Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1987 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 15, 1987 Lost 13 – 29 @ Toronto

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1987 Season Resources 1987 HAM Team Roster 1987 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sat Jun 6 1:00 PM	HAM 14 vs MTL 13	W	8,000
B	Tue Jun 16 7:30 PM	TOR 17 @ HAM 15	L	12,449


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jun 26 8:00 PM	HAM 32 @ OTT 36	L	20,129	CFN
2	Sun Jul 5 1:30 PM	EDM 36 @ HAM 33	L	15,720	CFN
3	Sun Jul 12 4:00 PM	HAM 40 @ EDM 30	W	32,265	CFN
4	Fri Jul 17 8:00 PM	TOR 30 @ HAM 27	L	18,214	CFN
5	Sun Jul 26 4:00 PM	HAM 28 @ SSK 25	W	24,830	CFN
6	Fri Jul 31 8:00 PM	BC 20 @ HAM 21	W	18,088	CFN
8	Fri Aug 14 8:00 PM	WPG 14 @ HAM 26	W	18,503	CFN
9	Fri Aug 21 8:00 PM	HAM 28 @ TOR 25	W	33,648	CFN
10	Sat Aug 29 8:00 PM	OTT 23 @ HAM 28	W	17,447	CBC
11	Mon Sep 7 7:00 PM	TOR 25 @ HAM 19	L	24,770	CBC
13	Sun Sep 20 1:30 PM	HAM 29 @ TOR 39	L	26,619
14	Sun Sep 27 1:30 PM	CGY 33 @ HAM 17	L	14,189	TSN
15	Sun Oct 4 4:00 PM	HAM 14 @ WPG 47	L	31,655	CFN
16	Sun Oct 11 1:30 PM	SSK 23 @ HAM 20	L	12,541	CBC
17	Sat Oct 17 10:00 PM	HAM 11 @ BC 25	L	34,909	TSN
18	Sat Oct 24 1:30 PM	HAM 28 @ OTT 2	W	16,370	CBC
19	Sun Nov 1 1:30 PM	CGY 34 @ HAM 33	L	13,520
20	Fri Nov 6 9:30 PM	HAM 36 @ CGY 42	L	25,944	TSN


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 15 1:30 PM	HAM 13 @ TOR 29	L	21,339	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	29	30	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	7	11	0	14	470	509	L2	1-5-0
Home	9	3	6	0	6	224	238	L4	2-4-0
Visitor	9	4	5	0	8	246	271	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	9	4	5	0	8	231	241	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	9	3	6	0	6	239	268	L5	1-5-0

Full 1987 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	6 (2-4-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	11 (5-6-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)	7 (4-3-0)	2 (1-1-0)	9 (2-7-0)
After 3rd	6 (3-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	9 (6-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (0-11-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.488	2-2-0 (4)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.537	1-4-0 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.639	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.556	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.306	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1987	1986 +/-
Average Combined Score	54.39	+11.56
Average Winning Score	28.43	+2.32
Average Losing Score	24.64	+6.01
Average Home Score	24.89	+2.78
Average Visitor Score	27.33	+4.44
Average Margin of Victory	8.57	-2.65
Average Margin of Loss	9.00	+1.25

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	224 (24.9)	246 (27.3)	470 (26.1)
Total	Opponent	271 (30.1)	238 (26.4)	509 (28.3)
1st	Hamilton	76 (8.4)	60 (6.7)	136 (7.6)
1st	Opponent	49 (5.4)	38 (4.2)	87 (4.8)
2nd	Hamilton	62 (6.9)	35 (3.9)	97 (5.4)
2nd	Opponent	99 (11.0)	95 (10.6)	194 (10.8)
3rd	Hamilton	43 (4.8)	53 (5.9)	96 (5.3)
3rd	Opponent	63 (7.0)	48 (5.3)	111 (6.2)
4th	Hamilton	43 (4.8)	98 (10.9)	141 (7.8)
4th	Opponent	60 (6.7)	57 (6.3)	117 (6.5)

Head Coaches

Al Bruno (Nov. 17, 1987 – Sept. 24, 1990)
Ted Schmitz* (Sept. 30, 1987 – Nov. 16, 1987)
Al Bruno (Oct. 7, 1983 – Sept. 30, 1987)

Assistant Coaches

Jerry Keeling – Offensive Coordinator
John Salavantis – Offensive Coordinator
Rich Stubler – Defensive Coordinator
Ted Schmitz – Defensive Coordinator
Frank North – Special teams

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1987 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Earl Winfield
1 – Tom Porras

Defensive Star

2 – Frank Robinson
1 – Ben Zambiasi

Lineman Star

1 – Mike Walker

1987 Player Awards and Nominations

1987 Most Outstanding

Player — Steve Stapler (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Frank Robinson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Miles Gorrell (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Rocky DiPietro (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Johnnie Jones (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1987 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Mike Walker

5 All-Division Selections

WR	Steve Stapler
DT	Mike Walker
DE	Grover Covington
OLB	Frank Robinson
DB	Howard Fields

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–9 (9)		Joe Germain (WR)	Simon Fraser
3–9 (27)		Lou Godry (OL)	Guelph
4–9 (36)		Robin Belanger (DB)	McGill
5–9 (45)		Bill McIntyre (WR)	St. Francis Xavier
6–9 (54)		Joe Fortune (OL)	McMaster
7–9 (63)		Sean Guy (DL)	Purdue
8–9 (72)		Greg Doren (OL)	Nevada-Reno