The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ 1955 Season

Season Summary

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

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1954: 19 players
1955 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	51	12	W2	3-1-0
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

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Opponent Appearances

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 Rough Riders (4)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.333	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coaches

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

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1955 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Attendance

Capacity: 14,000
Total: 85,615
High: 18,628
Avg: 14,269 (6 out of 6 games)
Diff from 1954 Avg: +1,897
Low: 9,300
Sellouts: 4
% of Capacity: 101.92
Diff from League Avg: +12,849

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1955 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	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)

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)	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)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Lineman — Vince Scott (Division Finalist)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 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 Wismer (C)	Toronto
9–3 (35)		Wally Mellor (QB)	Queen's
10–3 (39)		Tony Miller (E)	McGill
11–3 (43)		Earl Mering (T)	McGill

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1955 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	1	Wed. Aug. 3	CGY 2 @ HAM 39	W	14,000
	2	Wed. Aug. 10	HAM 6 @ EDM 21	L	10,000
B	4	Sat. Aug. 13	HAM 22 @ WPG 20	W	15,829
	5	Wed. Aug. 24	MTL 10 @ HAM 12	W	13,649
1	7	Sat. Sept. 3	HAM 6 @ TOR 31	L	18,621
	8	Mon. Sept. 5	TOR 12 @ HAM 37	W	18,628
2	10	Sat. Sept. 10	OTT 12 @ HAM 23	W	12,491
3	12	Sat. Sept. 17	HAM 20 @ MTL 38	L	22,940
4	14	Sat. Sept. 24	MTL 13 @ HAM 22	W	15,396
5	16	Sat. Oct. 1	HAM 40 @ OTT 0	W	13,000
6	18	Sat. Oct. 8	TOR 11 @ HAM 15	W	15,000
	21	Mon. Oct. 10	HAM 15 @ TOR 16	L	19,060
7	22	Sat. Oct. 15	OTT 1 @ HAM 28	W	9,300
8	24	Sat. Oct. 22	HAM 21 @ OTT 12	W	13,000
9	26	Sat. Oct. 29	HAM 16 @ MTL 41	L	22,849
10	28	Sat. Nov. 5	MTL 6 @ HAM 28	W	14,800
P1	30	Sat. Nov. 12	TOR 32 @ HAM 28	L	17,600