1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 7-11 14
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Ted Schmitz (1-5)
Coach: Al Bruno (6-6)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Roster
1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses for 14 points, finishing third in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

Hamilton scored 470 points, while the defensive squad gave up 509. Tom Porras directed the offense, slinging for 3,293 yards. Steve Stapler led the receiving corps, grabbing 85 receptions for 1,516 yards.

Johnnie Jones carried the ball for a team-high 408 yards for the Tiger-Cats, while Ken Zachary and Dan Huclack additionally aided the ground game.

Paul Bennett picked off 6 opponent throws. Mike Walker and Grover Covington each topped the defensive unit with 17 quarterback sacks.

Ted Schmitz and Al Bruno coached the team. The 1987 Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost in the Division Semifinal.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Tom Porras	406	242	59.6	3293	8.1	18	4.4	17	4.2	81	82.9
Mike Kerrigan	196	103	52.6	1339	6.8	5	2.6	15	7.7	75	51.0
Ken Hobart	101	49	48.5	664	6.6	5	5.0	3	3.0	58	74.0
Totals	703	394	56.0	5296	7.5	28	4.0	35	5.0	81

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnnie Jones	77	408	5.3	41	1
Ken Zachary	71	356	5.0	43	6
Dan Huclack	73	310	4.2	23	2
Tom Porras	57	247	4.3	30	1
Ken Hobart	28	240	8.6	26	1
Jeff Johnson	38	138	3.6	13	0
Kenny King	34	109	3.2	22	1
Mike Kerrigan	9	22	2.4	6	0
Derek Hughes	4	13	3.2	7	0
Gerald Harris	9	11	1.2	3	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	9	9.0	9	0
Paul Osbaldiston	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jed Tommy	4	4	1.0	4	0
Steve Jackson	3	2	0.7	3	0
Totals	409	1876	4.6	43	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Stapler	85	1516	17.8	81	13
Rocky DiPietro	54	654	12.1	52	4
Tony Champion	53	851	16.1	75	6
Earl Winfield	38	746	19.6	81	2
Jacques Chapdelaine	37	438	11.8	40	1
Dan Huclack	35	258	7.4	16	1
Johnnie Jones	27	210	7.8	30	0
Ken Zachary	14	111	7.9	21	1
Jeff Johnson	11	69	6.3	21	0
Lee Knight	7	74	10.6	15	0
Anthony Ketchum	6	88	14.7	38	0
Wayne Lee	6	74	12.3	21	0
Steve Jackson	6	53	8.8	14	0
Jed Tommy	4	56	14.0	27	0
Kenny King	4	31	7.8	10	0
Derek Hughes	3	32	10.7	16	0
Ron Ingram	2	23	11.5	16	0
Gerald Harris	2	12	6.0	11	0
Totals	394	5296	13.4	81	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Bernie Ruoff	29	29	100.0	34	26	76.5	8	56	2934	52.4	95	115
Roy Kurtz	8	8	100.0	9	4	44.4	4	14	679	48.5	55	24
Paul Osbaldiston	1	1	100.0	8	4	50.0	4	7	326	46.6	66	17
Derek Noble	4	4	100.0	4	2	50.0	2					12
Lee Knight	1	1	100.0	3	1	33.3	2					6
Totals	43	43	100.0	58	37	63.8	20	77	3939	51.2	95	174

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Bernie Ruoff	93	3752	40.3	58	0
Steve Stapler	23	755	32.8	75	1
Paul Osbaldiston	19	675	35.5	68	1
Roy Kurtz	16	508	31.8	39	0
Derek Noble	2	89	44.5	45	0
Totals	153	5779	37.8	75	2

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Paul Bennett	42	285	6.8	21	0
Earl Winfield	22	256	11.6	71	1
Wayne Lee	34	172	5.1	15	0
Less Browne	1	82	82.0	75	1
Howard Fields	15	79	5.3	13	0
Alvin Bailey	8	71	8.9	28	0
Jeff Treftlin	10	30	3.0	8	0
Anthony Ketchum	2	18	9.0	10	0
Johnnie Jones	1	16	16.0	16	0
Terry Lehne	1	9	9.0	9	0
Tony Champion	1	6	6.0	6	0
Kerry Parker	1	3	3.0	3	0
Lee Knight	1	1	1.0	1	0
Jim Rockford	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	140	1028	7.3	75	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Earl Winfield	18	347	19.3	34
Johnnie Jones	18	336	18.7	34
Jeff Treftlin	11	279	25.4	32
Howard Fields	12	234	19.5	33
Ken Zachary	6	124	20.7	31
Tony Champion	5	78	15.6	18
Anthony Ketchum	4	76	19.0	19
Alvin Bailey	4	66	16.5	22
Terry Lehne	5	65	13.0	21
Steve Stapler	2	39	19.5	24
Less Browne	1	26	26.0	26
Wayne Lee	1	22	22.0	22
Jeff Johnson	1	18	18.0	18
Dan Huclack	1	12	12.0	12
Lee Knight	1	6	6.0	6
Lloyd Fairbanks	1	3	3.0	3
Rocky DiPietro	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	92	1731	18.8	34

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Less Browne	4	41	10.2	20
Paul Bennett	2	31	15.5	22
Totals	6	72	12.0	22

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Paul Bennett	6	68	11.3	35	0
Less Browne	5	32	6.4	19	0
Frank Robinson	5	28	5.6	12	0
Lance Shields	4	44	11.0	40	0
Kerry Parker	3	47	15.7	24	0
Ben Zambiasi	3	31	10.3	22	1
Leo Ezerins	3	18	6.0	8	0
Ed Gataveckas	3	4	1.3	4	0
Howard Fields	2	60	30.0	60	1
Alvin Bailey	2	40	20.0	34	1
Mike Walker	1	37	37.0	37	1
Keith Stanberry	1	33	33.0	33	0
Jim Rockford	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	39	444	11.4	60	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Grover Covington	17.0	0.0
Mike Walker	17.0	0.0
Rod Skillman	8.0	0.0
Frank Robinson	4.0	0.0
Ed Gataveckas	3.0	0.0
Ben Zambiasi	3.0	0.0
Johnny Lewis	2.0	0.0
Leo Ezerins	2.0	0.0
Mark Napiorkowski	1.0	0.0
Mitchell Price	1.0	0.0
Keith Stanberry	1.0	0.0
Alvin Bailey	1.0	0.0
Totals	60.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Frank Robinson	64			3	3	0
Howard Fields	61			2	10	0
Paul Bennett	54
Ben Zambiasi	51			3	0	0
Leo Ezerins	46			1		0
Less Browne	45
Mike Walker	35			2	2	0
Ed Gataveckas	35			1		0
Jim Rockford	34			1		1
Rod Skillman	31
Grover Covington	25
Kerry Parker	9
Rocky DiPietro	5
Tony Champion	4
Doug Landry	3
Ervin Parker	3
Tom Porras	3
Lloyd Fairbanks	3
Earl Winfield	2
Miles Gorrell	2
Steve Jackson	1
Mike Kerrigan	1
Mitchell Price				2	0	0
Keith Stanberry				1		0
Johnny Lewis				1		0
Totals	517	0	0	17	15	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bernie Ruoff	0								26	29	8			115
Steve Stapler		13		0					0	0	1	1		81
Ken Zachary	6	1		0					0	0	0			42
Tony Champion		6	0	0					0	0	0			36
Roy Kurtz									4	8	4			24
Rocky DiPietro		4		0					0	0	0			24
Dan Huclack	2	1		0					0	0	0			18
Paul Osbaldiston	0								4	1	5			18
Earl Winfield		2	1	0					0	0	0			18
Derek Noble									2	4	2			12
Tom Porras	1								0	0	0	1		8
Jacques Chapdelaine		1							0	0	0	1		8
Johnnie Jones	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Ben Zambiasi						1	0		0	0	0			6
Lee Knight		0	0	0					1	1	2			6
Jim Rockford			0			0	1		0	0	0			6
Alvin Bailey			0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Ken Hobart	1								0	0	0			6
Kenny King	1	0							0	0	0			6
Howard Fields			0	0		1	0		0	0	0			6
Mike Walker						1	0		0	0	0			6
Less Browne			1	0	0	0			0	0	0			6
Totals	12	28	2	0	0	4	1	0	37	43	22	3	0	464