Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1996 Lost 11 – 22 @ Montreal

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1996 Season Resources 1996 HAM Team Roster 1996 HAM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 13 7:30 PM	HAM 37 @ TOR 27 OT	W	13,247
B	Thu Jun 20 7:30 PM	MTL 43 @ HAM 39	L	16,346


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jun 28 7:30 PM	OTT 23 @ HAM 35	W	19,179	TSN
2	Thu Jul 4 7:30 PM	HAM 38 @ TOR 36	W	26,333
3	Sun Jul 14 7:00 PM	SSK 24 @ HAM 27	W	20,542	TSN, RDS
4	Sat Jul 20 9:30 PM	HAM 22 @ CGY 40	L	22,271
5	Sat Jul 27 11:00 PM	HAM 28 @ BC 24	W	12,761	TSN
6	Fri Aug 2 7:30 PM	BC 30 @ HAM 25	L	20,551	TSN
7	Wed Aug 7 7:30 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 29	L	25,510	TSN, RDS
8	Fri Aug 16 7:30 PM	CGY 47 @ HAM 10	L	20,072	RDS, TSN
9	Fri Aug 23 9:30 PM	HAM 8 @ EDM 35	L	27,202
10	Mon Sep 2 1:00 PM	TOR 38 @ HAM 7	L	27,517	CBC
11	Sun Sep 8 2:00 PM	HAM 15 @ WPG 33	L	25,690
12	Sun Sep 15 7:00 PM	EDM 14 @ HAM 20	W	17,301	TSN
13	Sun Sep 22 1:00 PM	HAM 24 @ OTT 21	W	26,813	CBC
14	Sun Sep 29 1:00 PM	MTL 38 @ HAM 39	W	17,740	CBC
15	Sun Oct 6 2:00 PM	HAM 26 @ SSK 37	L	22,682	CBC
17	Fri Oct 18 7:30 PM	WPG 15 @ HAM 25	W	17,567	TSN, RDS
18	Fri Oct 25 7:30 PM	HAM 41 @ MTL 45 OT	L	20,231	TSN, RDS
19	Sat Nov 2 1:00 PM	TOR 47 @ HAM 14	L	23,001	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 10 1:00 PM	HAM 11 @ MTL 22	L	20,036	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	76	70	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	8	10	0	16	426	576	L2	3-3-0
Home	9	5	4	0	10	202	276	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	224	300	L2	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	8	4	4	0	8	220	277	L2	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	4	6	0	8	206	299	W1	2-4-0

Full 1996 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	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (3-4-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	5 (3-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	12 (4-8-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (2-10-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (8-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (0-9-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)
After OT2	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.604	2-2-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.478	3-2-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.833	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.278	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1996	1995 +/-
Average Combined Score	55.67	+3.67
Average Winning Score	29.50	-3.62
Average Losing Score	19.00	+2.80
Average Home Score	22.44	-4.78
Average Visitor Score	24.89	+4.67
Average Margin of Victory	5.13	-6.75
Average Margin of Loss	19.10	+1.40

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	202 (22.4)	224 (24.9)	426 (23.7)
Total	Opponent	300 (33.3)	276 (30.7)	576 (32.0)
1st	Hamilton	33 (3.7)	50 (5.6)	83 (4.6)
1st	Opponent	66 (7.3)	61 (6.8)	127 (7.1)
2nd	Hamilton	76 (8.4)	72 (8.0)	148 (8.2)
2nd	Opponent	115 (12.8)	73 (8.1)	188 (10.4)
3rd	Hamilton	44 (4.9)	29 (3.2)	73 (4.1)
3rd	Opponent	54 (6.0)	89 (9.9)	143 (7.9)
4th	Hamilton	49 (5.4)	70 (7.8)	119 (6.6)
4th	Opponent	58 (6.4)	53 (5.9)	111 (6.2)
OT1	Hamilton	0 (0.0)	3 (3.0)	3 (3.0)
OT1	Opponent	7 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)
OT2	Hamilton	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT2	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Head Coach

Don Sutherin (Aug. 12, 1994 – Aug. 12, 1997)

Assistant Coaches

John Jenkins – Offensive Coordinator
John Salavantis – Offensive line
Terry Greer – Receivers
Dennis McPhee – Linebackers
Urban Bowman – Assistant Head Coach

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1996 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Anthony Calvillo
1 – Matt Dunigan
1 – Paul Osbaldiston

Defensive Star

1 – Joe Montford

Lineman Star

1 – Mike Philbrick

1996 Player Awards and Nominations

1996 Most Outstanding

Player — Mac Cody (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Mike Philbrick (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Blaine Schmidt (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Paul Osbaldiston (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Justin Ring (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1996 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

SB	Mac Cody
P	Paul Osbaldiston

4 All-Division Selections

SB	Mac Cody
G	Blaine Schmidt
DT	Mike Philbrick
P	Paul Osbaldiston

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1996 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)		Justin Ring (LB)	Simon Fraser
2–1 (10)	[OTT]	Kyle Walters (RB)	Guelph
2–5 (14)		Mike Mihelic (OT)	Indiana
4–5 (32)		Dan Brown (FB)	Bemidji State
5–5 (41)		Paul Kent (OL)	Kutztown
6–5 (49)		Troy Russel (DB)	Bishop's
7–5 (58)		David Burnie (DE)	Western Ontario