Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2008 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the East Division

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2008 Season Resources 2008 HAM Team Roster 2008 HAM Attendance 2008 CFL Team Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Passing Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Rushing Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Receiving Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Defensive Stats (CFL.ca)

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 12 7:00 PM	WPG 10 @ HAM 12	W	15,231
B	Thu Jun 19 7:00 PM	HAM 28 @ TOR 21	W	21,422


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jun 26 7:00 PM	MTL 33 @ HAM 10	L	20,589	TSN, RDS
2	Thu Jul 3 7:00 PM	HAM 32 @ TOR 13	W	30,822	TSN
3	Sat Jul 12 4:00 PM	SSK 33 @ HAM 28	L	20,874	TSN
4	Thu Jul 17 9:00 PM	HAM 16 @ CGY 43	L	31,116	TSN
5	Fri Jul 25 7:00 PM	EDM 19 @ HAM 13	L	21,402	TSN
6	Thu Jul 31 7:00 PM	HAM 33 @ MTL 40	L	20,202	TSN, RDS
7	Thu Aug 7 7:00 PM	TOR 21 @ HAM 45	W	19,324	TSN
8	Thu Aug 14 8:00 PM	HAM 24 @ WPG 37	L	25,484	TSN
9	Bye
10	Mon Sep 1 7:30 PM	TOR 34 @ HAM 31	L	25,911	TSN
11	Sat Sep 6 4:00 PM	BC 35 @ HAM 12	L	18,723	TSN
12	Sat Sep 13 7:00 PM	HAM 33 @ EDM 38	L	37,500	TSN
13	Fri Sep 19 7:30 PM	WPG 25 @ HAM 23	L	19,102	TSN
14	Sat Sep 27 10:00 PM	HAM 10 @ BC 40	L	31,161	TSN
15	Sat Oct 4 4:00 PM	MTL 38 @ HAM 44	W	20,423	TSN, RDS
16	Mon Oct 13 1:00 PM	HAM 11 @ MTL 42	L	20,202	TSN, RDS
17	Sun Oct 19 3:00 PM	HAM 29 @ SSK 30	L	30,945	TSN
18	Fri Oct 24 7:30 PM	CGY 28 @ HAM 17	L	20,614	TSN
19	Sat Nov 1 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ WPG 44	L	24,595	TSN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	40	31	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	3	15	0	6	441	593	L4	1-5-0
Home	9	2	7	0	4	223	266	L1	2-4-0
Visitor	9	1	8	0	2	218	327	L8	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	10	3	7	0	6	283	327	L2	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	0	8	0	0	158	266	L8	0-6-0

Full 2008 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)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (0-6-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (1-4-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (0-3-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 2nd	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	13 (0-13-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	15 (0-15-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ HAM	HAM @
Divisional	0.444	2-3-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.639	0-4-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.611	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.222	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.444	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	2008	2007 +/-
Average Combined Score	57.44	+11.33
Average Winning Score	40.33	+11.00
Average Losing Score	21.33	+6.20
Average Home Score	24.78	+5.56
Average Visitor Score	24.22	+8.44
Average Margin of Victory	16.33	+7.33
Average Margin of Loss	13.40	-1.73

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Hamilton	223 (24.8)	218 (24.2)	441 (24.5)
Total	Opponent	327 (36.3)	266 (29.6)	593 (32.9)
1st	Hamilton	32 (3.6)	44 (4.9)	76 (4.2)
1st	Opponent	79 (8.8)	49 (5.4)	128 (7.1)
2nd	Hamilton	57 (6.3)	56 (6.2)	113 (6.3)
2nd	Opponent	92 (10.2)	101 (11.2)	193 (10.7)
3rd	Hamilton	58 (6.4)	44 (4.9)	102 (5.7)
3rd	Opponent	87 (9.7)	46 (5.1)	133 (7.4)
4th	Hamilton	76 (8.4)	74 (8.2)	150 (8.3)
4th	Opponent	69 (7.7)	70 (7.8)	139 (7.7)

Head Coaches

Marcel Bellefeuille (Sept. 8, 2008 – Nov. 30, 2011)
Charlie Taaffe (Dec. 15, 2006 – Sept. 8, 2008)

Assistant Coaches

Marcel Bellefeuille – Offensive Coordinator
Jeff Bleamer – Offensive line
Dennis Goldman – Receivers
Denny Creehan – Defensive Coordinator
Chip Garber – Defensive backs
John Kropke – Defensive line
Dave Easley – Special Teams Coordinator

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Quinton Porter
1 – Richie Williams

Defensive Star

1 – Cameron Siskowic
1 – Chris Thompson

Canadian Star

2 – Jesse Lumsden

Special Teams Star

None

2008 Player Awards and Nominations

2008 Most Outstanding

Player — Chris Thompson (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Chris Thompson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Marwan Hage (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ray Mariuz (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Prechae Rodriguez (Division Finalist)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2008 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

DHB	Chris Thompson
P	Nick Setta

3 All-Division Selections

LB	Markeith Knowlton
DHB	Chris Thompson
P	Nick Setta

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Dylan Barker (S)	Saskatchewan
1–8 (8)	[MTL]	Samuel Giguére (WR)	Sherbrooke
3–1 (17)		Mike Giffin (FB)	Queen's
5–1 (33)		Lauren Lavigne-Massey (WR)	Laval