1970 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics
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 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.
The Tiger-Cats scored 292 points, and the defense gave up 279. Dave Fleming carried the ball for a team-high 614 yards for Hamilton, while Dick Wesolowski and Ed Buchanan also contributed to the rushing attack.
Joe Zuger passed for 1,073 yards. Dave Fleming led the receiving corps, grabbing 56 receptions for 692 yards. Tommy Coffey contributed to the receiving game, too.
The opportunistic defense manufactured 64 turnovers. Garney Henley intercepted 10 opponent throws.
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 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 113 | Dave Fleming | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Ed Buchanan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Garney Henley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dick Wesolowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Eckman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Manel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Allen Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Paul Schmidlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Starr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willie Bethea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Irwin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Paul McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Joe Zuger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 290 |
