Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the IRFU
IRFU Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1955 Lost 28 – 32 vs Toronto

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Season Resources 1955 HAM Team Roster 1955 HAM Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Aug 3	CGY 2 @ HAM 39	W	14,000
Ex	Wed Aug 10	HAM 6 @ EDM 21	L	10,000
Ex	Sat Aug 13	HAM 22 @ WPG 20	W	15,829
Ex	Wed Aug 24	MTL 10 @ HAM 12	W	13,649

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Sep 3	HAM 6 @ TOR 31	L	18,621
1	Mon Sep 5	TOR 12 @ HAM 37	W	18,628
2	Sat Sep 10	OTT 12 @ HAM 23	W	12,491
3	Sat Sep 17	HAM 20 @ MTL 38	L	22,940
4	Sat Sep 24	MTL 13 @ HAM 22	W	15,396
5	Sat Oct 1 2:00 PM	HAM 40 @ OTT	W	13,000
6	Sat Oct 8	TOR 11 @ HAM 15	W	15,000
6	Mon Oct 10	HAM 15 @ TOR 16	L	19,060
7	Sat Oct 15	OTT 1 @ HAM 28	W	9,300
8	Sat Oct 22 2:00 PM	HAM 21 @ OTT 12	W	13,000
9	Sat Oct 29	HAM 16 @ MTL 41	L	22,849
10	Sat Nov 5	MTL 6 @ HAM 28	W	14,800

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 12	TOR 32 @ HAM 28	L	17,600

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	There was no Pre-Season schedule in 1955.
Regular Season	12	8	4	0	16	271	193	W1	4-2-0
Home	6	6	0	0	12	153	55	W6	6-0-0
Visitor	6	2	4	0	4	118	138	L1	2-4-0

Full 1955 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)	3 (3-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.444	6-0-0 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.750	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.333	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1955	1954 +/-
Average Combined Score	38.67	+4.24
Average Winning Score	26.75	+0.86
Average Losing Score	14.25	+5.85
Average Home Score	25.50	+5.64
Average Visitor Score	19.67	+0.24
Average Margin of Victory	18.38	+0.93
Average Margin of Loss	17.25	-0.55

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Hamilton	29	25	54	24	43	67	21	15	36	79	35	114	153 (25.5)	118 (19.7)	271 (22.6)
Opponent	10	25	35	21	41	62	12	35	47	12	37	49	138 (23.0)	55 (9.2)	193 (16.1)

Head Coaches

Jim Trimble (Dec. 29, 1955 – Feb. 19, 1963)
Carl Voyles (Jan. 1, 1950 – Dec. 9, 1955)

Player Awards

1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Lineman — Vince “Boomer” Scott (Division Finalist)

1955 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)		Don Getty, Sr. (FW)	Western Ontario
2–3 (7)		Don Prowse (E)	Western Ontario
3–3 (11)		Hank Zurek (G)	Queen's
4–3 (15)		Jack Cook (E)	Queen's
5–3 (19)		Jack Pelec	McMaster
6–3 (23)		Bruce Day (E)	Toronto
7–3 (27)		Murray Howell	McMaster
8–3 (31)		John Wisner (C)	Toronto
9–3 (35)		Wally Mellor (QB)	Queen's
10–3 (39)		Tony Miller (E)	McGill
11–3 (43)		Earl Mering (T)	McGill