Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1978 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

5 wins, 10 losses, 1 tie
Finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 11, 1978 Lost 20 – 35 @ Montreal

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1978 Season Resources 1978 HAM Team Roster 1978 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Wed Jun 14 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 16	L
B	Sun Jun 18 4:00 PM	HAM 18 @ SSK 11	W
C	Sat Jun 24 8:00 PM	EDM 8 @ HAM 18	W
C	Thu Jun 29 8:00 PM	HAM 11 @ TOR 16	L
-5	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Wed Jul 12 8:00 PM	HAM 22 @ TOR 34	L
2	Wed Jul 19 8:00 PM	SSK 23 @ HAM 27	W	CTV
3	Tue Jul 25 8:00 PM	HAM 12 @ MTL 24	L	CBC
4	Tue Aug 1 11:00 PM	HAM 22 @ BC 22	T
5	Wed Aug 9 8:00 PM	WPG 29 @ HAM 7	L
6	Tue Aug 15 8:00 PM	HAM 6 @ OTT 32	L	CBC
7	Wed Aug 23 8:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 8	L	CTVE
8	Bye
9	Mon Sep 4 8:00 PM	TOR 16 @ HAM 19	W	R/C, CTV
10	Sun Sep 10 4:30 PM	HAM 16 @ EDM 56	L	CBCW
11	Sun Sep 17 2:00 PM	HAM 4 @ MTL 14	L	CBC
12	Sat Sep 23 8:00 PM	MTL 6 @ HAM 17	W	R/C, CTVE
13	Bye
14	Mon Oct 9 2:00 PM	OTT 5 @ HAM 25	W	R/C, CBC
15	Sat Oct 14 8:00 PM	HAM 7 @ TOR 21	L
16	Sun Oct 22 2:00 PM	CGY 35 @ HAM 1	L	CBC
17	Sat Oct 28 2:00 PM	HAM 9 @ OTT 34	L	R/C, CTV
18	Sun Nov 5 2:00 PM	TOR 16 @ HAM 23	W	R/C, CBCE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sat Nov 11 2:00 PM	HAM 20 @ MTL 35	L	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	63	59	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	5	10	1	11	225	403	W1	3-3-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	127	166	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	0	7	1	1	98	237	L5	0-5-1
Divisional opponent	11	4	7	0	8	152	238	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	1	3	1	3	73	165	L3	1-3-1

Full 1978 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	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	3 (0-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (2-2-1)	1 (1-0-0)	10 (2-8-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)	3 (2-1-0)	2 (1-0-1)	11 (2-9-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-7-1)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	12 (1-10-1)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	7 (0-7-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	10 (0-10-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.486	4-1-0 (5)	0-6-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.538	1-2-0 (3)	0-1-1 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.531	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.688	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.500	--	0-0-1 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.656	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.688	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.281	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1978	1977 +/-
Average Combined Score	39.25	-3.06
Average Winning Score	22.20	-2.60
Average Losing Score	9.20	-5.25
Average Home Score	15.88	-3.38
Average Visitor Score	12.25	-3.88
Average Margin of Victory	9.00	+3.00
Average Margin of Loss	22.30	+9.48

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	127 (15.9)	98 (12.3)	225 (14.1)
Total	Opponent	237 (29.6)	166 (20.8)	403 (25.2)
1st	Hamilton	16 (2.0)	14 (1.8)	30 (1.9)
1st	Opponent	53 (6.6)	48 (6.0)	101 (6.3)
2nd	Hamilton	31 (3.9)	32 (4.0)	63 (3.9)
2nd	Opponent	62 (7.8)	45 (5.6)	107 (6.7)
3rd	Hamilton	28 (3.5)	30 (3.8)	58 (3.6)
3rd	Opponent	51 (6.4)	25 (3.1)	76 (4.8)
4th	Hamilton	52 (6.5)	22 (2.8)	74 (4.6)
4th	Opponent	71 (8.9)	48 (6.0)	119 (7.4)

Head Coaches

John Payne (Aug. 11, 1978 – Dec. 8, 1980)
Tom Dimitroff, Sr. (Jan. 1, 1978 – Aug. 11, 1978)

Player Awards
All Stars

1978 Player Awards and Nominations

1978 Most Outstanding

Player — Ray Nettles (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Ray Nettles (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Larry Butler (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Neil Lumsden (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Ben Zambiasi (Division Finalist)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1978 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

OLB	Ben Zambiasi

3 All-Division Selections

RB	Jimmy Edwards
G	Larry Butler
OLB	Ben Zambiasi

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Bob O'Doherty (WR)	Queen's
2–2 (11)		Larry Colbey (OT)	Simon Fraser
3–2 (20)		Angelo Castellan (DT)	Toronto (UofT)
4–2 (29)		Dave Stumpf (WR)	Waterloo
5–2 (38)		Bill Levine (DT)	Toronto (UofT)
6–2 (47)		Yves Leclerc (QB)	Ottawa
7–2 (56)		Mike Katarincic (DB)	Wilfrid Laurier
8–2 (65)		Dan Medwin (TE)	Ottawa