Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1981 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 15, 1981 Lost 13 – 17 vs Ottawa

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Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 7 1:30 PM	HAM 27 @ MTL 21	W	21,742
B	Sat Jun 13 7:00 PM	TOR 15 @ HAM 3	L	13,003
C	Thu Jun 18 8:00 PM	HAM 23 @ TOR 16	W	30,011
D	Sat Jun 27 7:00 PM	MTL 38 @ HAM 24	L	16,604


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sun Jul 5 4:00 PM	HAM 33 @ WPG 23	W	23,500	CTV
2	Sat Jul 11 7:00 PM	OTT 10 @ HAM 47	W	22,345	CBCE, R/C
3	Fri Jul 17 9:00 PM	HAM 6 @ CGY 26	L	30,812	CTV
4	Sat Jul 25 7:00 PM	TOR 13 @ HAM 57	W	30,022
5	Sat Aug 1 9:00 PM	HAM 5 @ EDM 41	L	43,346	CBC, R/C
6	Sat Aug 8 7:00 PM	CGY 16 @ HAM 28	W	20,270	CBCE
7	Sun Aug 16 5:00 PM	HAM 37 @ BC 23	W	30,615	CTV
8	Bye
9	Sat Aug 29 7:00 PM	MTL 11 @ HAM 16	W	27,180	CBCE, R/C
10	Mon Sep 7 7:00 PM	EDM 34 @ HAM 34	T	30,121	CTV
11	Sat Sep 12 1:30 PM	HAM 26 @ MTL 10	W	27,720	CBC
12	Sun Sep 20 1:30 PM	WPG 13 @ HAM 25	W	24,130	R/C
13	Sat Sep 26 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 16	W	20,541	CTVE
14	Sun Oct 4 4:00 PM	HAM 30 @ SSK 26	W	30,296	CBC
15	Mon Oct 12 4:00 PM	SSK 28 @ HAM 12	L	27,149	CTV, R/C
16	Bye
17	Sun Oct 25 1:30 PM	BC 34 @ HAM 7	L	20,113	CTV, R/C
18	Sat Oct 31 1:30 PM	HAM 21 @ TOR 11	W	30,615


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 15 1:00 PM	OTT 17 @ HAM 13	L	28,104	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	77	90	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	11	4	1	23	414	335	W1	4-2-0
Home	8	5	2	1	11	226	159	L2	3-2-1
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	188	176	W5	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	6	6	0	0	12	197	71	W6	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	5	4	1	11	217	264	L2	3-2-1

Full 1981 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	4 (3-1-0)	2 (0-1-1)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	7 (6-1-0)	3 (1-1-1)	6 (4-2-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	11 (10-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd	6 (5-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	10 (9-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.208	3-0-0 (3)	3-0-0 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.631	2-2-1 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.906	0-0-1 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1981	1980 +/-
Average Combined Score	46.81	+2.50
Average Winning Score	31.82	+6.57
Average Losing Score	7.50	-8.64
Average Home Score	28.25	+4.38
Average Visitor Score	23.50	+5.88
Average Margin of Victory	16.18	+7.93
Average Margin of Loss	24.75	+8.89

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	226 (28.3)	188 (23.5)	414 (25.9)
Total	Opponent	176 (22.0)	159 (19.9)	335 (20.9)
1st	Hamilton	32 (4.0)	24 (3.0)	56 (3.5)
1st	Opponent	45 (5.6)	18 (2.3)	63 (3.9)
2nd	Hamilton	103 (12.9)	60 (7.5)	163 (10.2)
2nd	Opponent	41 (5.1)	47 (5.9)	88 (5.5)
3rd	Hamilton	42 (5.3)	29 (3.6)	71 (4.4)
3rd	Opponent	45 (5.6)	23 (2.9)	68 (4.3)
4th	Hamilton	49 (6.1)	75 (9.4)	124 (7.8)
4th	Opponent	45 (5.6)	71 (8.9)	116 (7.3)

Head Coach

Frank Kush (Dec. 17, 1980 – Dec. 21, 1981)

Assistant Coach

Gunther Cunningham – Defensive Coordinator

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1981 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Keith Baker
1 – Tom Clements

Defensive Star

2 – Ben Zambiasi
1 – Carm Carteri
1 – David Shaw
1 – Harold Woods

Lineman Star

1 – Edward Fulton

1981 Player Awards and Nominations

1981 Most Outstanding

Player — Tom Clements (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Ben Zambiasi (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Henry Waszczuk (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Rocky DiPietro (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Howard Fields (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1981 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

OLB	Ben Zambiasi
DHB	Harold Woods
CB	David Shaw

15 All-Division Selections

QB	Tom Clements^*
RB	Rufus Crawford, Jr.
SB	Rocky DiPietro
WR	Keith Baker
C	Henry Waszczuk
T	Edward Fulton
DT	Ecomet Burley, Jr.
DE	Grover Covington
MLB	John Priestner
OLB	Carm Carteri
OLB	Ben Zambiasi
DHB	Harold Woods
CB	Leroy Paul
CB	David Shaw
K	Bernie Ruoff

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–8 (17)		Terry Lehne (DB)	Saskatchewan
3–8 (26)		Jeff Arp (OG)	Western Ontario
4–8 (35)		Rob Sommerville (DB)	Waterloo
5–8 (44)		Rick Maloney (TE)	Western Ontario
6–8 (53)		Ian Troop (OG)	Wilfrid Laurier
7–8 (62)		Bill Paul (RB)	Sheridan