The Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ 1988 Season

Season Summary

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

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1987: 18 players
1988 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Record
	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	46	52	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	18	478	465	L1	2-4-0
Home	9	6	3	12	283	233	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	6	195	232	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	12	292	260	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	6	186	205	W1	2-4-0

Full 1988 League Standings

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Opponent Appearances

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 Rough Riders (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 Eskimos (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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Assistant Coaches

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

1988 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Attendance

Capacity: 29,231
Total: 132,802
High: 18,300
Avg: 14,755 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1987 Avg: -2,243
Low: 13,024
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 50.48
Diff from League Avg: -9,472

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1988 home stadium: Ivor Wynne Stadium
Capacity: 29,231
Playing surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1983 – Reduction

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Hamilton	68	73	141	76	25	101	64	29	93	75	68	143	283 (31.4)	195 (21.7)	478 (26.6)
Opponent	45	24	69	53	78	131	78	59	137	57	71	128	232 (25.8)	233 (25.9)	465 (25.8)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	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)

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 – Rod Skillman
1 – Mike Walker

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 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 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	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

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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Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1988 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu. June 30 7:00 PM	HAM 12 @ TOR 16	L	18,148
B	Wed. July 6 8:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 34	L	12,195
1	Sat. July 16 8:00 PM	TOR 24 @ HAM 29	W	13,157	CBC
2	Thu. July 21 8:00 PM	HAM 9 @ WPG 21	L	23,316	CBC
3	Sat. July 30 10:00 PM	HAM 45 @ CGY 20	W	24,437	CBC
4	Fri. Aug. 5 8:00 PM	CGY 38 @ HAM 14	L	18,112	CFN
5	Fri. Aug. 12 8:00 PM	EDM 14 @ HAM 22	W	13,127	CFN
6	Tue. Aug. 16 7:00 PM	HAM 5 @ TOR 19	L	25,103	CFN
7	Sat. Aug. 27 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 51	W	15,067	CBC
8	Thu. Sept. 1 7:30 PM	HAM 46 @ OTT 20	W	22,535	TSN
9	Mon. Sept. 5 7:30 PM	TOR 28 @ HAM 56	W	18,300	CFN
10	Sun. Sept. 11 4:00 PM	HAM 13 @ EDM 37	L	29,984	CFN
11	Sun. Sept. 18 1:30 PM	OTT 25 @ HAM 35	W	13,024	CFN
12	Sun. Sept. 25 4:00 PM	HAM 24 @ SSK 26	L	28,171	CFN
13	Sat. Oct. 1 8:00 PM	BC 24 @ HAM 23	L	14,207	CFN
14	Fri. Oct. 7 7:00 PM	HAM 21 @ BC 25	L	28,019	CFN
15	Sun. Oct. 16 1:00 PM	WPG 35 @ HAM 29	L	14,106	CBC
16	Fri. Oct. 21 8:00 PM	SSK 21 @ HAM 24	W	13,702	TSN
17	Sat. Oct. 29 1:30 PM	HAM 23 @ OTT 15	W	16,402
18	Sun. Nov. 6 1:30 PM	HAM 9 @ TOR 49	L	24,503	CBC
P1	Sun. Nov. 13 1:30 PM	HAM 28 @ WPG 35	L	12,210	CFN