Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Season Resources 1977 HAM Team Roster 1977 HAM Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 15 8:00 PM	CGY 16 @ HAM 24	W	16,124
B	Wed Jun 22 8:00 PM	TOR 12 @ HAM 21	W	20,061
C	Tue Jun 28 8:00 PM	HAM 20 @ OTT 36	L	17,004
D	Tue Jul 5 8:00 PM	HAM 19 @ MTL 27	L	23,920


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 12 8:00 PM	TOR 20 @ HAM 21	W	27,502	CBC
2	Tue Jul 19 10:00 PM	HAM 11 @ CGY 13	L	24,497	CTV
4	Tue Aug 2 8:00 PM	MTL 21 @ HAM 11	L	25,782	CBCE
5	Wed Aug 10 8:00 PM	HAM 1 @ TOR 22	L	48,120
6	Tue Aug 16 8:00 PM	HAM 17 @ OTT 31	L	23,480	CBCE
7	Wed Aug 24 8:00 PM	EDM 22 @ HAM 27	W	23,725	CTV
8	Tue Aug 30 9:00 PM	HAM 19 @ WPG 20	L	25,036	CBC
9	Mon Sep 5 8:00 PM	OTT 33 @ HAM 18	L	25,677	CTV
10	Sat Sep 10 8:00 PM	HAM 25 @ TOR 12	W	47,498
11	Sun Sep 18 4:00 PM	HAM 17 @ SSK 38	L	21,307	CTV
12	Sun Sep 25 2:00 PM	MTL 19 @ HAM 20	W	21,748	CBCE
14	Mon Oct 10 2:00 PM	TOR 43 @ HAM 2	L	34,390
15	Sat Oct 15 2:00 PM	HAM 28 @ OTT 36	L	24,750	CTV
16	Sun Oct 23 2:00 PM	BC 21 @ HAM 31	W	19,133	CBC
17	Sat Oct 29 2:00 PM	HAM 11 @ MTL 18	L	46,620	CTV
18	Sun Nov 6 2:00 PM	OTT 25 @ HAM 24	L	17,353	CBCE

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	84	91	L2	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	5	11	0	10	283	394	L2	2-4-0
Home	8	4	4	0	8	154	204	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	1	7	0	2	129	190	L3	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	11	3	8	0	6	178	280	L4	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	105	114	W1	2-3-0

Full 1977 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	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (2-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	5 (4-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	4 (3-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (0-11-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.506	2-4-0 (6)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.525	2-0-0 (2)	0-3-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.688	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.375	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.250	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1977	1976 +/-
Average Combined Score	42.31	+3.75
Average Winning Score	24.80	+2.55
Average Losing Score	14.45	+3.08
Average Home Score	19.25	+3.00
Average Visitor Score	16.13	-1.25
Average Margin of Victory	6.00	-2.38
Average Margin of Loss	12.82	-5.43

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	154 (19.3)	129 (16.1)	283 (17.7)
Total	Opponent	190 (23.8)	204 (25.5)	394 (24.6)
1st	Hamilton	28 (3.5)	19 (2.4)	47 (2.9)
1st	Opponent	43 (5.4)	23 (2.9)	66 (4.1)
2nd	Hamilton	59 (7.4)	35 (4.4)	94 (5.9)
2nd	Opponent	64 (8.0)	57 (7.1)	121 (7.6)
3rd	Hamilton	31 (3.9)	17 (2.1)	48 (3.0)
3rd	Opponent	26 (3.3)	62 (7.8)	88 (5.5)
4th	Hamilton	36 (4.5)	58 (7.3)	94 (5.9)
4th	Opponent	57 (7.1)	62 (7.8)	119 (7.4)

Head Coach

Bob Shaw (Aug. 1, 1976 – Dec. 31, 1977)

Player Awards
All Stars

1977 Player Awards and Nominations

1977 Most Outstanding

Player — Jimmy Edwards (Winner)
Defensive Player — Mike Samples (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Larry Butler (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ken Clark (Team Nominee)
Rookie — John Martini (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Jimmy Edwards
P	Ken Clark

3 All-Division Selections

RB	Jimmy Edwards
G	Larry Butler
P	Ken Clark

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)	[SSK]	John Martini (LB)	Toronto
2–7 (16)		John Rothwell (DB)	Waterloo
3–7 (25)		Paul Sheridan (DE)	York
4–7 (34)		Julio Giordani (LB)	Toronto
5–7 (43)		Glen Dawson (K)	Marshall
6–7 (52)		Andre Morin (DT)	Ottawa
7–7 (61)		Bill Rozalowsky (RB)	Western Ontario
7–8 (62)	[SSK]	Terry Tapak (DE)	Acadia
8–7 (70)		Mark Dumont (LB)	St. Francis Xavier
8–8 (71)	[SSK]	Pat Chemeris (OT)	Waterloo
9–7 (79)		James D'Andrea (DB)	Queen's
9–8 (80)	[SSK]	Dean Lees (LB)	Saint Mary's
10–7 (87)		Peter Logan (WR)	Western Ontario
10–8 (88)	[SSK]	Jim Howard (DT)	McMaster