1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachTom Dimitroff, Sr. and John Payne
Home stadiumIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record5–10–1
Division place3rd, East
PlayoffsLost Eastern Semi-Final
Team MOPRay Nettles
Team MOCNeil Lumsden
Team MORBen 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 third place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–10–1 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final 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
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 11 5 0 395 261 22
Montreal Alouettes 16 8 7 1 331 295 17
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 225 403 11
Toronto Argonauts 16 4 12 0 234 389 8

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Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 12 at Toronto Argonauts L 22–34 0–1
2 2 July 19 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 27–23 1–1
3 3 July 25 at Montreal Alouettes L 12–24 1–2
4 4 Aug 1 at BC Lions T 22–22 1–2–1
5 5 Aug 9 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–29 1–3–1
6 6 Aug 15 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 6–32 1–4–1
7 7 Aug 23 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 8–36 1–5–1
8 8 Sept 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 19–16 2–5–1
9 9 Sept 10 at Edmonton Eskimos L 16–56 2–6–1
10 10 Sept 17 at Montreal Alouettes L 4–14 2–7–1
11 11 Sept 23 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 17–6 3–7–1
12 Bye
13 14 Oct 9 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 25–5 4–7–1
14 15 Oct 14 at Toronto Argonauts L 7–21 4–8–1
15 14 Oct 22 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 1–35 4–9–1
16 15 Oct 28 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 9–34 4–10–1
17 16 Nov 5 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–16 5–10–1

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Post-season

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
Eastern Semi-Final Nov 11 at Montreal Alouettes L 20–35 0–1

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Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ a b "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. ^ "All-Time Records | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ a b "1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
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