1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

1st place Eastern Conference 11-3-0 .786

Tom Mooney	Assistant Coach
Jack Zilly	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Thu	7/6/1972	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	21-22	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20000
Thu	7/13/1972	A	Toronto Argonauts	24-25	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Wed	7/19/1972	H	Montreal Alouettes	21-9	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20195
Mon	7/24/1972	A	Calgary Stampeders	13-28	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium
Mon	7/31/1972	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20-17	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	26497
Tue	8/8/1972	A	British Columbia Lions	17-19	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	26488
Fri	8/11/1972	A	Edmonton Eskimos	27-30	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21363
Sat	8/19/1972	H	Montreal Alouettes	23-25	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	32417
Thu	8/24/1972	A	Montreal Alouettes	25-12	W	Montreal, QC	Molson Stadium	18358
Mon	9/4/1972	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	17-16	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	34772
Sun	9/10/1972	A	Toronto Argonauts	22-18	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Sat	9/16/1972	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	30-22	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25537
Sun	9/24/1972	H	Toronto Argonauts	41-14	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	34410
Sun	10/1/1972	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	25-20	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25068
Sat	10/7/1972	H	Calgary Stampeders	50-24	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27647
Sat	10/14/1972	A	Montreal Alouettes	31-26	W	Montreal, QC	Molson Stadium	12373
Sat	10/21/1972	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18-3	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	33946
Sun	11/5/1972	H	Toronto Argonauts	26-16	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	35217
Sat	11/18/1972	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	7-19	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	21800	Eastern Final #1
Sun	11/26/1972	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	23-8	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30721	Eastern Final #2
Sun	12/3/1972	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-10	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	33993	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
71	John Baker	DE	6-5	260	30	Virginia Union; Norfolk State	4
70	Mike Blum	LLB	6-0	225	29	Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan	14
	John Bonk	LB	6-2	245	22	none	1
25	Al Brenner	S	6-1	200	25	Michigan State	14
20	Dave Buchanan	FB	5-9	200	24	Arizona State	14
58	Ed Chalupka	LOG	6-0	225	25	North Carolina	14
72	Gord Christian	RB	6-4	228	26	none	14
15	Dave Clarke	DB	5-11	175	23	Guelph; Western Ontario	14
75	Tommy Joe Coffey	SE	6-0	195	36	West Texas A&M	14
55	Bill Danychuk	LOT	6-3	240	32	Tennessee	14
54	Doug Dersch	LB	6-1	240	26	Calgary	4
16	Chuck Ealey	QB	6-0	195	22	Toledo	14
52	Ken Ferguson	LB	6-1	230	28	Utah State	10
21	Dave Fleming	RB	6-0	205	29	none	14
11	Wally Gabler	QB	6-2	195	28	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan	4
77	Tony Gabriel	TE	6-4	209	24	Syracuse	14
64	Jerome Gantt	ROT	6-4	266	24	North Carolina Central	14
26	Garney Henley	FL	5-11	180	35	South Dakota State; Huron	14
47	Emery Hicks	LB	6-0	230	25	Kansas	2
57	Jon Hohman	ROG	6-1	243	30	Wisconsin	14
65	Gary Inskeep	LDE	6-4	265	25	Wisconsin-Stout	14
45	Mark Kosmos	MLB	6-0	234	27	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	12
14	Bob Krouse	LB	6-1	193	29	none	14
50	Peter Kudryk	DT	6-4	255	24	none	14
28	Paul McKay	DB	6-0	195	25	Toronto	2
66	Doug Mitchell	C	6-2	240	30	Western Ontario	14
68	Angelo Mosca	LDT	6-4	272	35	Notre Dame; Wyoming	14
51	Jim Papai	OG	6-0	228	23	North Carolina	11
24	Lewis Porter	RCB	5-11	178	25	Southern University	14
71	Bob Richardson	SB	6-5	250	24	Centerville JC; Iowa State	14
17	Rick Shaw	LDH	6-4	215	26	Arizona State	14
61	Bruce Smith	RDT	6-1	235	23	Colorado	14
33	Gerry Sternberg	RDH	5-10	175	29	Toronto	14
36	Ian Sunter	K-P	6-0	215	20	none	14	0
10	Bill Van Burkleo	QB-DB-P	5-11	185	29	Oklahoma; Tulsa	10
54	George Wells	RDE	6-1	240	25	New Mexico State	10
27	Dick Wesolowski	RB	6-1	205	27	North Carolina	14
23	John Williams	LCB	6-1	190	30	New Mexico Highlands	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	4	Tom Walker	FB	Wilfrid Laurier	from OTT
1	6	John Harris	T	York
1	7	Mike O'Shaughnessy	DE	McMaster	from SAS
3	24	Jim Chalkley	FB	McMaster
4	33	Jerry Mays	WR	McMaster
5	42	Dan Smith	QB	Ottawa
6	50	Mark Drexler	DE	Western Ontario
6	51	Mark Baldosoro	HB	McMaster
7	59	Rick Wiedenhoeft	DB	Waterloo

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	73	124	68	107
Opponents Totals	72	49	54	89

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		250	103	130	17	85	686
Opponents Totals		236	89	131	16	75	504

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Ian Sunter	0	44	45	97.8	14	38	36.8	7	0	93
Tommy Joe Coffey	8	0	0		0	0		0	0	48
Garney Henley	8	0	0		0	0		0	0	48
Dave Buchanan	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	42
Dave Fleming	6	0	0		0	0		1	0	37
Tony Gabriel	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Chuck Ealey	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
Lewis Porter	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Dave Clarke	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Wally Gabler	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bob Richardson	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bruce Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Dick Wesolowski	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
John Williams	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bill Van Burkleo	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	2
Team Totals	46	44	46	95.7	14	38	36.8	10	0	372
Opponents Totals	31	27			12	21	57.1	7	3	262

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Buchanan	263	1163	4.4	52	4
Chuck Ealey	87	515	5.9	47	4
Dave Fleming	81	330	4.1	20	4
Garney Henley	4	70	17.5	50	1
Dick Wesolowski	4	9	2.3	8	1
Bill Van Burkleo	2	3	1.5	11	0
Tommy Joe Coffey	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Wally Gabler					1
Team Totals	449	2132	4.7		15
Opponents Totals	348	1759	5.1

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Chuck Ealey	253	148	58.5	97	2573	10.2	17.4	76	22	8.7	8	3.2	109.0
Wally Gabler	34	16	47.1	15	341	10.0	21.3		1	2.9	3	8.8	56.1
Rick Shaw	4	3	75.0	1	22	5.5	7.3	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	87.5
Garney Henley	1	1	100.0	0	15	15.0	15.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
Bill Van Burkleo	2	1	50.0	1	1	0.5	1.0	1t	1	50.0	0	0.0	95.8
Dave Buchanan	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	295	169	57.3	114	2952	10.0	17.5		24	8.1	12	4.1	101.7
Opponents Totals	396	192	48.5	165	2901	7.3	15.1				39	9.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Gabriel	49	733	15.0	49	3
Garney Henley	36	881	24.5	76	7
Tommy Joe Coffey	27	432	16.0	37	8
Dave Buchanan	25	275	11.0	68	3
Bob Richardson	15	251	16.7	36	1
Dave Fleming	13	310	23.8	58	2
Gord Christian	4	70	17.5	24	0
Team Totals	169	2952	17.5		24
Opponents Totals	192	2901	15.1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Brenner	15	167	11.1	41	0
John Williams	8	114	14.3	31	1
Gerry Sternberg	4	30	7.5	21	0
Rick Shaw	3	36	12.0	20	0
Lewis Porter	2	50	25.0	27	0
George Wells	2	9	4.5	7	0
Mark Kosmos	2	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce Smith	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bob Krouse	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mike Blum	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	39	408	10.5		1
Opponents Totals	12	182	15.2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bill Van Burkleo	88	3484	39.6	53	-
Paul McKay	8	319	39.9	71	-
Ian Sunter	20	676	33.8	47	-
Team Totals	116	4479	38.6		-
Opponents Totals	127	5323	41.9		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gerry Sternberg	44	299	6.8	34	0
Dave Clarke	55	258	4.7	13	0
Garney Henley	4	32	8.0	12	0
John Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Al Brenner	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Bill Van Burkleo	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	106	586	5.5
Opponents Totals	125	556	4.4

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ian Sunter	49	2573	52.5	80	0
Doug Mitchell	9	479	53.2	85	0
Team Totals	58	3052	52.6
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lewis Porter	18	614	34.1	98	1
Dave Clarke	15	477	31.8	102	1
Tony Gabriel	6	22	3.7	12	0
Bob Richardson	2	12	6.0	12	0
Gord Christian	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jerome Gantt	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	44	1125	25.6		2
Opponents Totals	57	1165	20.4

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Al Brenner	0	0	1	1	2	22	0
Dave Buchanan	11	9	2	0	2	0	0
Dave Clarke	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Danychuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Ealey	6	2	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Fleming	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Gabriel	1	0	0	3	3	0	2
Emery Hicks	0	0	0	1	1	24	0
Bob Krouse	1	1	0	4	4	38	0
Doug Mitchell	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
Angelo Mosca	1	0	0	1	1	18	0
Lewis Porter	0	0	1	1	2	10	1
Bob Richardson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bruce Smith	0	0	1	2	3	2	1
Gerry Sternberg	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Ian Sunter	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
George Wells	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	26	15	11	16	27	114	4
Opponents Totals		16		15	15