Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1976 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1976 Won 23 – 0 vs Montreal
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 21, 1976 Lost 15 – 17 @ Ottawa

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1976 Season Resources 1976 HAM Team Roster 1976 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 30 8:00 PM	MTL 25 @ HAM 1	L	13,070
B	Tue Jul 6 9:00 PM	HAM 3 @ WPG 38	L	18,374
C	Sat Jul 10 8:00 PM	TOR 25 @ HAM 10	L	19,549
D	Wed Jul 14 8:00 PM	HAM 12 @ MTL 30	L	19,457


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 21 8:00 PM	OTT 42 @ HAM 16	L	21,269
2	Thu Jul 29 11:00 PM	HAM 14 @ BC 39	L	15,731
3	Sat Aug 7 8:00 PM	SSK 24 @ HAM 8	L	18,126	CTV
4	Thu Aug 12 8:00 PM	HAM 12 @ MTL 11	W	21,285	CTVE
5	Wed Aug 18 8:00 PM	HAM 11 @ TOR 14	L	49,724
6	Wed Aug 25 8:00 PM	CGY 11 @ HAM 18	W	21,332	CTV
7	Tue Aug 31 9:30 PM	HAM 1 @ EDM 5	L	25,461	CBC
8	Mon Sep 6 8:00 PM	WPG 15 @ HAM 17	W	22,162	CTV
9	Sun Sep 12 2:00 PM	HAM 22 @ TOR 31	L	48,250	R/C, CBCE
10	Sun Sep 19 2:00 PM	HAM 28 @ OTT 21	W	22,466	R/C, CBCE
11	Sat Sep 25 8:00 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 29	W	31,793
12	Sun Oct 3 2:00 PM	HAM 26 @ MTL 19	W	58,730	CBC
13	Mon Oct 11 2:00 PM	MTL 34 @ HAM 9	L	32,155	R/C, CBC
15	Sun Oct 24 2:00 PM	OTT 48 @ HAM 10	L	21,568
16	Sun Oct 31 2:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 6	W	20,454	CTVE
17	Sun Nov 7 2:00 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 23	W	35,394	R/C, CBCE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 13 2:00 PM	MTL 0 @ HAM 23	W	25,107	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 21 2:00 PM	HAM 15 @ OTT 17	L	28,246	R/C, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	0	4	0	0	26	118	L4	0-4-0
Regular Season	16	8	8	0	16	269	348	W2	4-2-0
Home	8	4	4	0	8	130	202	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	139	146	W3	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	11	6	5	0	12	211	254	W2	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	58	94	W1	2-3-0

Full 1976 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 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (4-1-0)	7 (4-3-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (4-3-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	10 (2-8-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (6-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.514	2-3-0 (5)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.494	2-1-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.469	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.594	0-2-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.469	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.375	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1976	1975 +/-
Average Combined Score	38.56	-3.88
Average Winning Score	22.25	+2.25
Average Losing Score	11.38	-4.22
Average Home Score	16.25	+1.38
Average Visitor Score	17.38	-3.25
Average Margin of Victory	8.38	+0.38
Average Margin of Loss	18.25	+3.15

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	130 (16.3)	139 (17.4)	269 (16.8)
Total	Opponent	146 (18.3)	202 (25.3)	348 (21.8)
1st	Hamilton	43 (5.4)	4 (0.5)	47 (2.9)
1st	Opponent	34 (4.3)	31 (3.9)	65 (4.1)
2nd	Hamilton	21 (2.6)	52 (6.5)	73 (4.6)
2nd	Opponent	59 (7.4)	76 (9.5)	135 (8.4)
3rd	Hamilton	20 (2.5)	31 (3.9)	51 (3.2)
3rd	Opponent	22 (2.8)	43 (5.4)	65 (4.1)
4th	Hamilton	46 (5.8)	52 (6.5)	98 (6.1)
4th	Opponent	31 (3.9)	52 (6.5)	83 (5.2)

Head Coaches

Bob Shaw (Aug. 1, 1976 – Dec. 31, 1977)
George Dickson, Jr. (Feb. 5, 1976 – Aug. 1, 1976)

Player Awards
All Stars

1976 Player Awards and Nominations

1976 Most Outstanding

Player — Jimmy Edwards (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Joe Harris (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Larry Butler (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ken Clark (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Alan Moffat (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1976 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Jimmy Edwards
DB	David Shaw
DB	Lewis Porter (Tie)

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Jimmy Edwards^*
G	Larry Butler
DE	Mike Samples
DB	Lewis Porter (Tie)
DB	David Shaw (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1976 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–4 (13)		Barry Cozac (RB)	Mount Allison
3–4 (22)		Paul Whaley (DB)	Guelph
4–4 (31)		Paul Genovese (OG)	McMaster
5–4 (40)		Rick Slipetz (LB)	York
6–4 (49)		Mike Sokovnin (OT)	Toronto
7–4 (58)		Rick Jeysman (DB)	Toronto
8–4 (67)		Frank McKay (DB)	Western Ontario
9–4 (76)		Marty Dixon (DE)	Western Ontario
10–4 (84)		Jon Jewell (LB)	Western Ontario