Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

9 wins, 9 losses, 0 ties
Finished 3rd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1988 Lost 28 – 35 @ Winnipeg

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Season Resources 1988 HAM Team Roster 1988 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Thu Jun 30 7:00 PM	HAM 12 @ TOR 16	L
B	Wed Jul 6 8:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 34	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Sat Jul 16 8:00 PM	TOR 24 @ HAM 29	W	CBC
2	Thu Jul 21 8:00 PM	HAM 9 @ WPG 21	L	CBC
3	Sat Jul 30 10:00 PM	HAM 45 @ CGY 20	W	CBC
4	Fri Aug 5 8:00 PM	CGY 38 @ HAM 14	L	CFN
5	Fri Aug 12 8:00 PM	EDM 14 @ HAM 22	W	CFN
6	Tue Aug 16 7:00 PM	HAM 5 @ TOR 19	L	CFN
7	Sat Aug 27 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 51	W	CBC
8	Thu Sep 1 7:30 PM	HAM 46 @ OTT 20	W	TSN
9	Mon Sep 5 7:30 PM	TOR 28 @ HAM 56	W	CFN
10	Sun Sep 11 4:00 PM	HAM 13 @ EDM 37	L	CFN
11	Sun Sep 18 1:30 PM	OTT 25 @ HAM 35	W	CFN
12	Sun Sep 25 4:00 PM	HAM 24 @ SSK 26	L	CFN
13	Sat Oct 1 8:00 PM	BC 24 @ HAM 23	L	CFN
14	Fri Oct 7 7:00 PM	HAM 21 @ BC 25	L	CFN
15	Sun Oct 16 1:00 PM	WPG 35 @ HAM 29	L	CBC
16	Fri Oct 21 8:00 PM	SSK 21 @ HAM 24	W	TSN
17	Sat Oct 29 1:30 PM	HAM 23 @ OTT 15	W
18	Sun Nov 6 1:30 PM	HAM 9 @ TOR 49	L	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 13 1:30 PM	HAM 28 @ WPG 35	L	CFN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	46	52	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	0	18	478	465	L1	2-4-0
Home	9	6	3	0	12	283	233	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	195	232	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	292	260	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	186	205	W1	2-4-0

Full 1988 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 (5-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (3-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	13 (8-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	10 (7-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 3rd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (9-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (0-7-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.456	4-1-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.528	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.111	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.778	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.333	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1988	1987 +/-
Average Combined Score	52.39	-2.00
Average Winning Score	36.78	+8.35
Average Losing Score	16.33	-8.30
Average Home Score	31.44	+6.56
Average Visitor Score	21.67	-5.67
Average Margin of Victory	15.56	+6.98
Average Margin of Loss	14.11	+5.11

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	283 (31.4)	195 (21.7)	478 (26.6)
Total	Opponent	232 (25.8)	233 (25.9)	465 (25.8)
1st	Hamilton	68 (7.6)	73 (8.1)	141 (7.8)
1st	Opponent	24 (2.7)	45 (5.0)	69 (3.8)
2nd	Hamilton	76 (8.4)	25 (2.8)	101 (5.6)
2nd	Opponent	78 (8.7)	53 (5.9)	131 (7.3)
3rd	Hamilton	64 (7.1)	29 (3.2)	93 (5.2)
3rd	Opponent	59 (6.6)	78 (8.7)	137 (7.6)
4th	Hamilton	75 (8.3)	68 (7.6)	143 (7.9)
4th	Opponent	71 (7.9)	57 (6.3)	128 (7.1)

Head Coach

Al Bruno (Nov. 17, 1987 – Sept. 24, 1990)

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 1988 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Earl Winfield
1 – Mike Kerrigan

Defensive Star

1 – Ken Ford
1 – Lance Shields

Lineman Star

1 – Mike Walker
1 – Rod Skillman

1988 Player Awards and Nominations

1988 Most Outstanding

Player — Earl Winfield (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Grover Covington (Winner)
Offensive Lineman — Dale Sanderson (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Rocky DiPietro (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Darrell Corbin (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Mike Walker
DE	Grover Covington
DHB	Howard Fields
ST	Earl Winfield

7 All-Division Selections

WR	Earl Winfield
G	Jason Riley
T	Miles Gorrell
DT	Mike Walker
DE	Grover Covington^*
DHB	Howard Fields
ST	Earl Winfield

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–3 (11)		Tim Lorenz (DE)	California-Santa Barbara
3–3 (19)		Shawn Daniels (FB)	Bowling Green
4–3 (27)		Burt Cummings (WR)	North Dakota
5–3 (35)		Jeff MacDonald (S)	New Mexico
6–3 (43)		John Yach (LB)	Queen's
7–3 (51)		Bob Frenkel (NT)	Arizona State
8–3 (59)		Michael Carrier (RB)	Western Kentucky