The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ 1954 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the IRFU
Lost IRFU Final Total Point Series 38 – 28
- Nov. 17, 1954 Lost 9 – 14 vs Montreal
- Nov. 20, 1954 Lost 19 – 24 @ Montreal

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1953: 16 players
1954 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
1954 Record for Hamilton Tiger-Cats unavilable as season pending.
Regular Season	14	9	5	0	18	275	207	W1	4-2-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	139	81	W5	5-1-0
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	136	126	L1	3-3-0

Full 1954 League Standings

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.474	5-2-0 (7)	4-3-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Montreal Alouettes (5)	0.786	1-1-0 (2)	0-3-0 (3)
Ottawa Rough Riders (4)	0.143	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (5)	0.429	2-1-0 (3)	2-0-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coach

Carl Voyles (Jan. 1, 1950 – Dec. 9, 1955)

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1954 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Attendance

Capacity: 14,000
Total: 86,600
High: 16,000
Avg: 12,371 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1953 Avg: -4,140
Low: 9,000
Sellouts: 4
% of Capacity: 88.37
Diff from League Avg: +9,541

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Team Scoring

	1954	1953 +/-
Average Combined Score	34.43	0.71
Average Winning Score	25.89	4.89
Average Losing Score	8.40	1.77
Average Home Score	19.86	1.43
Average Visitor Score	19.43	5.14
Average Margin of Victory	17.44	8.44
Average Margin of Loss	17.80	3.47

Stadium

1954 home stadium: Civic Stadium
Capacity: 14,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1950 – Reduction

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Hamilton	31	33	64	32	29	61	45	40	85	31	34	65	139 (19.9)	136 (19.4)	275 (19.6)
Opponent	21	7	28	27	39	66	12	36	48	21	44	65	126 (18.0)	81 (11.6)	207 (14.8)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	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)	5 (4-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (7-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (7-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Player Awards and Nominations

1954 Most Outstanding

Player — Bernie Custis (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Steve Oneschuk (HB)	Toronto
2–4 (8)		Jim Dodds (FB)	McMaster
3–4 (12)		Jack Thompson (HB)	Western Ontario
4–4 (16)		Bill Moulton (G)	McGill
5–4 (20)		George Bertrand (G)	McGill
6–4 (24)		Dan Pughese (T)	McMaster
7–4 (28)		Don Sterling (E)	McGill
8–4 (32)		Pete Cranston (QB)	Queen's

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1954 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	3	Fri. Aug. 13	HAM 25 @ SSK 5	W	10,366
B	4	Mon. Aug. 16	HAM 5 @ CGY 12	L	10,000
	7	Wed. Aug. 18	HAM 12 @ BC 0	W	10,000
1	5	Sat. Aug. 28	MTL 24 @ HAM 6	L	16,000
2	8	Sat. Sept. 4	HAM 17 @ TOR 6	W	14,797
	9	Mon. Sept. 6	TOR 21 @ HAM 7	L	14,000
3	11	Sat. Sept. 11 2:00 PM	HAM 3 @ MTL 21	L	17,463	CBCE
4	13	Sat. Sept. 18	MTL 6 @ HAM 7	W	14,000
5	16	Sat. Sept. 25	HAM 38 @ OTT 12	W	9,220
6	17	Sat. Oct. 2	OTT 0 @ HAM 45	W	9,300
7	19	Sat. Oct. 9	TOR 6 @ HAM 34	W	15,000
	22	Mon. Oct. 11	HAM 22 @ TOR 13	W	16,050
8	23	Sat. Oct. 16	HAM 11 @ MTL 46	L	21,000
9	25	Sat. Oct. 23	OTT 17 @ HAM 25	W	9,300
10	28	Sat. Oct. 30 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 9	W	8,422
11	29	Sat. Nov. 6	HAM 15 @ MTL 19	L	19,127
12	31	Sat. Nov. 13	TOR 7 @ HAM 15	W	9,000
P2	33	Wed. Nov. 17	MTL 14 @ HAM 9	L	15,000
	34	Sat. Nov. 20	HAM 19 @ MTL 24	L	21,025