Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1961 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 55 – 27
- Nov. 18, 1961 Lost 7 – 25 @ Toronto
- Nov. 25, 1961 Won 48 – 2 vs Toronto
The Grey Cup
- Dec. 2, 1961 Lost 14 – 21 in OT vs Winnipeg in Toronto, ON

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1961 Season Resources 1961 HAM Team Roster 1961 HAM Attendance 1961 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Media Guide


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Jul 21 11:30 PM	HAM 9 @ EDM 17	L	10,000
Ex	Mon Jul 24 11:30 PM	HAM 27 @ BC 38	L	18,769
Ex	Mon Jul 31 8:00 PM	HAM 25 @ MTL 16	W	17,635
Ex	Tue Aug 8 8:00 PM	BUF 21 @ HAM 38	W	12,000


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Bye
2	Tue Aug 15 8:00 PM	BC 21 @ HAM 30	W	17,103
3	Sun Aug 20 2:00 PM	HAM 28 @ TOR 24	W	27,809
4	Bye
5	Thu Aug 31 9:30 PM	HAM 30 @ WPG 9	W	18,951
6	Mon Sep 4 2:00 PM	TOR 19 @ HAM 21	W	26,533
7	Mon Sep 11 8:00 PM	EDM 15 @ HAM 32	W	27,646
7	Sat Sep 16 11:30 PM	HAM 37 @ CGY 36	W	16,707
8	Mon Sep 18 10:30 PM	HAM 22 @ SSK 15	W	10,152
8	Sat Sep 23 8:00 PM	MTL 28 @ HAM 7	L	25,291
9	Sat Sep 30 2:00 PM	HAM 21 @ OTT 47	L	22,400
10	Bye
11	Mon Oct 9 2:00 PM	OTT 14 @ HAM 10	L	25,273
11	Sun Oct 15 2:00 PM	HAM 37 @ TOR 10	W	29,553
12	Sat Oct 21 2:00 PM	MTL 5 @ HAM 15	W	22,723	CTVE
13	Sat Oct 28 2:00 PM	OTT 29 @ HAM 44	W	20,271
14	Sat Nov 4 2:00 PM	HAM 6 @ MTL 21	L	16,199


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sat Nov 18 2:00 PM	HAM 7 @ TOR 25	L	33,161
P2	Sat Nov 25 2:00 PM	TOR 2 @ HAM 48	W	22,671	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Dec 2 1:00 PM	WPG 21 vs HAM 14 OT	L	32,651	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	10	4	0	20	340	293	L1	3-3-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	159	131	W2	4-2-0
Visitor	7	5	2	0	10	181	162	L1	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	9	5	4	0	10	189	197	L1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	5	0	0	10	151	96	W5	5-0-0

Full 1961 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	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	8 (7-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	8 (7-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	8 (7-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.476	3-2-0 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.475	2-0-0 (2)	3-0-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.321	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.571	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.536	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.438	--	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.656	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.344	--	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.813	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1961	1960 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.21	-1.21
Average Winning Score	29.60	+5.60
Average Losing Score	11.00	-6.70
Average Home Score	22.71	+2.00
Average Visitor Score	25.86	+7.57
Average Margin of Victory	11.30	+7.30
Average Margin of Loss	16.50	+4.50

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	159 (22.7)	181 (25.9)	340 (24.3)
Total	Opponent	162 (23.1)	131 (18.7)	293 (20.9)
1st	Hamilton	54 (7.7)	28 (4.0)	82 (5.9)
1st	Opponent	37 (5.3)	16 (2.3)	53 (3.8)
2nd	Hamilton	40 (5.7)	38 (5.4)	78 (5.6)
2nd	Opponent	39 (5.6)	40 (5.7)	79 (5.6)
3rd	Hamilton	39 (5.6)	39 (5.6)	78 (5.6)
3rd	Opponent	48 (6.9)	29 (4.1)	77 (5.5)
4th	Hamilton	26 (3.7)	76 (10.9)	102 (7.3)
4th	Opponent	38 (5.4)	46 (6.6)	84 (6.0)

Head Coach

Jim Trimble (Dec. 29, 1955 – Feb. 19, 1963)

Assistant Coaches

Ralph Sazio – Line
Eddie Bevan – Assistant
Steve Oneschuk – Assistant
Joe Restic – Training Camp Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1961 Player Awards and Nominations

1961 Most Outstanding

Player — Bernie Faloney (Winner)
Lineman — John Barrow (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Pete Neumann (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1961 All-Star Selections

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Bernie Faloney
E	Paul Dekker
G	Ellison Kelly
DT	John Barrow
DE	Pete Neumann
ILB	Hardiman Cureton
DHB	Don Sutherin

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1961 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[MTL]	John Ware (C)	Queen's
2–1 (6)		Wally Barrie (LB)	McGill
3–1 (11)		Weldon Thoburn (T)	Toronto
4–1 (16)		Bob House (E)	Toronto
5–1 (20)		Bob Godley (G)	Toronto
6–1		Pass