1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

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 3rd place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–10–1 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.

1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachTom Dimitroff, Sr. and John Payne
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record5–10–1
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishLost Eastern Semi-Final
Team MOPRay Nettles
Team MOCNeil Lumsden
Team MORBen Zambiasi

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
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders16115039526122
Montreal Alouettes1687133129517
Hamilton Tiger-Cats16510122540311
Toronto Argonauts1641202343898

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Season schedule
WeekDateOpponentFinal scoreRecord
1July 12at Toronto Argonauts22–340–1
2July 19Saskatchewan Roughriders27–231–1
3July 25at Montreal Alouettes12–241–2
4Aug 1at BC Lions22–221–2–1
5Aug 9Winnipeg Blue Bombers7–291–3–1
6Aug 15at Ottawa Rough Riders6–321–4–1
7Aug 23Ottawa Rough Riders8–361–5–1
8Sept 4Toronto Argonauts19–162–5–1
9Sept 10at Edmonton Eskimos16–562–6–1
10Sept 17at Montreal Alouettes4–142–7–1
11Sept 23Montreal Alouettes17–63–7–1
13Oct 9Ottawa Rough Riders25–54–7–1
14Oct 14at Toronto Argonauts7–214–8–1
15Oct 22Calgary Stampeders1–354–9–1
16Oct 28at Ottawa Rough Riders9–344–10–1
17Nov 5Toronto Argonauts23–165–10–1

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Post-season
GameDateOpponentFinal score
Eastern Semi-FinalNov 11at Montreal Alouettes35–20

[4]

Awards and honours

References
  1. "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. "1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
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