Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Tue Jul 31 8:30 PM
SSK 27 @ HAM 12 L  
Ex
Wed Aug 8 11:30 PM
HAM 34 @ BC 26 W  
Ex
Sat Aug 11 11:30 PM
HAM 0 @ CGY 7 L  
Ex
Tue Aug 14 8:30 PM
WPG 10 @ HAM 22 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Wed Aug 22 8:30 PM
OTT 29 @ HAM 21 L  
2
Wed Aug 29 8:00 PM
HAM 18 @ TOR 0 W  
2
Mon Sep 3 2:00 PM
TOR 21 @ HAM 31 W  
3
Sat Sep 8 2:00 PM
HAM 21 @ OTT 0 W  
4
Wed Sep 12 8:00 PM
TOR 22 @ HAM 21 L  
4
Fri Sep 14 8:00 PM
HAM 19 @ TOR 41 L  
5
Sat Sep 22 2:00 PM
HAM 14 @ MTL 56 L CBCR
6
Sat Sep 29 2:00 PM
MTL 44 @ HAM 43 L  
7
Sat Oct 6 2:00 PM
TOR 6 @ HAM 42 W  
7
Mon Oct 8 2:00 PM
HAM 34 @ TOR 29 W  
8
Sat Oct 13 2:00 PM
OTT 24 @ HAM 40 W  
9
Sat Oct 20 2:00 PM
HAM 14 @ MTL 82 L  
10
Sat Oct 27 2:00 PM
MTL 14 @ HAM 50 W  
11
Sat Nov 3 2:00 PM
HAM 15 @ OTT 17 L  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Wed Nov 7 1:00 PM
OTT 21 @ HAM 46 W  
Final
Sat Nov 10 1:00 PM
MTL 30 @ HAM 21 L  
P2
Sat Nov 17 2:00 PM
HAM 41 @ MTL 48 L  
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 14 7 7 0 14 383 385 L1 4-2-0
    Home 7 4 3 0 8 248 160 W3 4-2-0
    Visitor 7 3 4 0 6 135 225 L2 2-4-0

Full 1956 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 5 (3-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (3-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 10 (6-4-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (1-2-0)
After 2nd 5 (3-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 9 (6-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd 6 (4-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 10 (7-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0)
After 4th 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 7 (7-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.469 4-3-0 (7) 3-4-0 (7)
Non-Divisional 0.000 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 (0)
Montreal Alouettes (4) 0.714
Ottawa RedBlacks (4) 0.500
Toronto Argonauts (6) 0.286
19561955 +/-
Average Combined Score 54.86 +16.19
Average Winning Score 33.71 +6.96
Average Losing Score 21.00 +6.75
Average Home Score 35.43 +9.93
Average Visitor Score 19.29 -0.38
Average Margin of Victory 20.29 +1.91
Average Margin of Loss 20.57 +3.32
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Hamilton 248 (35.4) 135 (19.3) 383 (27.4)
Opponent 225 (32.1) 160 (22.9) 385 (27.5)
1st Hamilton 66 (9.4) 62 (8.9) 128 (9.1)
Opponent 35 (5.0) 26 (3.7) 61 (4.4)
2nd Hamilton 69 (9.9) 31 (4.4) 100 (7.1)
Opponent 69 (9.9) 47 (6.7) 116 (8.3)
3rd Hamilton 70 (10.0) 21 (3.0) 91 (6.5)
Opponent 84 (12.0) 25 (3.6) 109 (7.8)
4th Hamilton 43 (6.1) 21 (3.0) 64 (4.6)
Opponent 37 (5.3) 62 (8.9) 99 (7.1)
Head Coach
1956 Player Awards and Nominations
1956 Most Outstanding
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1956 All-Star Selections
5 All-Division Selections
HB Carlton “Cookie” Gilchrist
DE Pete Neumann
DG Vince “Boomer” Scott
DHB Ray Truant
DHB Ralph Goldston

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–3 (3)   Don Cheeseman (FB) Toronto (UofT)
2–3 (12)   Clair Sellens (G) Queen's
3–3 (21)   Don Smith (E) Toronto (UofT)
4–3 (30)   Emil Bosacki (QB) McGill

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