Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the IRFU
Won IRFU Final Total Point Series 59 – 23
- Nov. 18, 1953 Won 37 – 12 vs Montreal
- Nov. 22, 1953 Won 22 – 11 @ Montreal
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 28, 1953 Won 12 – 6 vs Winnipeg in Toronto, ON

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1953 Season Resources 1953 HAM Team Roster 1953 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Aug 14 8:30 PM	CGY 19 @ HAM 18	L	15,000
Ex	Mon Aug 17 8:30 PM	SSK 12 @ HAM 21	W	10,000
Ex	Sat Aug 22 8:30 PM	AS-SI 5 @ HAM 36	W	15,000


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 29 2:00 PM	OTT 10 @ HAM 14	W	12,000
2	Mon Sep 7 2:15 PM	TOR 12 @ HAM 14	W	17,000
3	Fri Sep 11 8:30 PM	HAM 0 @ MTL 17	L	13,215	R/C
4	Wed Sep 16 8:30 PM	TOR 21 @ HAM 20	L	14,000
4	Sat Sep 19 2:15 PM	HAM 12 @ TOR 9	W	20,382
5	Sat Sep 26 2:00 PM	MTL 15 @ HAM 20	W	16,000
6	Sat Oct 3 2:15 PM	HAM 6 @ OTT 31	L	15,500
7	Sat Oct 10 2:00 PM	HAM 26 @ TOR 0	W	19,150
7	Mon Oct 12 2:30 PM	TOR 30 @ HAM 12	L	19,069
8	Sat Oct 17 2:15 PM	HAM 33 @ OTT 24	W	13,500
9	Sat Oct 24 2:00 PM	HAM 5 @ TOR 17	L	19,437
10	Sat Oct 31 2:00 PM	MTL 18 @ HAM 31	W	17,000
11	Sun Nov 8 2:00 PM	HAM 18 @ MTL 31	L	12,085
12	Sat Nov 14 2:00 PM	OTT 8 @ HAM 18	W	18,000


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Wed Nov 18 1:30 PM	MTL 12 @ HAM 37	W	16,000
P2	Sun Nov 22 1:30 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 11	W	18,070
33	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 28 1:00 PM	WPG 6 vs HAM 12	W	27,313	CBCE

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	8	6	0	16	229	243	W1	3-3-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	129	114	W2	4-2-0
Visitor	7	3	4	0	6	100	129	L2	3-3-0

Full 1953 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (3-4-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.459	5-2-0 (7)	3-4-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.571	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (6)	0.357	1-2-0 (3)	2-1-0 (3)

Summary
By Quarter

	1953	1952 +/-
Average Combined Score	33.71	-2.12
Average Winning Score	21.00	-3.89
Average Losing Score	10.17	-5.33
Average Home Score	18.43	-5.07
Average Visitor Score	14.29	-6.88
Average Margin of Victory	9.00	-5.33
Average Margin of Loss	14.33	+2.83

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	129 (18.4)	100 (14.3)	229 (16.4)
Total	Opponent	129 (18.4)	114 (16.3)	243 (17.4)
1st	Hamilton	13 (1.9)	28 (4.0)	41 (2.9)
1st	Opponent	25 (3.6)	32 (4.6)	57 (4.1)
2nd	Hamilton	35 (5.0)	29 (4.1)	64 (4.6)
2nd	Opponent	22 (3.1)	36 (5.1)	58 (4.1)
3rd	Hamilton	45 (6.4)	16 (2.3)	61 (4.4)
3rd	Opponent	19 (2.7)	28 (4.0)	47 (3.4)
4th	Hamilton	36 (5.1)	27 (3.9)	63 (4.5)
4th	Opponent	63 (9.0)	18 (2.6)	81 (5.8)

Head Coach

Carl Voyles (March 30, 1950 – Dec. 9, 1955)

Assistant Coach

Harvey Johnson – Backfield

Player Awards

1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Dunc Ellis (M)	Toronto
2–4 (8)		Ray Truant (HB)	Western Ontario
3–4 (12)		Lorne Wrigglesworth (HB)	McMaster
4–4 (16)		Gerry MacTaggart (E)	McMaster
5–4 (20)		Jim Carroll (HB)	Western Ontario
6–4 (24)		Jack Sisson (HB)	Queen's
7–4 (28)		Gerry Sutherland (C)	Toronto
8–4 (32)		Blair Thomson (HB)	Western Ontario
9–4 (36)		Bob McMurdo (QB)	Western Ontario
10–4 (40)		Jim Forrester (E)	McMaster