Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1989 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

12 wins, 6 losses, 0 ties
Finished 1st in the East Division
East Division Final
- Nov. 19, 1989 Won 14 – 10 vs Winnipeg
CFL Grey Cup
- Nov. 26, 1989 Lost 40 – 43 vs Saskatchewan in Toronto, ON

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1989 Season Resources 1989 HAM Team Roster 1989 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Wed Jun 28 7:30 PM	OTT 7 @ HAM 41	W
B	Wed Jul 5 8:30 PM	HAM 23 @ WPG 16	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Wed Jul 12 7:30 PM	HAM 24 @ TOR 15	W	CBC
2	Thu Jul 20 7:30 PM	WPG 22 @ HAM 28	W	CBC
3	Fri Jul 28 9:30 PM	HAM 34 @ SSK 17	W	CFN
4	Fri Aug 4 7:30 PM	BC 38 @ HAM 44	W	CFN
5	Thu Aug 10 9:30 PM	HAM 8 @ CGY 40	L	CBC
6	Fri Aug 18 7:30 PM	SSK 40 @ HAM 46	W	CFN
7	Wed Aug 23 9:30 PM	HAM 14 @ EDM 37	L	TSN
8	Mon Aug 28 7:30 PM	CGY 34 @ HAM 22	L	CFN
9	Mon Sep 4 7:30 PM	TOR 18 @ HAM 23	W	CBC
10	Sun Sep 10 1:30 PM	HAM 23 @ OTT 40	L	CBC
11	Sun Sep 17 1:30 PM	OTT 34 @ HAM 52	W	TSN
12	Fri Sep 22 8:30 PM	HAM 20 @ WPG 19 OT	W	CFN
13	Fri Sep 29 7:30 PM	EDM 33 @ HAM 12	L	CFN
14	Fri Oct 6 10:30 PM	HAM 27 @ BC 46	L	TSN
15	Sun Oct 15 1:30 PM	WPG 21 @ HAM 29	W	CFN
16	Sun Oct 22 1:00 PM	HAM 32 @ OTT 22	W	CBC
17	Sun Oct 29 1:30 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 45	W	CBC
18	Sat Nov 4 7:30 PM	HAM 36 @ TOR 27	W	CFN


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Final	Sun Nov 19 1:30 PM	WPG 10 @ HAM 14	W	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Grey Cup	Sun Nov 26 5:00 PM	SSK 43 vs HAM 40	L	CBC, CFN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	64	23	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	12	6	0	24	519	517	W4	4-2-0
Home	9	7	2	0	14	301	254	W2	4-2-0
Visitor	9	5	4	0	10	218	263	W2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	10	9	1	0	18	312	232	W6	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	207	285	L4	1-5-0

Full 1989 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	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (5-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	7 (4-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (8-3-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (3-6-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.339	5-0-0 (5)	4-1-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.583	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.389	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.389	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.389	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.889	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1989	1988 +/-
Average Combined Score	57.56	+5.17
Average Winning Score	34.42	-2.36
Average Losing Score	17.67	+1.33
Average Home Score	33.44	+2.00
Average Visitor Score	24.22	+2.56
Average Margin of Victory	10.50	-5.06
Average Margin of Loss	20.67	+6.56

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	301 (33.4)	218 (24.2)	519 (28.8)
Total	Opponent	263 (29.2)	254 (28.2)	517 (28.7)
1st	Hamilton	32 (3.6)	39 (4.3)	71 (3.9)
1st	Opponent	55 (6.1)	64 (7.1)	119 (6.6)
2nd	Hamilton	111 (12.3)	83 (9.2)	194 (10.8)
2nd	Opponent	74 (8.2)	63 (7.0)	137 (7.6)
3rd	Hamilton	63 (7.0)	35 (3.9)	98 (5.4)
3rd	Opponent	67 (7.4)	59 (6.6)	126 (7.0)
4th	Hamilton	95 (10.6)	60 (6.7)	155 (8.6)
4th	Opponent	67 (7.4)	68 (7.6)	135 (7.5)
OT1	Hamilton	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)	1 (1.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Garney Henley – Offensive Coordinator
John Salavantis – Offensive Coordinator
Monte Charles – Offensive Coordinator (until 1989-06-07)
Rich Stubler – Defensive Coordinator
Ted Schmitz – Defensive Coordinator
Frank North – Special teams

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1989 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

3 – Tony Champion
1 – Derrick McAdoo
1 – Mike Kerrigan
1 – Todd Dillon

Defensive Star

1 – Denman Gordon

Lineman Star

1 – Grover Covington
1 – Mike Walker
1 – Ronnie Glanton

1989 Player Awards and Nominations

1989 Most Outstanding

Player — Tony Champion (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Lance Shields (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Miles Gorrell (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Rocky DiPietro (Winner)
Rookie — Stephen Jordan (Winner)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1989 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

SB	Rocky DiPietro
WR	Tony Champion^*
G	Jason Riley
T	Miles Gorrell
DT	Mike Walker
DE	Grover Covington

13 All-Division Selections

QB	Mike Kerrigan
RB	Derrick McAdoo^*
SB	Rocky DiPietro
WR	Tony Champion^*
C	Dale Sanderson
G	Jason Riley
T	Miles Gorrell
DT	Mike Walker
DE	Grover Covington^*
OLB	Frank Robinson
DHB	Stephen Jordan
K	Paul Osbaldiston
ST	Wally Zatylny

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1989 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–3 (11)		Curtis Bell (WR)	Washington
2–4 (12)	[SSK]	Ernie Schramayr (FB)	Purdue
3–3 (19)		Wayne Drinkwalter (LB)	Thunder Bay Giants Jr.
4–3 (27)		Mark Brus (RB)	Tulsa
5–3 (35)		Steve Blyth (DT)	San Diego State
6–3 (43)		Sam Loucks (RB)	McMaster
7–3 (51)		Pete Buchanan (LB)	Nebraska
8–3 (59)		Bill Scollard (P)	Saint Mary's