1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Coach: Bob Shaw (5-11)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats RosterTeam Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Coach: Bob Shaw (5-11)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Eastern Conference.
Hamilton scored 283 points, while the leaky defense surrendered 394, most in the circuit. Jimmy Edwards carried the ball for a team-high 1,581 yards for the Tiger-Cats.
Jimmy Jones threw for 2,156 yards. M.L. Harris led all receivers, grabbing 43 receptions for 771 yards. Jimmy Edwards was targeted regularly, too.
Steve Gelley picked off 3 opponent throws.
Bob Shaw coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jones | 302 | 174 | 57.6 | 2156 | 7.1 | 9 | 3.0 | 14 | 4.6 | 71 | 70.5 |
| Tom Shuman | 71 | 26 | 36.6 | 293 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7.0 | 18 | 20.5 |
| Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 118.8 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 102.1 |
| Totals | 376 | 202 | 53.7 | 2472 | 6.6 | 10 | 2.7 | 19 | 5.1 | 71 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 250 | 1581 | 6.3 | 69 | 6 |
| Doyle Orange | 72 | 380 | 5.3 | 36 | 2 |
| Jimmy Jones | 58 | 342 | 5.9 | 39 | 5 |
| Bill Harrison | 35 | 150 | 4.3 | 23 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| M.L. Harris | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 2 |
| Tom Shuman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Clark | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 430 | 2502 | 5.8 | 69 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.L. Harris | 43 | 771 | 17.9 | 50 | 6 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 39 | 223 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 24 | 317 | 13.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Evanshen | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Harrison | 19 | 183 | 9.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Doyle Orange | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 40 | 2 |
| Ken Clark | 14 | 229 | 16.4 | 71 | 0 |
| Kerry Smith | 9 | 144 | 16.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Gary Tufford | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Paul Whaley | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Nick Jambrosic | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 202 | 2472 | 12.2 | 71 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Jambrosic | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 30 | 23 | 76.7 | 6 | 47 | 2407 | 51.2 | 69 | 0 | 96 |
| Dave Pegg | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Totals | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 37 | 27 | 73.0 | 6 | 47 | 2407 | 51.2 | 69 | 0 | 111 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 46 | 548 | 11.9 | 67 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 21 | 207 | 9.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Mike Nelms | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Lew Porter | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Meeks | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Gelley | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Shaw | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 108 | 1099 | 10.2 | 67 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 13 | 321 | 24.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Lew Porter | 11 | 267 | 24.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Harrison | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Meeks | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Dan Bovair | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Nelms | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Larry Brune | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| John Harvey | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 64 | 1324 | 20.7 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gelley | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Martini | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Alan Moffat | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Byron Hemingway | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lew Porter | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Nelms | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Brune | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 225 | 16.1 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Shaw | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Britts | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Martini | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lew Porter | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marv Allemang | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Barry Finlay | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Gelley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Byron Hemingway | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Al Romano | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pat Donley | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Alan Moffat | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Don Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Nick Jambrosic | 0 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 96 | |||||||||
| M.L. Harris | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | |||||
| Jimmy Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Doyle Orange | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dave Pegg | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Kerry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| Alan Moffat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 282 |
