Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1997 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the East Division

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1997 Season Resources 1997 HAM Team Roster 1997 HAM Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 8 2:00 PM	MTL 30 @ HAM 14	L	9,311
A	Fri Jun 13 7:30 PM	HAM 14 @ TOR 18	L	13,452


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jun 27 7:30 PM	HAM 17 @ MTL 27	L	7,380
2	Sun Jul 6 2:30 PM	TOR 20 @ HAM 15	L	14,033	TSN
3	Fri Jul 11 7:30 PM	WPG 33 @ HAM 18	L	12,136	TSN
4	Thu Jul 17 7:30 PM	HAM 20 @ TOR 27	L	17,222	TSN
5	Fri Jul 25 8:30 PM	HAM 36 @ WPG 21	W	20,683	TSN
6	Sat Aug 2 1:00 PM	BC 42 @ HAM 24	L	12,032	TSN
7	Fri Aug 8 7:30 PM	SSK 30 @ HAM 20	L	12,582	TSN
8	Sat Aug 16 8:00 PM	HAM 26 @ MTL 36	L	10,039	TSN, RDS
9	Thu Aug 21 9:30 PM	HAM 24 @ EDM 28	L	26,960
10	Mon Sep 1 7:00 PM	TOR 46 @ HAM 3	L	18,377	CBC
11	Sat Sep 6 2:00 PM	MTL 38 @ HAM 18	L	9,253	TSN
12	Sun Sep 14 2:00 PM	HAM 9 @ TOR 34	L	20,234	CBC
13	Sun Sep 21 1:00 PM	CGY 25 @ HAM 21	L	13,010	CBC
14	Fri Sep 26 10:30 PM	HAM 33 @ BC 34	L	18,258	TSN
15	Sun Oct 5 2:00 PM	WPG 25 @ HAM 27	W	14,987	RDS
16	Mon Oct 13 4:00 PM	HAM 13 @ CGY 31	L	29,298	CBC
17	Sun Oct 19 4:00 PM	HAM 19 @ SSK 22	L	31,909	TSN
18	Sat Oct 25 2:00 PM	EDM 30 @ HAM 19	L	16,110	RDS, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	28	48	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	2	16	0	4	362	549	L3	1-5-0
Home	9	1	8	0	2	165	289	L1	1-5-0
Visitor	9	1	8	0	2	197	260	L6	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	10	2	8	0	4	189	307	W1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	0	8	0	0	173	242	L8	0-6-0

Full 1997 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 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (1-2-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 2nd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)
After 3rd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (0-13-0)
After 4th	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	16 (0-16-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.617	1-4-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.528	0-4-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.833	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.222	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.444	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.444	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1997	1996 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.61	-5.06
Average Winning Score	31.50	+2.00
Average Losing Score	18.69	-0.31
Average Home Score	18.33	-4.11
Average Visitor Score	21.89	-3.00
Average Margin of Victory	8.50	+3.38
Average Margin of Loss	12.75	-6.35

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	165 (18.3)	197 (21.9)	362 (20.1)
Total	Opponent	260 (28.9)	289 (32.1)	549 (30.5)
1st	Hamilton	19 (2.1)	27 (3.0)	46 (2.6)
1st	Opponent	64 (7.1)	57 (6.3)	121 (6.7)
2nd	Hamilton	45 (5.0)	40 (4.4)	85 (4.7)
2nd	Opponent	64 (7.1)	85 (9.4)	149 (8.3)
3rd	Hamilton	49 (5.4)	45 (5.0)	94 (5.2)
3rd	Opponent	67 (7.4)	65 (7.2)	132 (7.3)
4th	Hamilton	52 (5.8)	85 (9.4)	137 (7.6)
4th	Opponent	65 (7.2)	82 (9.1)	147 (8.2)

Head Coaches

Ron Lancaster (Nov. 26, 1997 – Dec. 11, 2003)
Urban Bowman, Jr. (Aug. 12, 1997 – Nov. 26, 1997)
Don Sutherin (Aug. 12, 1994 – Aug. 12, 1997)

Assistant Coaches

Don Blackwelder – Offensive Coordinator
Terry Greer – Receivers
Urban Bowman – Offensive line
Dennis McPhee – Linebackers
Joe Moss – Defensive line

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1997 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

None

Defensive Star

1 – Orlondo Steinauer

Lineman Star

1 – Gonzalo Floyd
1 – Willie Whitehead

1997 Player Awards and Nominations

1997 Most Outstanding

Player — Orlondo Steinauer (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Orlondo Steinauer (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Tom Nutten (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Mike Philbrick (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Archie Amerson (Team Nominee)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1997 All-Star Selections

2 All-Division Selections

DE	Willie Whitehead
CB	Orlondo Steinauer

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Tim Prinsen (OG)	North Dakota
2–3 (12)		Joe Rumolo (DL)	Akron
4–4 (28)		Mark Nohra (RB)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–3 (36)		Luc Normand (WR)	Bishop's
6–3		Forfeited pick for 1996 Supplemental Draft Pick