1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
2nd place • Eastern Division • 8-8-0 .500 |
Head Coach: Al Bruno |
Mike Faragalli | Offensive |
John Salavantis | Offensive Line |
Ted Schmitz | Defensive Line |
Rich Stubler | Defensive Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 6/11/1985 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 6-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 26248 | |
Mon | 6/17/1985 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 13-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 10101 | |
Fri | 6/21/1985 | A | Montreal Concordes | 13-32 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 12508 | |
Sat | 6/29/1985 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 33-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16753 | |
Sat | 7/6/1985 | H | British Columbia Lions | 8-42 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 13101 | |
Thu | 7/11/1985 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11-16 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25428 | |
Fri | 7/26/1985 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 10-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17566 | |
Fri | 8/2/1985 | A | Montreal Concordes | 39-11 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 25318 | |
Sat | 8/10/1985 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 24697 | |
Sun | 8/18/1985 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14206 | |
Sat | 8/24/1985 | A | British Columbia Lions | 11-21 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 34351 | |
Mon | 9/2/1985 | H | Montreal Concordes | 19-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 15549 | |
Sun | 9/8/1985 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-27 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 39144 | |
Sun | 9/15/1985 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 41-10 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28824 | |
Sun | 9/22/1985 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 32-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16101 | |
Sun | 9/29/1985 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 30-13 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 14121 | |
Sat | 10/5/1985 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 15512 | |
Mon | 10/14/1985 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 51-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 15026 | |
Sat | 10/26/1985 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 36-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23692 | |
Sat | 11/2/1985 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 21-17 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14052 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/17/1985 | H | Montreal Concordes | 50-26 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24423 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sun | 11/24/1985 | N | British Columbia Lions | 24-37 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 56723 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Marv Allemang | 63 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 32 | Acadia | 16 | |
Jeff Arp | 53 | ROG | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Western Ontario | 8 | |
Paul Bennett | 27 | S | 5-10 | 195 | 31 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Gerald Bess | 14 | CB | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Tuskegee | 4 | |
Pat Brady | 51 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Less Browne | 15 | CB | 5-11 | 170 | 26 | Colorado State | 15 | |
Tony Champion | 1 | WR | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Tennessee-Martin | 6 | |
Scott Collie | 25 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Brigham Young | 9 | |
Grover Covington | 77 | RDE | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Johnson C. Smith | 15 | |
Rufus Crawford | 21 | SB | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | Virginia State | 10 | |
Mike Derks | 68 | LOT | 6-5 | 285 | 23 | Cincinnati | 8 | |
Rocky DiPietro | 23 | SB | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | Ottawa | 14 | |
Leo Ezerins | 72 | LOLB | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | Whitworth | 16 | |
Howard Fields | 16 | LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Baylor | 16 | |
Ross Francis | 54 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Queen's | 3 | |
Pete Gales | QB | 6-3 | 170 | 26 | Iowa | 1 | ||
Greg Gary | 41 | ROLB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Fullerton State | 8 | |
Ed Gataveckas | 39 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Acadia | 16 | |
Miles Gorrell | 66 | OT | 6-7 | 285 | 30 | Ottawa | 1 | |
Dave Graffi | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Ken Hobart | 4 | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Lewis & Clark; Idaho | 15 | |
Ron Ingram | 75 | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 4 | |
Steve Jackson | 74 | SB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Guelph | 16 | |
Elmer James | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 198 | 24 | Long Beach CC; San Francisco State | 6 | |
Steve Kearns | SB | 6-1 | 214 | 29 | Liberty | 2 | ||
Franklin King | 78 | LDE | 6-0 | 255 | 28 | Kansas | 2 | |
Wayne Lee | 17 | SB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Terry Lehne | 37 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Saskatchewan | 16 | |
Leon Lyszkiewicz | 64 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Alberta | 16 | |
John Malinosky | 62 | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | |
Reggie Mathis | 43 | LLB | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | Navarro JC; Oklahoma | 5 | |
Derrek Peels | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Santa Monica JC | 3 | |
Tom Porras | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Ventura JC; Washington | 8 | |
Mitchell Price | 65 | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | West Alabama | 16 | |
John Priestner | 36 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Western Ontario | 15 | |
Jason Riley | 58 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | British Columbia | 14 | |
Donovan Rose | 26 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Hampton | 13 | |
Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 34 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
Dale Sanderson | 56 | C | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Tennessee | 2 | |
Dave Sauve | 88 | LDE | 6-4 | 260 | 26 | Harvard | 15 | |
Ralph Scholz | 67 | ROG | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Cornell | 16 | |
Johnny Shepherd | 19 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Liberty; West Alabama | 5 | |
Rod Skillman | 59 | LDE | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Missouri | 8 | |
Steve Stapler | 3 | WR | 5-11 | 165 | 27 | San Diego State | 16 | |
Mark Streeter | 20 | RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Youngstown State; North Iowa Area CC; Arizona | 16 | |
Don Sweet | 11 | P-K | 6-0 | 189 | 37 | Washington State | 2 | 0 |
Jeff Tedford | 9 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Fresno State | 8 | |
Lance Thompson | 50 | OL | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Carleton | 3 | |
Mike Walker | 61 | RDT | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Washington State | 12 | |
Nord Williams | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | York | 3 | ||
George Works | 24 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | Northern Michigan | 4 | |
Kari Yli-Renko | 69 | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Cincinnati | 10 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 31 | MLB | 6-1 | 206 | 29 | Georgia | 15 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 8 | Jed Tommy | RB | Guelph |
2 | 17 | Lance Thompson | LB | Carleton |
4 | 36 | Dale Sanderson | C | Tennessee |
5 | 44 | Glen Miller | SB | McGill |
6 | 53 | Lance Harry | OG | Concordia (Quebec) |
7 | 62 | John Lepore | RB | Guelph |
8 | 71 | Brian Bone | WR | Western Ontario |
9 | 80 | Sean McKenna | LB | McMaster |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 86 | 124 | 85 | 82 | 377 |
Opponents Totals | 77 | 130 | 32 | 76 | 315 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 269 | 113 | 140 | 16 | 129 | 811 | |||
Opponents Totals | 290 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 32 | 48 | 66.7 | 25 | 0 | 154 |
Steve Stapler | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Rocky DiPietro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Rufus Crawford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Elmer James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Paul Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Don Sweet | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Dave Graffi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mark Streeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jeff Tedford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ken Hobart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Ron Ingram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Tony Champion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Team Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 56 | 60.7 | 26 | 2 | 377 | |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 315 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Hobart | 118 | 928 | 7.9 | 44 | 6 |
George Works | 49 | 263 | 5.4 | 60 | 0 |
Elmer James | 62 | 241 | 3.9 | 25 | 3 |
Johnny Shepherd | 65 | 189 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 29 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
Derrek Peels | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
Jeff Tedford | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 |
Tom Porras | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
Nord Williams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
Steve Jackson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 381 | 1832 | 4.8 | 10 | |
Opponents Totals | 366 | 1557 | 4.3 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Hobart | 437 | 211 | 48.3 | 212 | 2522 | 5.8 | 12.0 | 67 | 19 | 4.3 | 14 | 3.2 | 67.5 | |||
Jeff Tedford | 86 | 50 | 58.1 | 30 | 477 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 41 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 7.0 | 48.4 | |||
Tom Porras | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 4 | 134 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 69.2 | |||
George Works | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
Pete Gales | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 8 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42.4 | |||
Team Totals | 544 | 275 | 50.6 | 248 | 3168 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 20 | 3.7 | 21 | 3.9 | 64.6 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 540 | 293 | 54.3 | 201 | 3978 | 7.4 | 13.6 | 46 | 8.5 | 53 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky DiPietro | 52 | 593 | 11.4 | 45 | 4 |
Rufus Crawford | 43 | 441 | 10.3 | 26 | 2 |
Steve Stapler | 40 | 690 | 17.3 | 57 | 9 |
Wayne Lee | 24 | 245 | 10.2 | 28 | 0 |
Scott Collie | 23 | 333 | 14.5 | 37 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 19 | 139 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 18 | 115 | 6.4 | 13 | 1 |
Elmer James | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 |
Derrek Peels | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 |
Steve Jackson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
Ron Ingram | 14 | 265 | 18.9 | 52 | 3 |
Tony Champion | 13 | 203 | 15.6 | 67 | 1 |
George Works | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
Team Totals | 275 | 3168 | 11.5 | 20 | |
Opponents Totals | 293 | 3978 | 13.6 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 12 | 246 | 20.5 | 109 | 1 |
Less Browne | 12 | 165 | 13.8 | 34 | 0 |
Donovan Rose | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 71 | 0 |
Leo Ezerins | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 45 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
Mark Streeter | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 1 |
Greg Gary | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
Gerald Bess | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
Ed Gataveckas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Team Totals | 46 | 786 | 17.1 | 2 | |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 359 | 17.1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 130 | 5886 | 45.3 | 77 | 11 | |
Don Sweet | 21 | 843 | 40.1 | 53 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 151 | 6729 | 44.6 | |||
Opponents Totals |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 44 | 487 | 11.1 | 99 | 1 |
Rufus Crawford | 48 | 333 | 6.9 | 75 | 1 |
Wayne Lee | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 26 | 0 |
Less Browne | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 |
Derrek Peels | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 114 | 1036 | 9.1 | 2 | |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 54 | 3231 | 59.8 | 90 | 1 |
Don Sweet | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 59 | 0 |
Team Totals | 59 | 3465 | 58.7 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Fields | 23 | 535 | 23.3 | 54 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 11 | 259 | 23.5 | 44 | 0 |
Elmer James | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 |
Derrek Peels | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 33 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 46 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
Less Browne | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
Steve Kearns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 60 | 1259 | 21.0 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Grover Covington | 16.0 | |
Mitchell Price | 10.0 | |
Mike Walker | 5.0 | |
Greg Gary | 3.0 | |
Ben Zambiasi | 2.0 | |
Rod Skillman | 2.0 | |
Dave Sauve | 2.0 | |
Franklin King | 1.0 | |
Less Browne | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 53.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Allemang | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Brady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Less Browne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Collie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grover Covington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rufus Crawford | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky DiPietro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Ezerins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Gary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
Ed Gataveckas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Hobart | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer James | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reggie Mathis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
Derrek Peels | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Porras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
John Priestner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Riley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Donovan Rose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Scholz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Skillman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Streeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
George Works | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 33 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 98 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 21 | 21 |
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