The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1970 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Lost Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 43 – 26
- Nov. 15, 1970 Lost 22 – 32 @ Montreal
- Nov. 21, 1970 Lost 4 – 11 vs Montreal

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1970 Season Resources 1970 HAM Team Roster 1970 HAM Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jul 9	WPG 29 @ HAM 12	L	16,150
C	Fri Jul 17	HAM 27 @ SSK 15	W	10,199
C	Mon Jul 20	HAM 20 @ CGY 29	L	15,455
D	Thu Jul 23	OTT 27 @ HAM 20	L	16,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 29 8:00 PM	HAM 17 @ OTT 15	W	23,094	CTVE
2	Sat Aug 8 8:00 PM	SSK 23 @ HAM 22	L	25,135	CBC
3	Thu Aug 13 8:00 PM	HAM 3 @ TOR 29	L	33,135	CTVE
4	Sat Aug 22 8:00 PM	WPG 6 @ HAM 27	W	19,723	CBC
7	Mon Sep 7	MTL 12 @ HAM 17	W	28,702
8	Sat Sep 12 8:00 PM	HAM 23 @ MTL 38	L	25,721	CBCE
9	Wed Sep 16 8:00 PM	CGY 18 @ HAM 39	W	21,100	CTV
10	Wed Sep 23 11:00 PM	HAM 26 @ BC 14	W	29,787	CTV
10	Sat Sep 26 11:00 PM	HAM 13 @ EDM 34	L	23,061	CBC
11	Sun Oct 4	TOR 33 @ HAM 14	L	29,455
12	Mon Oct 12 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ HAM 24	W	21,035	CTV
13	Sat Oct 17 2:00 PM	HAM 22 @ OTT 15	W	21,385	CBCE
14	Sun Oct 25 2:00 PM	TOR 7 @ HAM 27	W	29,755	CTVE
15	Sun Nov 1 2:00 PM	HAM 18 @ MTL 18	T	25,886	CTV

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 15 2:00 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 32	L	33,212	CTV
P2	Sat Nov 21 2:00 PM	MTL 11 @ HAM 4	L	24,270	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	79	100	L2	1-3-0
Regular Season	14	8	5	1	17	292	279	T1	3-2-1
Home	7	5	2	0	10	170	116	W2	5-1-0
Visitor	7	3	3	1	7	122	163	T1	2-3-1
Divisional opponent	9	5	3	1	11	165	184	T1	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	127	95	L1	3-2-0

Full 1970 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 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	8 (6-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (3-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (8-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (8-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	8 (8-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.464	3-1-0 (4)	2-2-1 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.500	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.536	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-1 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.286	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.571	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.375	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.563	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.875	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1970	1969 +/-
Average Combined Score	40.79	-3.64
Average Winning Score	24.88	-0.88
Average Losing Score	15.00	-0.80
Average Home Score	24.29	+1.29
Average Visitor Score	17.43	-3.43
Average Margin of Victory	11.88	+2.50
Average Margin of Loss	16.40	-0.20

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Hamilton	49	24	73	30	40	70	27	20	47	64	38	102	170 (24.3)	122 (17.4)	292 (20.9)
Opponent	17	24	41	26	50	76	47	48	95	26	41	67	163 (23.3)	116 (16.6)	279 (19.9)

Head Coach

Joe Restic (Feb. 23, 1968 – Dec. 31, 1970)

Player Awards
All Stars

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1970 Player Awards and Nominations

1970 Most Outstanding

Player — Tommy Joe Coffey (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Angelo Mosca (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Bill Danychuk (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1970 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

SE	Tommy Joe Coffey
G	Bill Danychuk (Tie)
T	Ellison Kelly
DT	Angelo Mosca
DB	Garney Henley (Tie)

6 All-Division Selections

RB	Dave “Rooster” Fleming, Sr.
SE	Tommy Joe Coffey
G	Bill Danychuk
T	Ellison Kelly
DT	Angelo Mosca
DB	Garney Henley

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)	[MTL]	Dave Fahmer (FB)	Western Ontario
1–5 (5)		Jim Bennett (T)	Toronto
3–5 (23)		Paul McKay (DB)	Toronto
4–5 (32)		Jay Graydon (DB)	McMaster
5–5 (41)		Dave Clarke (DB)	Guelph
6–5 (49)		Bob DiFruscia (FL)	Guelph
7–5 (57)		Peter Quinlan (QB)	McMaster
8–5 (66)		Doug Hinan (FB)	Laurentian
9–5 (72)		Terry Harvey (DE)	Waterloo Lutheran
10–5		Pass