1954 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics
Team Record: 9-5 18
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 0-2 Lost Final
Coach: Carl Voyles (9-5)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1954 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses for 18 points, finishing second in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
Hamilton moved the ball well, scoring 275 points, while the defensive squad conceded 207. Butch Songin tossed for 2,500 yards. Lou Kusserow grabbed 49 receptions, while Ray Ramsey contributed 770 receiving yards, while Bernie Custis provided receiving help, too.
Merle Hapes carried the pigskin for a team-high 572 yards for the Tiger-Cats, while Bernie Custis also buoyed the ground attack.
Lou Kusserow and Don Ettinger each seized 5 opponent throws.
Carl Voyles coached the team. The 1954 Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost in the Final.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Songin | 340 | 187 | 55.0 | 2500 | 7.4 | 19 | 5.6 | 29 | 8.5 | 82 | 61.6 |
| Bernie Custis | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 117 | 11.7 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 125.8 |
| Bobby Flippin | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 110.4 |
| Ray Truant | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 147.9 |
| Cam Fraser | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64.6 |
| Lou Kusserow | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 56.3 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 359 | 197 | 54.9 | 2659 | 7.4 | 21 | 5.8 | 29 | 8.1 | 88 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Hapes | 130 | 572 | 4.4 | 44 | 4 |
| Bernie Custis | 104 | 472 | 4.5 | 38 | 4 |
| Lou Kusserow | 90 | 338 | 3.8 | 17 | 4 |
| Bobby Flippin | 23 | 133 | 5.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Dick Brown | 16 | 99 | 6.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Butch Songin | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Howell | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Ray Truant | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Hal Waggoner | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Toohy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 407 | 1822 | 4.5 | 44 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Kusserow | 49 | 702 | 14.3 | 73 | 5 |
| Ray Ramsey | 42 | 770 | 18.3 | 88 | 8 |
| Bernie Custis | 37 | 399 | 10.8 | 60 | 4 |
| Vito Ragazzo | 22 | 263 | 12.0 | 37 | 2 |
| Ralph Toohy | 17 | 175 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Merle Hapes | 12 | 122 | 10.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Howell | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Jack Logan | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 38 | 2 |
| Bobby Flippin | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Truant | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 198 | 2679 | 13.5 | 88 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Logan | 36 | 35 | 97.2 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 47 |
| Ray Truant | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chet Miksza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 40 | 38 | 95.0 | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 4 | 51 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fraser | 138 | 5944 | 43.1 | 73 | 15 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 12 | 529 | 44.1 | 60 | 1 |
| Butch Songin | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Dick Brown | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Merle Hapes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Totals | 153 | 6596 | 43.1 | 73 | 16 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Brown | 58 | 340 | 5.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Flippin | 29 | 272 | 9.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Karpuk | 35 | 247 | 7.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Truant | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bernie Custis | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Howell | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Dawson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lou Kusserow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Toohy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 142 | 940 | 6.6 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Custis | 13 | 364 | 28.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Bobby Flippin | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Lou Kusserow | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Brown | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Hal Waggoner | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Bill Quinlan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Toohy | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Truant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 808 | 22.4 | 51 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Kusserow | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 90 | 1 |
| Don Ettinger | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 22 | 1 |
| Pete Karpuk | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 85 | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Ray Truant | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Vito Ragazzo | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Brown | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Bernie Custis | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bob Garside | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Dempsey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie Bevan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 498 | 15.6 | 90 | 5 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lou Kusserow | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||||
| Jack Logan | 2 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 57 | |||||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| Bernie Custis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||
| Merle Hapes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Cam Fraser | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Vito Ragazzo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| Dick Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Ray Truant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Pete Karpuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Don Ettinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Ron Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Chet Miksza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
