1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
1st place • Eastern Division • 11-4-1 .719 |
Head Coach: Frank Kush |
Art Asselta | Assistant Coach |
Gunther Cunningham | Assistant Coach |
Hal Hunter | Offensive Coordinator |
Bud Riley | Defensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sun | 6/7/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 27-21 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 21742 | |
Sat | 6/13/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 3-15 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 13000 | |
Thu | 6/18/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-16 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30011 | |
Sat | 6/27/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 24-38 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16604 | |
Sun | 7/5/1981 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33-23 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21219 | |
Sat | 7/11/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 47-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22345 | |
Fri | 7/17/1981 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-26 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30812 | |
Sat | 7/25/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 57-13 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 30022 | |
Sat | 8/1/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 5-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43346 | |
Sat | 8/8/1981 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 28-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20270 | |
Sun | 8/16/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 37-23 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30616 | |
Sat | 8/29/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27180 | |
Mon | 9/7/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 34-34 | T | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 30121 | |
Sat | 9/12/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 26-10 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 27720 | |
Sun | 9/20/1981 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-13 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24130 | |
Sat | 9/26/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 30-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20451 | |
Sun | 10/4/1981 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-26 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 29458 | |
Mon | 10/12/1981 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27149 | |
Sun | 10/25/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 7-34 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20113 | |
Sat | 10/31/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-11 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30615 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/15/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28104 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Jerry Anderson | DB | 5-11 | 187 | 28 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 1 | ||
Keith Baker | 1 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Texas A&M; Texas Southern | 16 | |
Greg Barrow | 57 | OG-OT | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Florida; Western Ontario; Florida | 5 | |
Gerald Bess | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Tuskegee | 3 | |
Jack Blair | 41 | LB | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | none | 13 | |
John Blake | 52 | OG | 6-6 | 260 | 29 | San Jose State | 16 | |
Mark Bragagnolo | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Toronto | 13 | |
Ecomet Burley | 74 | DT | 5-10 | 240 | 27 | Texas Tech | 14 | |
Maurice Burton | 25 | CB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Morgan State | 1 | |
Carm Carteri | 47 | OLB | 6-2 | 216 | 25 | Montana | 16 | |
Lou Clare | 39 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | Minnesota | 3 | |
Tom Clements | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
Phil Colwell | RB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 2 | ||
Grover Covington | 66 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Johnson C. Smith | 16 | |
Rufus Crawford | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Virginia State | 13 | |
Rocky DiPietro | 23 | SB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Howard Fields | 16 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Baylor | 15 | |
Ross Francis | 54 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Queen's | 16 | |
Ed Fulton | 59 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Maryland | 16 | |
Ed Gataveckas | 39 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Acadia | 16 | |
Dave Graffi | 32/58 | FB-OL | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
David Green | 26 | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | Chowan JC; Edinboro | 6 | |
York Hentschel | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | 2 | |||
Rick Kalvaitis | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Wilfrid Laurier | 15 | |
Dave Marler | 8 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Mississippi College; Mississippi State | 16 | |
Alan Moffat | 56 | OG | 6-4 | 265 | 29 | Ottawa | 12 | |
Jim Muller | 69 | DT | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Queen's | 16 | |
Emil Nielsen | 30 | DB | 5-10 | 179 | 28 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Steve Parker | 60 | DE | 6-3 | 262 | 23 | Triton JC; Eastern Illinois | 4 | |
Gord Paterson | 34 | SB | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Leroy Paul | 27 | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Texas Southern | 13 | |
Leif Pettersen | 71 | WR | 6-2 | 183 | 31 | Otterbein | 16 | |
John Priestner | 36 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Jim Ramey | 68 | DE | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | Kentucky | 12 | |
Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
David Shaw | 37 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Prairie View A&M | 16 | |
Kerry Smith | 70 | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 27 | none | 14 | |
Steve Stapler | 3 | WR | 5-11 | 165 | 23 | San Diego State | 15 | |
Ed Szpytma | OT | 6-5 | 240 | 26 | McMaster | 1 | ||
Bob Van Duyne | 55 | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 29 | Idaho | 16 | |
Henry Waszczuk | 50 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 31 | Kent State | 16 | |
Bernard West | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | North Texas | 2 | ||
Harold Woods | 6 | DB | 5-10 | 177 | 26 | Potomac State; West Virginia | 15 | |
Preston Young | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 31 | OLB | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Georgia | 14 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Bill Howard | C | Western Ontario |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
3 | 26 | Jeff Arp | OG | Western Ontario |
4 | 35 | Rob Sommerville | DB | Waterloo |
5 | 44 | Rick Maloney | TE | Western Ontario |
6 | 53 | Ian Troop | OG | Wilfrid Laurier |
7 | 62 | Bill Paul | RB | Sheridan |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 56 | 163 | 71 | 124 | 414 |
Opponents Totals | 63 | 88 | 68 | 116 | 335 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 309 | 62 | 232 | 15 | 146 | 1224 | |||
Opponents Totals | 283 | 89 | 170 | 24 | 106 | 889 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 29 | 46 | 63.0 | 25 | 0 | 152 | |
Leif Pettersen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
Rocky DiPietro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Rufus Crawford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Tom Clements | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Dave Graffi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Kerry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Harold Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ben Zambiasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
John Priestner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Keith Baker | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
Steve Stapler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||
Mark Bragagnolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
David Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Leroy Paul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Team Totals | 43 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 46 | 63.0 | 25 | 0 | 414 | |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 38 | 84.2 | 11 | 2 | 335 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rufus Crawford | 109 | 400 | 3.7 | 35 | 4 |
Mark Bragagnolo | 73 | 278 | 3.8 | 16 | 2 |
David Green | 66 | 208 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
Tom Clements | 32 | 178 | 5.6 | 26 | 1 |
Dave Graffi | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 14 | 1 |
Bernie Ruoff | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Keith Baker | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 |
Phil Colwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 308 | 1162 | 3.8 | 10 | |
Opponents Totals | 322 | 1502 | 4.7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Clements | 523 | 301 | 57.6 | 199 | 4536 | 8.7 | 15.1 | 81 | 27 | 5.2 | 23 | 4.4 | 85.1 | |||
Dave Marler | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 17 | 165 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 25 | 2 | 6.3 | 2 | 6.3 | 52.2 | |||
Leif Pettersen | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
Keith Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 558 | 316 | 56.6 | 217 | 4732 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 29 | 5.2 | 25 | 4.5 | 83.3 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 527 | 294 | 55.8 | 207 | 3863 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 26 | 4.9 | 39 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky DiPietro | 59 | 868 | 14.7 | 42 | 6 |
Rufus Crawford | 49 | 607 | 12.4 | 36 | 0 |
Leif Pettersen | 27 | 415 | 15.4 | 48 | 7 |
Gord Paterson | 20 | 283 | 14.2 | 29 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 32 | 0 |
Kerry Smith | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 28 | 1 |
John Priestner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Henry Waszczuk | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Keith Baker | 68 | 1218 | 17.9 | 81 | 11 |
Steve Stapler | 48 | 903 | 18.8 | 74 | 4 |
Mark Bragagnolo | 22 | 242 | 11.0 | 34 | 0 |
David Green | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
Team Totals | 316 | 4732 | 15.0 | 29 | |
Opponents Totals | 294 | 3863 | 13.1 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harold Woods | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 23 | 0 |
Leroy Paul | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 32 | 0 |
Preston Young | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
David Shaw | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 37 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 52 | 1 |
John Priestner | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Gerald Bess | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 382 | 14.7 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 308 | 12.3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 131 | 5947 | 45.4 | 71 | 8 | |
Team Totals | 131 | 5947 | 45.4 | |||
Opponents Totals | 142 | 6367 | 44.8 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Stapler | 40 | 383 | 9.6 | 36 | 0 |
David Shaw | 24 | 271 | 11.3 | 101 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 32 | 237 | 7.4 | 25 | 0 |
Keith Baker | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 50 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 |
Kerry Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Emil Nielsen | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 114 | 1021 | 9.0 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 114 | 1116 | 9.8 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 69 | 4226 | 61.2 | 90 | 4 |
Team Totals | 69 | 4226 | 61.2 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Stapler | 18 | 450 | 25.0 | 59 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 29 | 0 |
Harold Woods | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 |
Rocky DiPietro | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Leif Pettersen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Preston Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Leroy Paul | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 46 | 869 | 18.9 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 60 | 1420 | 23.7 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Grover Covington | 16.0 | |
Ecomet Burley | 7.5 | |
Jim Ramey | 5.0 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 4.0 | |
Jim Muller | 3.5 | |
Rick Kalvaitis | 1.0 | |
York Hentschel | 1.0 | |
John Priestner | 0.5 | |
Steve Parker | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 39.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Bragagnolo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ecomet Burley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carm Carteri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Clements | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grover Covington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky DiPietro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
David Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Muller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Emil Nielsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gord Paterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leroy Paul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 2 |
Leif Pettersen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Priestner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Henry Waszczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bernard West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harold Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 1 |
Preston Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 20 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 187 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 13 | 13 |
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