Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
A
Fri Jun 10 8:00 PM
HAM 6 @ TOR 24 L 28,520  
B
Wed Jun 15 7:00 PM
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 7:00 PM
EDM 35 @ HAM 32 L 17,211 CBC
2
Sat Jul 16 9:00 PM
HAM 50 @ SSK 19 W 25,759  
3
Fri Jul 22 8:30 PM
HAM 18 @ WPG 29 L 24,052 CTV
4
Sat Jul 30 7:00 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 7:00 PM
OTT 22 @ HAM 24 W 15,941 CBC
7
Sun Aug 21 4:00 PM
HAM 15 @ CGY 29 L 24,565 CBC
8Bye
9
Mon Sep 5 7:00 PM
MTL 30 @ HAM 35 W 18,527 CTV
10
Sun Sep 11 4:00 PM
HAM 21 @ EDM 50 L 51,428 CTV
11
Sun Sep 18 1:30 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
14Bye
15
Sat Oct 15 7:00 PM
SSK 22 @ HAM 34 W 12,523 CTV
16
Sat Oct 22 10:30 PM
HAM 16 @ BC 41 L 45,513 CTV
17
Sun Oct 30 1:30 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 %
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
Ottawa RedBlacks (2) 0.500
Toronto Argonauts (2) 0.750
BC Lions (2) 0.688
Calgary Stampeders (2) 0.500
Edmonton Elks (2) 0.500
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2) 0.313
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2) 0.563
19831982 +/-
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)
Opponent 236 (29.5) 262 (32.8) 498 (31.1)
1st Hamilton 20 (2.5) 36 (4.5) 56 (3.5)
Opponent 37 (4.6) 65 (8.1) 102 (6.4)
2nd Hamilton 51 (6.4) 105 (13.1) 156 (9.8)
Opponent 78 (9.8) 68 (8.5) 146 (9.1)
3rd Hamilton 44 (5.5) 34 (4.3) 78 (4.9)
Opponent 41 (5.1) 45 (5.6) 86 (5.4)
4th Hamilton 77 (9.6) 22 (2.8) 99 (6.2)
Opponent 80 (10.0) 84 (10.5) 164 (10.3)
Head Coaches
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
1983 Other Awards
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

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