Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1983 Won 33 – 31 @ Ottawa
East Division Final
- Nov. 20, 1983 Lost 36 – 41 @ Toronto

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1983 Season Resources 1983 HAM Team Roster 1983 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 10	HAM 6 @ TOR 24	L	28,520
B	Wed Jun 15	TOR 24 @ HAM 35	W	11,505
C	Wed Jun 22 7:00 PM	MTL 18 @ HAM 25	W	11,250
D	Wed Jun 29 7:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 47	L	13,331


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jul 9 5:00 PM	EDM 35 @ HAM 32	L	17,211	CBC
2	Sat Jul 16 7:00 PM	HAM 50 @ SSK 19	W	25,759
3	Fri Jul 22 6:30 PM	HAM 18 @ WPG 29	L	24,052	CTV
4	Sat Jul 30 5:00 PM	BC 34 @ HAM 20	L	16,101	CBC
5	Sat Aug 6 8:00 PM	HAM 31 @ TOR 18	W	43,558
6	Sat Aug 13 5:00 PM	OTT 22 @ HAM 24	W	15,941	CBC
7	Sun Aug 21 8:30 PM	HAM 15 @ CGY 29	L	24,565	CBC
9	Mon Sep 5 5:00 PM	MTL 30 @ HAM 35	W	18,527	CTV
10	Sun Sep 11 2:00 PM	HAM 21 @ EDM 50	L	51,428	CTV
11	Sun Sep 18 11:30 PM	TOR 50 @ HAM 16	L	25,128	CBC
12	Sun Sep 25 1:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 29	L	26,014	CTV
13	Sat Oct 1 7:00 PM	WPG 34 @ HAM 19	L	19,266	CBC
15	Sat Oct 15 5:00 PM	SSK 22 @ HAM 34	W	12,523	CTV
16	Sat Oct 22 8:30 PM	HAM 16 @ BC 41	L	45,513	CTV
17	Sun Oct 30 12:30 PM	CGY 35 @ HAM 12	L	14,010	CBC
18	Sun Nov 6 12:30 PM	HAM 21 @ MTL 21	T	41,157	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 13 12:30 PM	HAM 33 @ OTT 31	W	28,524	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 20 12:30 PM	HAM 36 @ TOR 41	L	54,530	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	96	113	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	5	10	1	11	389	498	T1	1-4-1
Home	8	3	5	0	6	192	262	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	2	5	1	5	197	236	T1	1-4-1
Divisional opponent	6	3	2	1	7	152	170	T1	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	10	2	8	0	4	237	328	L2	1-5-0

Full 1983 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 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)	3 (1-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	5 (1-3-1)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (4-7-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-3-1)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (1-8-1)
After 3rd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (2-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (4-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	10 (0-10-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.531	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-1 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.513	1-4-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	0-0-1 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	55.44	+5.62
Average Winning Score	34.80	+6.30
Average Losing Score	19.40	-1.17
Average Home Score	24.00	-0.25
Average Visitor Score	24.63	-0.62
Average Margin of Victory	12.60	+3.60
Average Margin of Loss	17.20	+6.20

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	192 (24.0)	197 (24.6)	389 (24.3)
Total	Opponent	236 (29.5)	262 (32.8)	498 (31.1)
1st	Hamilton	20 (2.5)	36 (4.5)	56 (3.5)
1st	Opponent	37 (4.6)	65 (8.1)	102 (6.4)
2nd	Hamilton	51 (6.4)	105 (13.1)	156 (9.8)
2nd	Opponent	78 (9.8)	68 (8.5)	146 (9.1)
3rd	Hamilton	44 (5.5)	34 (4.3)	78 (4.9)
3rd	Opponent	41 (5.1)	45 (5.6)	86 (5.4)
4th	Hamilton	77 (9.6)	22 (2.8)	99 (6.2)
4th	Opponent	80 (10.0)	84 (10.5)	164 (10.3)

Head Coaches

Al Bruno (Oct. 7, 1983 – Sept. 30, 1987)
Bud Riley, Jr. (Jan. 18, 1982 – Oct. 7, 1983)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Johnny Shepherd

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

1 – Grover Covington
1 – Henry Waszczuk

1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Johnny Shepherd (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Ben Zambiasi (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Ross Francis (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bernie Ruoff (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Johnny Shepherd (Winner)

1983 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Henry Waszczuk (Winner)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1983 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Johnny Shepherd

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Johnny Shepherd
WR	Keith Baker
DHB	Howard Fields
P	Bernie Ruoff
K	Bernie Ruoff

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1983 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–4 (13)		Pat Palma (OT)	Concordia
3–4 (22)		Carey Lapa (LB)	British Columbia (UBC)
4–4 (31)		Rory Radford (LB)	Guelph
5–4 (40)		George Piva (OT)	British Columbia (UBC)
6–4 (49)		David Brace (TE)	Western Connecticut
7–4 (58)		Mike Zivolak (C)	Western Ontario
8–4 (67)		Jack Kalthof (LB)	Saskatchewan