Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

11 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties
Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 30 – 27
- Nov. 18, 1972 Lost 7 – 19 @ Ottawa
- Nov. 26, 1972 Won 23 – 8 vs Ottawa
CFL Grey Cup
- Dec. 3, 1972 Won 13 – 10 vs Saskatchewan

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1972 Season Resources 1972 HAM Team Roster 1972 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Thu Jul 6 8:00 PM	OTT 22 @ HAM 21	L
B	Thu Jul 13 8:00 PM	HAM 24 @ TOR 25	L
C	Wed Jul 19 8:00 PM	MTL 9 @ HAM 21	W
D	Mon Jul 24 10:00 PM	HAM 13 @ CGY 28	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Mon Jul 31 8:00 PM	SSK 17 @ HAM 20	W	CTV
2	Tue Aug 8 11:00 PM	HAM 17 @ BC 19	L
2	Fri Aug 11 10:00 PM	HAM 27 @ EDM 30	L	CTV
3	Sat Aug 19 8:00 PM	MTL 25 @ HAM 23	L	CTVE
4	Thu Aug 24 8:00 PM	HAM 25 @ MTL 12	W	CTVE
5	Bye
6	Mon Sep 4 8:00 PM	OTT 16 @ HAM 17	W
7	Sun Sep 10 2:00 PM	HAM 22 @ TOR 18	W	CTVE
8	Sat Sep 16 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 22	W	CBCE
9	Sun Sep 24 2:00 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 41	W
10	Sun Oct 1 2:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 20	W	CTVE
11	Bye
12	Sat Oct 7 2:00 PM	CGY 24 @ HAM 50	W	CBC
13	Sat Oct 14 2:00 PM	HAM 31 @ MTL 26	W
14	Sat Oct 21 8:00 PM	WPG 3 @ HAM 18	W
15	Bye
16	Sun Nov 5 2:00 PM	TOR 16 @ HAM 26	W	CTVE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Final	Sat Nov 18 2:00 PM	HAM 7 @ OTT 19	L	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 26 2:00 PM	OTT 8 @ HAM 23	W	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Grey Cup	Sun Dec 3 1:00 PM	SSK 10 @ HAM 13	W	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	79	84	L1	1-3-0
Regular Season	14	11	3	0	22	372	262	W10	6-0-0
Home	7	6	1	0	12	195	115	W5	5-1-0
Visitor	7	5	2	0	10	177	147	W5	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	9	8	1	0	16	240	169	W8	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	132	93	W2	3-2-0

Full 1972 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	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (5-2-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	9 (8-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	10 (9-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.429	3-1-0 (4)	5-0-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.488	3-0-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.286	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.786	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.214	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.625	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.29	+10.43
Average Winning Score	27.73	+5.58
Average Losing Score	22.33	+9.90
Average Home Score	27.86	+8.43
Average Visitor Score	25.29	+10.14
Average Margin of Victory	10.64	+0.35
Average Margin of Loss	2.33	-8.52

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	195 (27.9)	177 (25.3)	372 (26.6)
Total	Opponent	147 (21.0)	115 (16.4)	262 (18.7)
1st	Hamilton	40 (5.7)	33 (4.7)	73 (5.2)
1st	Opponent	42 (6.0)	30 (4.3)	72 (5.1)
2nd	Hamilton	58 (8.3)	66 (9.4)	124 (8.9)
2nd	Opponent	29 (4.1)	20 (2.9)	49 (3.5)
3rd	Hamilton	34 (4.9)	34 (4.9)	68 (4.9)
3rd	Opponent	12 (1.7)	40 (5.7)	52 (3.7)
4th	Hamilton	63 (9.0)	44 (6.3)	107 (7.6)
4th	Opponent	64 (9.1)	25 (3.6)	89 (6.4)

Head Coach

Jerry Williams (Jan. 19, 1972 – Dec. 12, 1975)

Player Awards
All Stars

1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — Garney Henley (Winner)
Lineman — Ed Chalupka (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Tony Gabriel (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Chuck Ealey (Winner)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1972 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Dave Buchanan
TE	Tony Gabriel (Tie)
WR	Garney Henley
DB	John Williams
DB	Al Brenner

10 All-Division Selections

QB	Chuck Ealey^*
RB	Dave Buchanan
TE	Tony Gabriel (Tie)
FL	Garney Henley
G	Ed Chalupka
G	Jon Hohman
T	Bill Danychuk
DE	George Wells (Tie)
DB	Al Brenner
DB	John Williams

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[OTT]	Tom Walker (FB)	Waterloo Lutheran
1–6 (6)		John Harris (T)	York
1–7 (7)	[SSK]	Mike O'Shaugnessy (DE)	McMaster
3–6 (24)		Jim Chaigley (FB)	McMaster
4–6 (33)		Jerry Mays (WR)	McMaster
5–6 (42)		Dan Smith (QB)	Ottawa
6–6 (50)		Mark Drexler (DE)	Western Ontario
7–6 (59)		Rick Wiedenboeff (DB)	Waterloo
8–6		Pass
9–6		Pass