montreal Alouettes	31-25	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	19785
Sat	8/17/1968	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	9-3	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	24393
Wed	8/28/1968	A	Montreal Alouettes	21-23	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	23500
Mon	9/2/1968	H	Toronto Argonauts	15-18	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	27153
Sun	9/8/1968	A	Toronto Argonauts	20-6	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Wed	9/18/1968	H	Calgary Stampeders	14-35	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	25023
Sat	9/28/1968	A	Edmonton Eskimos	31-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21500
Mon	9/30/1968	A	British Columbia Lions	16-13	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	25165
Sat	10/5/1968	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23-13	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	18123
Sun	10/13/1968	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	23-36	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	29960
Sat	10/19/1968	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	24-27	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25411
Sun	10/27/1968	H	Toronto Argonauts	1-12	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	24206
Sat	11/2/1968	A	Montreal Alouettes	21-21	T	Montreal, QC	Autostade	8000
Eastern Semi-Final
Sat	11/9/1968	A	Toronto Argonauts	21-33	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	25723

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
61	John Barrow	OG	6-2	255	33	Florida	14
16	Willie Bethea	HB	6-0	190	30	none	14
60	Denny Biodrowski	OT	6-1	253	28	Memphis	9
72	Gord Christian	OE	6-4	228	22	none	14
75	Tommy Joe Coffey	OE	6-0	195	32	West Texas A&M	14
24	Dick Cohee	OHB	6-1	190	29	New Mexico State; Reedley JC	1
55	Bill Danychuk	OG	6-3	240	28	Tennessee	14
76	Roy Davis	DE	6-2	230	23	Prairie View A&M	2
21	Dave Fleming	HB	6-0	205	25	none	14
76	Jerry Gendron	DE	6-3	260	24	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	4
18	Tommy Grant	HB	5-11	195	33	none	14
28	Barrie Hansen	DB	5-10	180	27	Los Angeles Pierce JC	14
26	Garney Henley	DB	5-11	180	31	South Dakota State; Huron	13
57	Jon Hohman	OG	6-1	243	26	Wisconsin	14
54	Ellison Kelly	OT	6-1	231	33	Michigan State	14
14	Bob Krouse	LB	6-1	193	25	none	14
20	Dewey Lincoln	HB	5-10	180	26	Michigan State	14
50	Billy Ray Locklin	DE	6-2	222	31	New Mexico State	14
52	Lonnie Maich	DE	6-2	240	23	Kent State	14
46	John Michaluk	LB	6-1	225	26	Kent State	14
44	Chet Miksza	C	6-2	231	38	none	14
35	Allen Miller	LB	6-0	224	28	Ohio University	7
63	Doug Mitchell	DE	6-2	240	26	Western Ontario	14
68	Angelo Mosca	DT	6-4	272	31	Notre Dame; Wyoming	14
15	Ted Page	DB	5-10	185	26	Compton JC	14
25	Herb Paterra	LB	6-1	222	28	Michigan State	2
12	Bill Redell	QB	6-1	202	27	Southern California; Occidental	14
48	John Reid	C	6-4	255	24	Tulsa	14
23	Bob Richardson	DB	6-0	185	24	UCLA	14
58	Wilbert Scott	LB	6-0	215	29	Indiana	12
22	Allen Smith	HB	6-0	200	26	Fort Valley State	14
62	Bob Steiner	T	6-4	245	22	none	14
73	Bob Storey	OE	6-1	198	23	Tulsa	14
39	Ed Turek	DB	5-11	195	26	Buffalo; Wilfrid Laurier	14
66	Charlie Turner	OT	6-1	243	25	Ohio University	5
70	Dave Viti	DE	6-2	235	29	Boston University	14
9	Joe Zuger	QB	6-2	212	28	Arizona State	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	62	40	90	70
Opponents Totals	40	129	59	64

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		210	90	110	10	103	828
Opponents Totals		266	120	124	22	58	455

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	PTS
Tommy Joe Coffey	4	23	28	82.1	18	33	54.5	10	111
Dave Fleming	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Willie Bethea	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Joe Zuger	1	0	0		0	0		7	13
Garney Henley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Allen Smith	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tommy Grant	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Viti	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	28	23	28	82.1	18	33	54.5	17	262
Opponents Totals	34	30	34	88.2	16	34	47.1	10	292

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Bethea	127	607	4.8	17	3
Dave Fleming	108	599	5.5	45	5
Allen Smith	57	323	5.7	37	2
Ed Turek	15	120	8.0	66	0
Joe Zuger	52	114	2.2	22	1
Dewey Lincoln	9	52	5.8	16	0
Bill Redell	5	34	6.8	11	0
Garney Henley	2	8	4.0	7	0
Dick Cohee	3	6	2.0	3	0
Tommy Joe Coffey	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	379	1865	4.9		11
Opponents Totals	398	2285	5.7		11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Joe Zuger	316	160	50.6	137	2616	8.3	16.4	83	15	4.7	19	6.0	69.5
Bill Redell	14	10	71.4	3	86	6.1	8.6	26	0	0.0	1	7.1	57.4
Ed Turek	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	331	170	51.4	141	2702	8.2	15.9		15	4.5	20	6.0	68.8
Opponents Totals	352	182	51.7	138	3173	9.0	17.4		20	5.7	32	9.1	63.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Joe Coffey	47	800	17.0	83	4
Dave Fleming	39	768	19.7	83	7
Willie Bethea	32	381	11.9	51	2
Dave Viti	12	207	17.3	36	1
Allen Smith	10	81	8.1	34	0
Tommy Grant	8	203	25.4	50	1
Dewey Lincoln	7	46	6.6	27	0
Ed Turek	6	86	14.3	38	0
Jerry Gendron	5	80	16.0	26	0
Garney Henley	2	50	25.0	46	0
Gord Christian	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bill Redell	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	170	2702	15.9		15
Opponents Totals	182	3173	17.4		20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Garney Henley	6	147	24.5	65	1
Bob Richardson	6	116	19.3	51	0
Bill Redell	6	35	5.8	18	0
Barrie Hansen	5	85	17.0	30	0
Allen Miller	3	18	6.0	10	0
Wilbert Scott	2	31	15.5	24	0
John Barrow	2	24	12.0	14	0
Ted Page	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	32	456	14.3		1
Opponents Totals	20	267	13.4		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Joe Zuger	129	6249	48.4	85	0	-
Tommy Joe Coffey	1	12	12.0	12	0	-
Team Totals	130	6261	48.2		0	-	882	6006	41.4
Opponents Totals	131	5559	42.4			-	723	4836	36.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Garney Henley	35	294	8.4	24
Tommy Grant	35	187	5.3	24
Ted Page	22	117	5.3	15
Dewey Lincoln	8	61	7.6	17
Bob Storey	6	42	7.0	12
Bill Redell	2	15	7.5	9
Ed Turek	2	12	6.0	9
Bob Richardson	4	10	2.5	11
Bob Krouse	1	0	0.0	0
Joe Zuger	2	-5	-2.5	0
Tommy Joe Coffey	0	-10		-10L
Team Totals	117	723	6.2
Opponents Totals	128	882	6.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ed Turek	7	386	55.1	64	0
Doug Mitchell	13	685	52.7	73	0
Tommy Joe Coffey	17	871	51.2	70	0
Wilbert Scott	1	43	43.0	43	0
Dave Viti	4	162	40.5	65	0
Team Totals	42	2147	51.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dewey Lincoln	18	486	27.0	41	0
Ed Turek	13	345	26.5	50	0
Allen Smith	6	121	20.2	42	0
Willie Bethea	6	120	20.0	23	0
Bob Storey	2	26	13.0	16	0
Bob Richardson	1	25	25.0	25	0
Garney Henley	1	11	11.0	11	0
Gord Christian	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	48	1142	23.8		0
Opponents Totals	41	811	19.8		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Bethea	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Fleming	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Garney Henley	0	0	0	1	1	23	1
Dewey Lincoln	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Ray Locklin	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
John Michaluk	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Angelo Mosca	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Page	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Redell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Richardson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wilbert Scott	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Allen Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Zuger	4	4	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	13	10	3	8	11	35	1
Opponents Totals		8		10	10		0