Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
A
Wed Jun 13 8:00 PM
TOR 14 @ HAM 9 L 19,247  
B
Tue Jun 19 11:00 PM
HAM 11 @ BC 16 L 17,839  
C
Tue Jun 26 8:00 PM
CGY 23 @ HAM 8 L 17,205  
D
Tue Jul 3 8:00 PM
HAM 8 @ MTL 21 L 27,637  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1
Wed Jul 11 8:00 PM
HAM 19 @ OTT 30 L 21,674 CTVE
2
Wed Jul 18 8:00 PM
TOR 18 @ HAM 11 L 25,104  
3
Wed Jul 25 10:00 PM
HAM 24 @ SSK 20 W 19,759  
4
Wed Aug 1 8:00 PM
MTL 21 @ HAM 8 L 20,490 CTVE
5
Wed Aug 8 8:00 PM
HAM 0 @ TOR 25 L 41,282  
6
Tue Aug 14 9:00 PM
HAM 21 @ WPG 27 L 24,660 CBC
7
Tue Aug 21 8:00 PM
BC 22 @ HAM 16 L 18,420 CBC
8Bye
9
Mon Sep 3 8:00 PM
OTT 9 @ HAM 16 W 19,246 CBC
10
Sat Sep 8 2:00 PM
HAM 4 @ OTT 44 L 23,589 R/C, CTVE
11
Sun Sep 16 2:00 PM
MTL 21 @ HAM 14 L 18,511 R/C, CBCE
12
Sun Sep 23 3:00 PM
EDM 22 @ HAM 21 L 18,186 CBC
13
Sat Sep 29 2:00 PM
HAM 17 @ TOR 16 W 37,023 R/C
14
Mon Oct 8 2:00 PM
TOR 3 @ HAM 42 W 27,293  
15
Sun Oct 14 4:30 PM
HAM 26 @ CGY 16 W 30,925  
16
Sun Oct 21 2:00 PM
OTT 3 @ HAM 21 W 27,211 R/C, CBCE
17Bye
18
Sun Nov 4 2:00 PM
HAM 20 @ MTL 41 L 41,382 CBCE
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result Attendance TV
P1
Sun Nov 11 2:00 PM
HAM 26 @ OTT 29 L 25,540 CBC
32Bye
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 0 4 0 0 36 74 L4 0-4-0
Regular Season 16 6 10 0 12 280 338 L1 4-2-0
    Home 8 3 5 0 6 149 119 W2 3-3-0
    Visitor 8 3 5 0 6 131 219 L1 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 11 4 7 0 8 172 231 L1 3-3-0
   Non-divisional opponent 5 2 3 0 4 108 107 W1 2-3-0

Full 1979 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 5 (2-3-0) 1 (1-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (2-5-0) 6 (3-3-0) 1 (1-0-0) 9 (2-7-0)
After 2nd 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (2-5-0) 5 (4-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 11 (2-9-0)
After 3rd 4 (3-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (0-3-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (2-5-0) 5 (4-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 10 (2-8-0)
After 4th 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 10 (0-10-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.514 3-3-0 (6) 1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.506 0-2-0 (2) 2-1-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (3) 0.719
Ottawa RedBlacks (4) 0.563
Toronto Argonauts (4) 0.313
BC Lions (1) 0.594
Calgary Stampeders (1) 0.750
Edmonton Elks (1) 0.813
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1) 0.125
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) 0.250
19791978 +/-
Average Combined Score 38.63 -0.62
Average Winning Score 24.33 +2.13
Average Losing Score 13.40 +4.20
Average Home Score 18.63 +2.75
Average Visitor Score 16.38 +4.12
Average Margin of Victory 13.17 +4.17
Average Margin of Loss 13.70 -8.60
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Hamilton 149 (18.6) 131 (16.4) 280 (17.5)
Opponent 219 (27.4) 119 (14.9) 338 (21.1)
1st Hamilton 50 (6.3) 7 (0.9) 57 (3.6)
Opponent 87 (10.9) 28 (3.5) 115 (7.2)
2nd Hamilton 37 (4.6) 56 (7.0) 93 (5.8)
Opponent 65 (8.1) 48 (6.0) 113 (7.1)
3rd Hamilton 33 (4.1) 11 (1.4) 44 (2.8)
Opponent 37 (4.6) 15 (1.9) 52 (3.3)
4th Hamilton 29 (3.6) 57 (7.1) 86 (5.4)
Opponent 30 (3.8) 28 (3.5) 58 (3.6)
Head Coach
1979 Player Awards and Nominations
1979 Most Outstanding
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1979 All-Star Selections
2 All-Canadian Selections
G Larry Butler
OLB Ben Zambiasi
4 All-Division Selections
QB Tom Clements
SB Leif Pettersen
G Larry Butler
OLB Ben Zambiasi

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1979 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
2–4 (13)   Jim O'Keeffe (DB) Wilfrid Laurier
2–8 (17) [MTL] Walt Payerl (WR) Western Ontario
5–4 (40)   Mark Heidebrecht (DT) Springfield College (MA)
6–4 (49)   Jack Davis (DT) Wilfrid Laurier
7–4 (58)   Peter Hepburn (DT) Wilfrid Laurier

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