1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 8-5-1 17
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost Conference Final
Coach: Joe Restic (8-5-1)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats RosterTeam Record: 8-5-1 17
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost Conference Final
Coach: Joe Restic (8-5-1)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties for 17 points, finishing first in the CFL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2. Joe Restic coached the team. The 1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost in the Conference Final.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Joe Zuger | 132 | 78 | 59.1 | 1073 | 8.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 10 | 7.6 | 62 | 61.2 | Wally Gabler | 100 | 59 | 59.0 | 831 | 8.3 | 6 | 6.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 76.7 | John Eckman | 80 | 38 | 47.5 | 617 | 7.7 | 4 | 5.0 | 7 | 8.8 | 44 | 54.0 | Garney Henley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 135.4 | Ed Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 87.5 |
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| Totals | 314 | 177 | 56.4 | 2533 | 8.1 | 14 | 4.5 | 24 | 7.6 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Fleming | 138 | 614 | 4.4 | 33 | 5 | Ed Buchanan | 112 | 605 | 5.4 | 78 | 4 | Dick Wesolowski | 90 | 464 | 5.2 | 24 | 2 | Joe Zuger | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 | Willie Bethea | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 11 | 1 | John Eckman | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 10 | 2 | Wally Gabler | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Gord Christian | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | Garney Henley | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 11 | 2 |
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| Totals | 409 | 1935 | 4.7 | 78 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Fleming | 56 | 692 | 12.4 | 62 | 5 | Tommy Coffey | 46 | 678 | 14.7 | 44 | 5 | Ed Buchanan | 35 | 500 | 14.3 | 42 | 2 | Gord Christian | 16 | 300 | 18.8 | 47 | 0 | Bill Starr | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 38 | 1 | Dick Wesolowski | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 | Al Irwin | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 21 | 1 | Garney Henley | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | Willie Bethea | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 | John Vilunas | 1 | -19 | -19.0 | -19 | 0 |
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| Totals | 177 | 2533 | 14.3 | 62 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | Pts. | Tommy Coffey | 34 | 29 | 85.3 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 9 | 83 |
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| Totals | 34 | 29 | 85.3 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 9 | 83 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | Joe Zuger | 62 | 2900 | 46.8 | 65 | 1 | Paul McKay | 40 | 1764 | 44.1 | 73 | 1 | John Manel | 10 | 355 | 35.5 | 45 | 1 | Garney Henley | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
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| Totals | 113 | 5065 | 44.8 | 73 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ed Turek | 51 | 339 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 | Paul McKay | 17 | 122 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 | Bryan DeMarchi | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 | Garney Henley | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 26 | 0 | Mack Sauls | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 | Dave Fleming | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Bob Krouse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 108 | 651 | 6.0 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ed Buchanan | 16 | 396 | 24.8 | 40 | 0 | Dave Fleming | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 82 | 0 | John Williams | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 | Garney Henley | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 67 | 0 | Mack Lamb | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Turek | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | Bryan DeMarchi | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 25 | 0 | Dick Wesolowski | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 18 | 0 | Gord Christian | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 | Henry Sorrell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Paul Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Ed Chalupka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Totals | 46 | 1113 | 24.2 | 82 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Garney Henley | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 72 | 0 | John Williams | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 39 | 0 | Paul Johnson | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 23 | 0 | Mack Sauls | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 27 | 0 | Allen Aldridge | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 28 | 1 | Bob Krouse | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 | Ted Page | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | Henry Sorrell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Mack Lamb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Ed Turek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 31 | 416 | 13.4 | 72 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Paul Schmidlin | 4 | 15 | 1 | Garney Henley | 3 | 7 | 0 | Gord Christian | 3 | 0 | 0 | Paul Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | Henry Sorrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | John Williams | 2 | 98 | 1 | Mack Lamb | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bob Steiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | Billy Doss | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ed Turek | 1 | 0 | 0 | Angelo Mosca | 1 | 0 | John Manel | 1 | 21 | 1 | Willie Bethea | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Barrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | Allen Aldridge | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 145 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Tommy Coffey | 5 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 113 | Dave Fleming | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Ed Buchanan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dick Wesolowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Eckman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Manel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Allen Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Paul Schmidlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willie Bethea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Irwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Paul McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Joe Zuger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 290 |
