1976 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

2nd place Eastern Conference 8-8-0 .500

Head Coach: George Dickson (0-2-0); Bob Shaw (8-6-0)

Garney Henley	Assistant Coach
Danny Nykoluk	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	6/30/1976	H	Montreal Alouettes	1-25	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	17210
Tue	7/6/1976	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3-38	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18374
Sat	7/10/1976	H	Toronto Argonauts	10-25	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Wed	7/14/1976	A	Montreal Alouettes	12-30	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	19457
Wed	7/21/1976	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	16-42	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	21269
Thu	7/29/1976	A	British Columbia Lions	14-39	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	15731
Sat	8/7/1976	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8-24	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18126
Thu	8/12/1976	A	Montreal Alouettes	12-11	W	Montreal, QC	Autostade	21285
Wed	8/18/1976	A	Toronto Argonauts	11-14	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	49724
Wed	8/25/1976	H	Calgary Stampeders	18-11	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	21332
Tue	8/31/1976	A	Edmonton Eskimos	1-5	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25461
Mon	9/6/1976	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17-15	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	22162
Sun	9/12/1976	A	Toronto Argonauts	22-31	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	48250
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	28-21	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	22466
Sat	9/25/1976	H	Toronto Argonauts	29-14	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	31793
Sun	10/3/1976	A	Montreal Alouettes	26-19	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	58730
Mon	10/11/1976	H	Montreal Alouettes	9-34	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	32155
Sun	10/24/1976	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	10-48	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	21568
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	25-6	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20454
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Toronto Argonauts	23-14	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	35394
Eastern Semi-Final
Sat	11/13/1976	H	Montreal Alouettes	23-0	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	25107
Eastern Final
Sun	11/21/1976	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	15-17	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	28246

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
	Larry Bailey	DL	6-4	238	24	Foothill JC; Pacific	2
63	Nick Bastaja	OT	6-2	255	23	Simon Fraser	16
74	Walt Bauer	TE	6-4	220	24	Drake	16
65	Dave Boone	DE	6-3	248	25	Eastern Michigan	16
	Charlie Bray	OG	6-0	255	31	Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma	1
47	Sam Britts	LB	6-0	215	26	Missouri	16
69	Elton Brown	OT	6-2	254	25	San Diego CC; Utah State	9
	Larry Brune	DB	6-2	202	23	Rice	7
70	Ian Bryans	LB	6-2	220	23	Western Ontario	7
	Larry Butler	OG	6-3	250	24	Appalachian State	8
	Kent Carter	LB	6-3	235	26	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	3
6	Rick Cassata	QB	6-1	205	29	Syracuse	7
58	Ed Chalupka	OG	6-0	225	29	North Carolina	16
	Gail Clark	LB	6-1	223	25	Michigan State	2
13	Ken Clark	P-K-WR	6-2	196	28	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	16
12	Lewis Cook	DB	5-11	180	30	Arizona Western JC; Idaho State	16
17	Jimmy DeRatt	RB	6-0	203	23	North Carolina	7
	Dave Easley	DB	5-10	185	29	none	4
20	Jimmy Edwards	RB	5-9	185	24	Oklahoma; Louisiana-Monroe	16
54	Bart Evans	OG	6-2	240	24	Manitoba	16
25	Terry Evanshen	FL	5-10	185	32	Utah State	14
21	Doug Falconer	DB	5-11	181	24	Ottawa	3
	Steve Gelley	DB	6-1	185	22	Simon Fraser	4
61	Lloyd Grimsrud	DT	6-2	255	25	Idaho	2
45	Joe Harris	LB	6-1	227	24	Georgia Tech	16
	M.L. Harris	RB	6-5	238	22	Tampa; Kansas State	11
36	Bill Harrison	RB	6-0	198	23	Ottawa	16
67	Richard Hicks	OT	6-4	250	25	West Los Angeles JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt)	5
22	Jimmie Lee Jones	RB	5-10	205	26	East Los Angeles JC; UCLA	1
10	Jimmy Jones	QB	6-1	196	26	Southern California	14
	Doug Kitts	DB	6-1	195	24	York	3
	Tom Kudaba	C	6-0	252	23	Simon Fraser	5
	John LeHeup	DL	6-2	250	25	South Carolina	1
	Ian MacPherson	DT	6-3	245	26	Ottawa	8
	Randy Mattingly	QB	6-4	206	25	Evansville	3
42	Rob McLaren	LB	6-1	225	29	Simon Fraser	12
	Jody Medford	DL	6-2	265	23	Rice	1
56	Alan Moffat	DT	6-4	265	24	Ottawa	16
18	Dave Montagano	DB	5-11	185	27	Carleton	16
66	Bill Norton	DT	6-2	244	22	Weber State	4
	Joe Perri	K	5-10	175	22	Concordia (Quebec)	3	0
	Len Platt	OE	6-2	185	23	Tulsa	5
24	Lewis Porter	DB	5-11	178	29	Southern University	16
62	Mike Samples	DE	6-2	238	26	Missouri Southern State; Drake	16
23	Angelo Santucci	RB	5-11	190	24	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	16
	Glenn Scolnik	WR	6-3	190	25	Indiana	4
37	David Shaw	OLB	6-0	180	23	Prairie View A&M	16
	Tom Shuman	QB	6-2	194	23	Penn State	8
	Ed Siuciak	LB	6-2	225	24	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	2
77	Lawrie Skolrood	TE	6-4	240	24	North Dakota	14
	Chris Skopelianos	DB	5-10	185	27	Western Ontario	4
	Grant Stephenson	LB	6-1	215	24	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); St. Francis Xavier	1
	Gord Stewart	DL	6-4	248	31	Boise State	1
	Les Strayhorn	RB	5-10	200	25	East Carolina	2
	Durfey Thompson	LB	6-0	228	25	Prairie View A&M	1
50	Henry Waszczuk	C	6-0	230	26	Kent State	16
	Terry Wellesley	RB	6-0	205	28	Tennessee Tech	1
32	Paul Whaley	DB	6-0	185	23	Guelph	4
	Daryl White	OT	6-3	250	25	Nebraska	3
28	Slade Willis	WR	6-1	180	26	Drake	12
	Mike Wilson	OT	6-1	243	29	Dayton	10

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Bill Harrison	RB	Ottawa
John Kelley	DB	Guelph

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	13	Barry Cozac	RB	Mount Allison
3	22	Paul Whaley	DB	Guelph
4	31	Paul Genovese	OG	McMaster
5	40	Rick Slipetz	LB	York
6	49	Mike Sokovnin	DT	Toronto
7	58	Rick Jaysman	DB	Toronto
8	67	Frank McKay	DB	Western Ontario
9	76	Marty Dixon	E	Western Ontario
9	78	Robert Forbes	WR	New Brunswick
10	84	Jon Jewell	LB	Western Ontario

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	47	73	51	98
Opponents Totals	65	135	65	83

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		246	97	122	27	112	883
Opponents Totals		308	130	153	25	147	1215

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	PTS
Ken Clark	2	22	23	95.7	0		9	22	40.9	24	85
Jimmy Edwards	12	0	0		0		0	0		0	72
M.L. Harris	4	0	0		0		0	0		0	24
Terry Evanshen	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	18
Angelo Santucci	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	12
Lawrie Skolrood	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	12
Joe Harris	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Jimmy Jones	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Len Platt	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Lewis Porter	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Glenn Scolnik	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Les Strayhorn	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Joe Perri	0	4	4	100.0	0		0	1	0.0	2	6
Walt Bauer	0	3	3	100.0	0		0	2	0.0	1	4
Team Totals	31	29	30	96.7	0	1	9	25	36.0	27	269
Opponents Totals	41	39			1		18	33	54.5	7	348

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Edwards	194	1046	5.4	87	7
Angelo Santucci	89	441	5.0	30	1
Jimmy Jones	44	96	2.2	16	1
Les Strayhorn	14	92	6.6	37	1
Ken Clark	3	27	9.0	19	0
Jimmie Lee Jones	6	20	3.3	8	0
Bill Harrison	2	15	7.5	15	0
Jimmy DeRatt	4	7	1.8	3	0
Paul Whaley	1	2	2.0	2	0
Rick Cassata	4	0	0.0	5	0
Randy Mattingly	1	0	0.0	0	0
M.L. Harris	5	-1	-0.2	0t	1
Team Totals	367	1745	4.8		11
Opponents Totals	437	2485	5.7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jimmy Jones	290	144	49.7	137	1773	6.1	12.3	76	12	4.1	9	3.1	69.8
Rick Cassata	89	46	51.7	38	543	6.1	11.8	37	4	4.5	5	5.6	62.1
Randy Mattingly	37	18	48.6	17	177	4.8	9.8	28	1	2.7	2	5.4	49.0
Tom Shuman	11	3	27.3	7	45	4.1	15.0	20	0	0.0	1	9.1	6.3
Team Totals	427	211	49.4	199	2538	5.9	12.0		17	4.0	17	4.0	64.7
Opponents Totals	430	235	54.7	169	3319	7.7	14.1				26	6.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Edwards	57	457	8.0	36	4
Angelo Santucci	34	224	6.6	16	1
Slade Willis	25	296	11.8	43	0
M.L. Harris	24	550	22.9	76	3
Terry Evanshen	20	307	15.4	26	3
Lawrie Skolrood	15	226	15.1	43	2
Glenn Scolnik	8	134	16.8	28	1
Walt Bauer	8	91	11.4	17	0
Les Strayhorn	5	53	10.6	14	0
Jimmie Lee Jones	4	53	13.3	21	0
Len Platt	4	31	7.8	13	1
Lewis Porter	3	53	17.7	24	0
Ken Clark	2	33	16.5	27	2
Paul Whaley	2	30	15.0	18	0
Team Totals	211	2538	12.0		17
Opponents Totals	235	3319	14.1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lewis Porter	6	82	13.7	45	1
Larry Brune	5	67	13.4	20	0
David Shaw	4	50	12.5	22	0
Lewis Cook	4	11	2.8	11	0
Dave Montagano	3	18	6.0	15	0
Jimmy DeRatt	1	12	12.0	12	0
Ian Bryans	1	7	7.0	7	0
Mike Samples	1	4	4.0	4	0
Joe Harris	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	26	251	9.7		1
Opponents Totals	17	257	15.1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ken Clark	139	6531	47.0	94	-
Team Totals	139	6531	47.0		-
Opponents Totals	136	5624	41.4		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Edwards	53	690	13.0	103	1
Lewis Porter	52	363	7.0	29	0
David Shaw	3	17	5.7	12	0
Lewis Cook	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	109	1070	9.8		1
Opponents Totals	121	1185	9.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ken Clark	44	2514	57.1	79	0
Joe Perri	8	338	42.3	85	1
Team Totals	52	2852	54.8
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Shaw	23	726	31.6	71	0
Jimmy Edwards	13	372	28.6	59	0
Lewis Porter	10	260	26.0	46	0
Bill Harrison	4	77	19.3	25	0
Larry Brune	5	53	10.6	22	0
Jimmie Lee Jones	2	52	26.0	26	0
M.L. Harris	3	51	17.0	19	0
Bart Evans	2	17	8.5	17	0
Dave Boone	1	1	1.0	1	0
Walt Bauer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ed Chalupka	1	0	0.0	0	0
Sam Britts	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	66	1607	24.3		0
Opponents Totals	48	1083	22.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Larry Bailey				1	1	32	0
Walt Bauer			1	0	1	0	0
Dave Boone				2	2	0	0
Sam Britts	1	0		2	2	5	0
Elton Brown			1	3	4	0	0
Larry Butler	1	0		0	0	0	0
Ken Clark	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Lewis Cook				1	1	0	0
Jimmy Edwards	7	6	1	0	1	0	0
Bart Evans	1	0		0	0	0	0
Steve Gelley	1	1		0	0	0	0
Joe Harris				5	5	69	1
M.L. Harris	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Jones	4	3	1	0	1	0	0
Lewis Porter	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Samples				2	2	6	0
Angelo Santucci	4	4		0	0	0	0
David Shaw	1	1		0	0	0	0
Tom Shuman	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Durfey Thompson				1	1	0	0
Slade Willis				0	0	0	0
Team Totals	27	18	9	17	26	112	1
Opponents Totals		17		18	18