1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 2-16 4
Finishing 4th in the CFL's East Division
Coach: Urban Bowman (1-10)
Coach: Don Sutherin (1-6)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Roster
1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 2 wins and 16 losses for 4 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's East Division.

The Tiger-Cats managed just 362 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad gave up 549, most in the circuit. Anthony Calvillo threw for 2,177 yards, and Rickey Foggie played quarterback, too. Prince Wimbley led the receiving corps, grabbing 42 receptions for 637 yards. Burt Thornton, Archie Amerson, Mike Morreale, Andrew Grigg and Ashaundai Smith each contributed to the receiving game as well.

Archie Amerson carried the ball for a team-high 630 yards for Hamilton.

Orlondo Steinauer snatched 7 opponent throws. Willie Whitehead topped the defensive unit with 13 quarterback sacks.

Urban Bowman and Don Sutherin coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Anthony Calvillo	278	160	57.6	2177	7.8	12	4.3	11	4.0	69	80.6
Rickey Foggie	179	99	55.3	1345	7.5	5	2.8	8	4.5	55	70.2
Mike Cawley	79	43	54.4	547	6.9	5	6.3	4	5.1	62	76.3
Marquel Fleetwood	47	22	46.8	216	4.6	0	0.0	1	2.1	27	51.4
Jason McCullough	9	6	66.7	127	14.1	0	0.0	2	22.2	30	70.1
Burt Thornton	1	1	100.0	81	81.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	81	158.3
Andrew Grigg	2	1	50.0	30	15.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	30	135.4
Archie Amerson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Kenny Nord	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	601	332	55.2	4523	7.5	24	4.0	26	4.3	81

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Archie Amerson	144	630	4.4	64	4
Anthony Calvillo	53	242	4.6	29	2
Mike Cawley	20	181	9.0	25	0
Rickey Foggie	32	138	4.3	22	3
Markus Thomas	27	112	4.1	27	1
Marquel Fleetwood	14	96	6.9	17	1
Yonel Jourdain	13	56	4.3	14	0
Lee Knight	12	41	3.4	9	0
Willie Brown	8	24	3.0	12	0
Dean Noel	1	11	11.0	11	0
Ted Long	1	7	7.0	7	0
Marcus Holliday	2	7	3.5	9	0
Kenny Nord	1	2	2.0	2	0
Andrew Grigg	0	0		0	1
Totals	328	1547	4.7	64	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Prince Wimbley	42	637	15.2	69	1
Archie Amerson	40	414	10.4	46	1
Mike Morreale	38	466	12.3	48	2
Ashaundai Smith	35	452	12.9	49	2
Burt Thornton	34	586	17.2	47	4
Earl Winfield	29	462	15.9	59	2
Andrew Grigg	26	529	20.3	81	5
Ted Long	15	221	14.7	47	2
Yonel Jourdain	14	113	8.1	33	1
Markus Thomas	13	150	11.5	62	1
Lee Knight	12	116	9.7	22	1
Ted Alford	9	112	12.4	18	0
Ken Evraire	7	62	8.9	20	0
Dean Noel	5	61	12.2	26	0
Terry Guess	3	65	21.7	50	1
Kevin Knox	3	30	10.0	12	0
Willie Brown	2	35	17.5	33	0
Marcus Holliday	2	7	3.5	6	0
Gonzalo Floyd	2	5	2.5	4	1
Charlie Simmons	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	332	4523	13.6	81	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Paul Osbaldiston	31	31	100.0	42	24	57.1	11	79	4499	56.9	74	0	114
Totals	31	31	100.0	42	24	57.1	11	79	4499	56.9	74	0	114

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Paul Osbaldiston	147	6411	43.6	82	4
Totals	147	6411	43.6	82	4

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kenny Wilhite	30	203	6.8	19
Orlondo Steinauer	27	137	5.1	12
Sam Rogers	21	117	5.6	25
Aaron Ruffin	13	57	4.4	11
Andrew Grigg	6	16	2.7	6
Frank West	1	9	9.0	9
Earl Winfield	2	6	3.0	3
Totals	100	545	5.4	25

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Aaron Ruffin	31	664	21.4	38
Yonel Jourdain	12	250	20.8	41
Ashaundai Smith	10	217	21.7	31
Sam Rogers	5	100	20.0	26
Orlondo Steinauer	6	97	16.2	23
Rob Hitchcock	4	58	14.5	18
Willie Brown	5	50	10.0	20
Archie Amerson	2	34	17.0	17
Kenny Wilhite	2	34	17.0	17
Lee Knight	1	12	12.0	12
Dean Noel	1	6	6.0	6
Jason Kaiser	1	0	0.0	0
Andrew Grigg	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	81	1522	18.8	41

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kenny Wilhite	3	29	9.7	19
Sam Rogers	1	21	21.0	21
Orlondo Steinauer	1	18	18.0	18
Rob Hitchcock	1	10	10.0	10
Totals	6	78	13.0	21

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Orlondo Steinauer	7	184	26.3	82	1
Rob Hitchcock	5	43	8.6	29	0
Eric Carter	4	4	1.0	3	0
Gerald Vaughn	3	26	8.7	19	0
Justin Ring	2	3	1.5	2	0
Gonzalo Floyd	1	50	50.0	50	0
Aaron Ruffin	1	43	43.0	24	0
Kenny Wilhite	1	32	32.0	32	0
Calvin Tiggle	1	20	20.0	20	0
K.D. Williams	1	18	18.0	18	0
Kyle Walters	1	3	3.0	3	0
Mike Campbell	1	2	2.0	2	0
Lamar McGriggs	1	0	0.0	0	0
Sam Rogers	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	30	428	14.3	82	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Willie Whitehead	13.0	104.0	8.0
Joe Montford	8.0	86.0	10.8
Mike Philbrick	7.0	50.0	7.1
Mike Campbell	3.0	19.0	6.3
Lamar McGriggs	2.0	12.0	6.0
Calvin Tiggle	1.0	11.0	11.0
K.D. Williams	1.0	8.0	8.0
Melvin Aldridge	1.0	7.0	7.0
Joe Rumolo	1.0	4.0	4.0
Justin Ring	1.0	2.0	2.0
Gonzalo Floyd	1.0	2.0	2.0
Orlondo Steinauer	1.0	1.0	1.0
Totals	40.0	306	7.6

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Def	ST	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Calvin Tiggle	85	84	1			1	1	0
Orlondo Steinauer	67	65	2
Gerald Vaughn	63	55	8
Frank West	54	54	0			1	41	1
Joe Montford	54	48	6			1	0	0
Justin Ring	52	43	9			2	0	0
Willie Whitehead	43	38	5			1	0	0
Rob Hitchcock	42	39	3
Mike Philbrick	37	37	0			1	10	0
Eric Carter	35	30	5			1	0	0
Gonzalo Floyd	25	23	2			1	0	0
Melvin Aldridge	24	22	2
Mike Campbell	23	23	0
Kenny Wilhite	23	22	1			1	20	1
Aaron Ruffin	21	15	6			1	0	0
Cooper Harris	20	0	20
Mike Morreale	19	1	18
Dean Noel	16	1	15			1	0	0
Joe Rumolo	12	5	7			1	0	0
Kyle Walters	12	1	11
Donovan Wright	11	0	11
Jermaine Younger	8	8	0
Blaine Schmidt	7	0	7
Sam Rogers	6	6	0			1	0	0
Ken Evraire	6	1	5
Burt Thornton	4	3	1			1	0	0
Andrew Grigg	4	2	2
Lee Knight	4	1	3
Archie Amerson	3	3	0
Derek Grier	3	3	0
Val St. Germain	3	3	0
Jason Kaiser	3	0	3
Ashaundai Smith	2	2	0
Prince Wimbley	2	2	0
Obie Spanic	2	0	2
Jude St. John	1	1	0
Anthony Calvillo	1	1	0
Yonel Jourdain	1	1	0
Markus Thomas	1	1	0
Kevin Knox	1	1	0
Tom Nutten	1	1	0
Paul Osbaldiston	1	0	1
Peter Shorts	1	0	1
Terry Guess	1	0	1
Lamar McGriggs						1	0	0
Totals	804	646	158	0	0	16	72	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Paul Osbaldiston									24	31	15			118
Andrew Grigg	1	5	0	0					0	0	0			36
Archie Amerson	4	1		0					0	0	0			30
Burt Thornton		4					0		0	0	0			24
Rickey Foggie	3								0	0	0			18
Mike Morreale		2							0	0	0			12
Ashaundai Smith		2		0					0	0	0			12
Ted Long	0	2							0	0	0			12
Markus Thomas	1	1							0	0	0			12
Anthony Calvillo	2								0	0	0			12
Earl Winfield		2	0						0	0	0			12
Lee Knight	0	1		0					0	0	0	1		8
Prince Wimbley		1							0	0	0	1		8
Gonzalo Floyd		1				0	0		0	0	0			6
Kenny Wilhite			0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			6
Marquel Fleetwood	1								0	0	0			6
Terry Guess		1							0	0	0			6
Frank West			0				1		0	0	0			6
Orlondo Steinauer			0	0	0	1			0	0	0			6
Yonel Jourdain	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Totals	12	24	0	0	0	1	2	0	24	31	15	2	0	356