The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 7, 1971 Won 23 – 4 vs Ottawa
Lost Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 40 – 25
- Nov. 14, 1971 Lost 8 – 23 vs Toronto
- Nov. 20, 1971 Tied 17 – 17 @ Toronto

Team Roster and Stats

1971 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	0	4	0	0	47	89	L4	0-4-0
Regular Season	14	7	7	0	14	242	246	W1	2-4-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	136	103	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	106	143	W1	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	9	5	4	0	10	164	165	W1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	78	81	L1	2-3-0

Full 1971 League Standings

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

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 7	WPG 16 @ HAM 14	L	19,075
B	Mon Jul 12 10:00 PM	HAM 16 @ SSK 32	L	10,499
C	Mon Jul 19 8:00 PM	HAM 9 @ MTL 20	L	11,755
D	Thu Jul 22	TOR 21 @ HAM 8	L	25,645

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 29 8:00 PM	EDM 15 @ HAM 17	W	22,786	CTV
3	Wed Aug 11 8:00 PM	HAM 20 @ OTT 17	W	26,385	CTVE
5	Wed Aug 25 8:00 PM	MTL 12 @ HAM 8	L	33,321	CTVE
6	Tue Aug 31 8:00 PM	HAM 24 @ MTL 25	L	24,401
7	Mon Sep 6	TOR 17 @ HAM 30	W	34,535
8	Sun Sep 12 2:00 PM	HAM 14 @ TOR 23	L	33,135	CTVE
9	Sat Sep 18	MTL 9 @ HAM 10	W	28,871	CBCE
10	Sun Sep 26	OTT 7 @ HAM 19	W	26,953	CTVE
11	Sun Oct 3 5:00 PM	HAM 1 @ CGY 17	L	23,616	CTV
12	Wed Oct 6 10:00 PM	HAM 20 @ SSK 28	L	13,914	CTV
12	Mon Oct 11 2:00 PM	BC 3 @ HAM 36	W	25,997	CTV
13	Sun Oct 17 3:30 PM	HAM 4 @ WPG 18	L	20,345	CTV
14	Sat Oct 23 2:00 PM	OTT 40 @ HAM 16	L	21,700	CBCE
15	Sun Oct 31 2:00 PM	HAM 23 @ TOR 15	W	33,135	CTVE

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 7 2:00 PM	OTT 4 @ HAM 23	W	26,471	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 14 2:00 PM	TOR 23 @ HAM 8	L	33,392	CBC
P2	Sat Nov 20 2:00 PM	HAM 17 @ TOR 17	T	33,135	CTV

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.524	3-2-0 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.488	2-0-0 (2)	0-3-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.429	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.429	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.714	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.406	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.469	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1971	1970 +/-
Average Combined Score	34.86	-5.93
Average Winning Score	22.14	-2.73
Average Losing Score	12.43	-2.57
Average Home Score	19.43	-4.86
Average Visitor Score	15.14	-2.29
Average Margin of Victory	10.29	-1.59
Average Margin of Loss	10.86	-5.54

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	33	23	56	36	33	69	11	19	30	56	31	87	136 (19.4)	106 (15.1)	242 (17.3)
Opponent	9	34	43	21	34	55	30	45	75	43	30	73	143 (20.4)	103 (14.7)	246 (17.6)

Coaches

Head Coach

Al Dorow (Jan. 1, 1971 – Dec. 31, 1971)

Player Awards
All Stars

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Player Awards and Nominations

1971 Most Outstanding

Player — Garney Henley (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Bill Danychuk (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bill Danychuk (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DB	Garney Henley

3 All-Division Selections

OLB	Mike Blum
DB	John Williams
DB	Garney Henley

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1971 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–7 (16)		Walter Sehr (HB)	Toronto
3–7 (25)		Paul Zarek (FL)	McMaster
4–7 (34)		Chuck Wakefield (E)	Waterloo
5–7 (43)		Jim Dimitroff (FL)	Saint Mary's
6–7 (52)		Roger Hunter (DB)	Guelph
7–7 (60)		Mike Chevers (E)	Waterloo
8–7 (66)		Wayne Fox (FL)	Waterloo
9–7		Pass