1979 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 6-10 12
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: John Payne (6-10)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1979 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Roster
1979 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses for 12 points, finishing third in the CFL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

Hamilton scored 280 points, while the defense conceded 338. Tom Clements threw for 1,809 yards. Leif Pettersen led the receiving corps, grabbing 56 receptions for 838 yards.

Ron Rowland carried the ball for a team-high 814 yards for the Tiger-Cats.

Harold Woods picked off 5 opponent throws.

John Payne coached the team. The 1979 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 Clements	211	130	61.6	1809	8.6	10	4.7	7	3.3	52	91.1
Ed Smith	140	61	43.6	794	5.7	4	2.9	14	10.0	53	32.0
Dave Marler	89	39	43.8	549	6.2	2	2.2	9	10.1	32	32.2
Charlie Weatherbie	13	6	46.2	175	13.5	1	7.7	1	7.7	59	86.2
Zenon Andrusyshyn	1	1	100.0	19	19.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	118.8
Mark Manges	11	2	18.2	6	0.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	39.6
John Holland	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	466	239	51.3	3352	7.2	17	3.6	31	6.7	59

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ron Rowland	179	814	4.5	45	2
Neil Lumsden	99	438	4.4	16	5
Tom Clements	22	145	6.6	21	1
Jim Reid	26	133	5.1	15	0
Dave Marler	12	85	7.1	27	1
Rufus Crawford	8	65	8.1	21	1
Dexter Green	23	64	2.8	15	0
Ed Smith	13	58	4.5	19	0
Bill Harrison	5	19	3.8	7	0
Mark Manges	2	16	8.0	9	0
Charlie Weatherbie	3	9	3.0	13	0
Zac Henderson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Brock Aynsley	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	394	1851	4.7	45	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leif Pettersen	56	838	15.0	52	4
John Holland	37	582	15.7	53	2
Ron Rowland	35	420	12.0	56	0
Brock Aynsley	22	382	17.4	59	4
Neil Lumsden	21	142	6.8	21	3
Lawrie Skolrood	17	275	16.2	32	0
Gord Paterson	13	238	18.3	37	1
Kerry Smith	12	171	14.2	32	1
Craig Labbett	8	109	13.6	17	1
Jim Reid	6	57	9.5	18	0
Rufus Crawford	5	54	10.8	31	1
Dexter Green	3	25	8.3	17	0
Bill Harrison	2	31	15.5	24	0
Harold Woods	1	19	19.0	19	0
Steve Ackroyd	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	239	3352	14.0	59	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Zenon Andrusyshyn	16	15	93.8	20	10	50.0	6	27	1686	62.4	90	0	51
Neil Lumsden	7	7	100.0	12	8	66.7	4					1	36
Dave Marler	3	3	100.0	4	0	0.0	3					0	6
Totals	26	25	96.2	36	18	50.0	13	27	1686	62.4	90	1	93

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Zac Henderson	58	2259	38.9	80	2
Zenon Andrusyshyn	51	2205	43.2	66	4
Dave Marler	19	812	42.7	65	1
Totals	128	5276	41.2	80	7

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
David Shaw	44	421	9.6	81
Bill Hatanaka	16	69	4.3	17
John Holland	17	61	3.6	12
Harold Woods	9	54	6.0	12
Dexter Green	7	51	7.3	19
Leif Pettersen	4	48	12.0	18
Rufus Crawford	4	40	10.0	13
Kerry Smith	6	36	6.0	13
Larry Dorsey	1	10	10.0	10
Bill Harrison	1	8	8.0	8
Jack Blair	1	0	0.0	0
Al Dosant	1	-4	-4.0	-4
Totals	111	794	7.2	81

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harold Woods	18	416	23.1	50
Bill Hatanaka	9	224	24.9	31
Ron Rowland	9	188	20.9	35
Al Dosant	6	101	16.8	23
John Holland	6	89	14.8	27
Rufus Crawford	3	69	23.0	24
Dexter Green	3	62	20.7	24
Bill Harrison	2	35	17.5	20
Larry Butler	2	34	17.0	18
Leif Pettersen	1	13	13.0	13
Ray Clark	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	60	1237	20.6	50

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harold Woods	5	39	7.8	35	0
Ike Thomas	3	62	20.7	51	0
David Shaw	3	61	20.3	33	0
Zac Henderson	3	3	1.0	3	0
Larry Dorsey	1	42	42.0	42	0
Ben Zambiasi	1	42	42.0	42	0
Jesse O'Neal	1	27	27.0	27	1
Randy Graham	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	18	285	15.8	51	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ben Zambiasi				4	4	0
Jack Blair				2	0	1
Lou Clare				2	0	0
Al Dosant				1	6	0
Larry Dorsey				1	0	0
Bill Harrison				1	0	0
Jim Heighton				1	0	0
Zac Henderson				1	8	0
Eary Jones				1	0	0
Jesse O'Neal				1	2	0
Harold Woods				1	0	0
Dave Marler				1	0	0
Bill Banks				1	27	0
Neil Lumsden				1	0	0
Randy Graham				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	20	47	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Neil Lumsden	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	5			84
Zenon Andrusyshyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	15	10			55
Leif Pettersen	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26
Brock Aynsley	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Dave Marler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4			13
Ron Rowland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
John Holland	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Rufus Crawford	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jack Blair	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Craig Labbett	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gord Paterson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jesse O'Neal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Tom Clements	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kerry Smith	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Zac Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2			2
Totals	10	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	25	21	1	0	276