The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Team Roster and Stats

1977 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Record

	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

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	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)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Schedule

Pre-season
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 15	CGY 16 @ HAM 24	W	16,124
B	Wed Jun 22	TOR 12 @ HAM 21	W	20,061
C	Tue Jun 28	HAM 20 @ OTT 36	L	17,004
D	Tue Jul 5	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
4	Tue Aug 2 8:00 PM	MTL 21 @ HAM 11	L	25,782	CBCE
5	Wed Aug 10	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	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

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 Opponent Appearances

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 Rough Riders (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 Eskimos (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

Team Scoring

	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

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	28	19	47	59	35	94	31	17	48	36	58	94	154 (19.3)	129 (16.1)	283 (17.7)
Opponent	23	43	66	57	64	121	62	26	88	62	57	119	190 (23.8)	204 (25.5)	394 (24.6)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 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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Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1977 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