Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1985 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the East Division
East Division Final
- Nov. 17, 1985 Won 50 – 26 vs Montreal
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 24, 1985 Lost 24 – 37 vs BC in Montreal, QC

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1985 Season Resources 1985 HAM Team Roster 1985 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 11 7:30 PM	HAM 6 @ TOR 24	L	26,248
B	Mon Jun 17 7:30 PM	TOR 24 @ HAM 13	L	10,101
C	Fri Jun 21 7:30 PM	HAM 13 @ MTL 32	L	12,508
D	Sat Jun 29 7:30 PM	OTT 14 @ HAM 33	W	16,753


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jul 6 7:30 PM	BC 42 @ HAM 8	L	13,101	CTV
2	Thu Jul 11 8:30 PM	HAM 11 @ WPG 16	L	25,428	CBC
4	Fri Jul 26 7:30 PM	TOR 35 @ HAM 10	L	17,566	CTV
5	Fri Aug 2 7:30 PM	HAM 39 @ MTL 11	W	25,318	CTV
6	Sat Aug 10 9:00 PM	HAM 29 @ SSK 33	L	24,697	CTV
7	Sun Aug 18 1:30 PM	WPG 28 @ HAM 10	L	14,026
8	Sat Aug 24 10:00 PM	HAM 11 @ BC 21	L	34,351	CBC
9	Mon Sep 2 7:00 PM	MTL 16 @ HAM 19	W	14,549	CBC, R/C
10	Sun Sep 8 4:00 PM	HAM 17 @ EDM 27	L	39,144	CTV
11	Sun Sep 15 1:30 PM	HAM 41 @ TOR 10	W	28,824
12	Sun Sep 22 1:30 PM	OTT 11 @ HAM 32	W	16,101	CTV, R/C
13	Sun Sep 29 4:00 PM	HAM 30 @ CGY 13	W	14,601	CBC
14	Sat Oct 5 7:30 PM	EDM 17 @ HAM 12	L	15,512	CBC, R/C
15	Mon Oct 14 1:30 PM	SSK 14 @ HAM 51	W	15,026	R/C
17	Sat Oct 26 1:30 PM	HAM 36 @ OTT 4	W	23,692	CBC
18	Sat Nov 2 7:30 PM	CGY 17 @ HAM 21	W	14,052	CTVW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 17 12:30 PM	MTL 26 @ HAM 50	W	24,423	CTV, R/C


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 24 1:00 PM	BC 37 vs HAM 24	L	56,723	CBC, CTV, R/C

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	65	94	W1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	8	8	0	16	377	315	W3	5-1-0
Home	8	4	4	0	8	163	180	W2	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	214	135	W3	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	6	5	1	0	10	177	87	W5	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	3	7	0	6	200	228	W2	3-3-0

Full 1985 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)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (4-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	7 (7-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (0-7-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.438	2-1-0 (3)	3-0-0 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.538	2-3-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.375	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.813	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1985	1984 +/-
Average Combined Score	43.25	-6.25
Average Winning Score	33.63	+2.96
Average Losing Score	13.50	-2.28
Average Home Score	20.38	-2.12
Average Visitor Score	26.75	+5.12
Average Margin of Victory	21.63	+9.29
Average Margin of Loss	13.88	-3.90

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	163 (20.4)	214 (26.8)	377 (23.6)
Total	Opponent	135 (16.9)	180 (22.5)	315 (19.7)
1st	Hamilton	47 (5.9)	39 (4.9)	86 (5.4)
1st	Opponent	52 (6.5)	25 (3.1)	77 (4.8)
2nd	Hamilton	48 (6.0)	76 (9.5)	124 (7.8)
2nd	Opponent	38 (4.8)	92 (11.5)	130 (8.1)
3rd	Hamilton	36 (4.5)	49 (6.1)	85 (5.3)
3rd	Opponent	10 (1.3)	22 (2.8)	32 (2.0)
4th	Hamilton	32 (4.0)	50 (6.3)	82 (5.1)
4th	Opponent	35 (4.4)	41 (5.1)	76 (4.8)

Head Coach

Al Bruno (Oct. 7, 1983 – Sept. 30, 1987)

Assistant Coaches

John Salavantis – Offensive line
Mike Faragalli – Receivers
Rich Stubler – Defensive secondary
Ted Schmitz – Defensive line

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1985 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Ken Hobart
1 – Bernie Ruoff

Defensive Star

2 – Paul Bennett
1 – Ben Zambiasi
1 – Less Browne

Lineman Star

3 – Grover Covington
1 – Mitchell Price

1985 Player Awards and Nominations

1985 Most Outstanding

Player — Ken Hobart (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Paul Bennett (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Marv Allemang (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Paul Bennett (Winner)
Rookie — Mike Derks (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1985 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

DE	Grover Covington
MLB	Ben Zambiasi
DB	Paul Bennett
DB	Howard Fields
DB	Less Browne

9 All-Division Selections

QB	Ken Hobart
WR	Steve Stapler
C	Marv Allemang
DE	Grover Covington
MLB	Ben Zambiasi
DB	Less Browne
DB	Howard Fields
DB	Paul Bennett
K	Bernie Ruoff (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Jed Tommy (RB)	Guelph
2–8 (17)		Lance Thompson (LB)	Carleton
4–9 (36)	[WPG]	Dale Sanderson (C)	Tennessee
5–8 (44)		Glenn Miller (SB)	McGill
6–8 (53)		Lance Harry (OG)	Concordia
7–8 (62)		John Lepore (RB)	Guelph
8–8 (71)		Brian Bone (WR)	Western Ontario
9–8 (80)		Sean McKenna (LB)	McMaster