1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach Tom Dimitroff, Sr. and John Payne
Home field Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record 5–10–1
Division place 3rd, East
Playoff finish Lost Eastern Semi-Finals
Team MOP Ray Nettles
Team MOC Neil Lumsden
Team MOR Ben Zambiasi

The 1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 21st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 29th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 3rd place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–10–1 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Finals to the Montreal Alouettes.

In February 1978, the club was purchased by President and majority shareholder of Maple Leaf Gardens Limited, Harold Ballard. Mr. Ballard became the team president that year and would keep the strong tradition of pro football in that City. Rocky DiPietro was in his rookie season with the Ti-Cats.[1] Ed George spent four seasons in the NFL before returning to the CFL in 1978 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Through two seasons with the Tiger-Cats he played 34 games.[1] Quarterback Jimmy Jones was in his final season with the Tiger-Cats and he finished his Tiger-Cats career with 861 career pass attempts, which was good enough to rank in the top ten.[2]

Regular season

Season Standings

Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders16115039526122
Montreal Alouettes1687133129517
Hamilton Tiger-Cats16510122540311
Toronto Argonauts1641202343898

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Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentFinal ScoreRecord
1July 12at Toronto Argonauts22–340–1
2July 19Saskatchewan Roughriders27–231–1
3July 25at Montreal Alouettes12–241–2
4Aug 1at BC Lions22–221–2–1
5Aug 9Winnipeg Blue Bombers7–291–3–1
6Aug 15at Ottawa Rough Riders6–321–4–1
7Aug 23Ottawa Rough Riders8–361–5–1
8Sept 4Toronto Argonauts19–162–5–1
9Sept 10at Edmonton Eskimos16–562–6–1
10Sept 17at Montreal Alouettes4–142–7–1
11Sept 23Montreal Alouettes17–63–7–1
13Oct 9Ottawa Rough Riders25–54–7–1
14Oct 14at Toronto Argonauts7–214–8–1
15Oct 22Calgary Stampeders1–354–9–1
16Oct 28at Ottawa Rough Riders9–344–10–1
17Nov 5Toronto Argonauts23–165–10–1

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Post-season

GameDateOpponentFinal Score
Eastern Semi-Final #1Nov 11at Montreal Alouettes35–20

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Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_hof
  2. ↑ http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_alltimerecs
  3. ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg
  4. 1 2 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cflham.html
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