1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics
Team Record: 8-8 16
Finishing 1st in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Al Bruno (8-8)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses for 16 points, finishing first in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Tiger-Cats racked up 377 points, and the defensive squad yielded 315. Ken Hobart passed for 2,522 yards. Rocky DiPietro grabbed 52 receptions, while Steve Stapler contributed 690 receiving yards. Rufus Crawford contributed to the receiving game also.
Ken Hobart carried the ball for a team-high 928 yards for Hamilton.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 80 turnovers, topping in the league. Paul Bennett and Less Browne each seized 12 opponent throws. Grover Covington topped pass rushers with 16 quarterback sacks.
Al Bruno coached the team. The 1985 Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost in the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Ken Hobart | 437 | 211 | 48.3 | 2522 | 5.8 | 19 | 4.3 | 14 | 3.2 | 67 | 67.5 | Jeff Tedford | 86 | 50 | 58.1 | 477 | 5.5 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 7.0 | 41 | 48.4 | Tom Porras | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 134 | 7.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 28 | 69.2 | George Works | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 118.8 | Pete Gales | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 42.4 |
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| Totals | 544 | 275 | 50.6 | 3168 | 5.8 | 20 | 3.7 | 21 | 3.9 | 67 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Hobart | 118 | 928 | 7.9 | 44 | 6 | George Works | 49 | 263 | 5.4 | 60 | 0 | Elmer James | 62 | 241 | 3.9 | 25 | 3 | Johnny Shepherd | 65 | 189 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 | Rufus Crawford | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 29 | 0 | Dave Graffi | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 | Derrek Peels | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 | Jeff Tedford | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 | Tom Porras | 12 | 27 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | Nord Williams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | Steve Jackson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Tony Champion | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Ben Zambiasi | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | Bernie Ruoff | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 381 | 1832 | 4.8 | 60 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rocky DiPietro | 52 | 593 | 11.4 | 45 | 4 | Rufus Crawford | 43 | 441 | 10.3 | 26 | 2 | Steve Stapler | 40 | 690 | 17.2 | 57 | 9 | Wayne Lee | 24 | 245 | 10.2 | 28 | 0 | Scott Collie | 23 | 333 | 14.5 | 37 | 0 | Johnny Shepherd | 19 | 139 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 | Dave Graffi | 18 | 115 | 6.4 | 13 | 1 | Ron Ingram | 14 | 265 | 18.9 | 52 | 3 | Tony Champion | 13 | 203 | 15.6 | 67 | 1 | Elmer James | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 | Derrek Peels | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 | George Works | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 | Steve Jackson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Totals | 275 | 3168 | 11.5 | 67 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Bernie Ruoff | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 48 | 32 | 66.7 | 13 | 54 | 3231 | 59.8 | 90 | 1 | 143 | Don Sweet | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 59 | 0 | 9 |
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| Totals | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 56 | 34 | 60.7 | 14 | 59 | 3465 | 58.7 | 90 | 1 | 152 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Bennett | 44 | 487 | 11.1 | 99 | 1 | Rufus Crawford | 48 | 333 | 6.9 | 75 | 1 | Wayne Lee | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 26 | 0 | Less Browne | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 | Howard Fields | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 | Derrek Peels | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
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| Totals | 114 | 1036 | 9.1 | 99 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Howard Fields | 23 | 535 | 23.3 | 54 | 0 | Rufus Crawford | 11 | 259 | 23.5 | 44 | 0 | Elmer James | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | Tony Champion | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 33 | 0 | Derrek Peels | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 | Wayne Lee | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 46 | 0 | Johnny Shepherd | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 | Dave Graffi | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | Less Browne | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | Steve Kearns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 60 | 1259 | 21.0 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Bennett | 12 | 246 | 20.5 | 109 | 1 | Less Browne | 12 | 165 | 13.8 | 34 | 0 | Donovan Rose | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 71 | 0 | Leo Ezerins | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 45 | 0 | Howard Fields | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 | Ben Zambiasi | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 | Mark Streeter | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 1 | Greg Gary | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | Gerald Bess | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | Ed Gataveckas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 46 | 786 | 17.1 | 109 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Grover Covington | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mitchell Price | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mike Walker | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Greg Gary | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Ben Zambiasi | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Dave Sauve | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Rod Skillman | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Less Browne | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Franklin King | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mark Streeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mike Walker | 2 | 32 | 1 | Ben Zambiasi | 2 | 0 | Greg Gary | 2 | 20 | 0 | Leo Ezerins | 1 | 0 | 0 | Reggie Mathis | 1 | 19 | 0 | Ed Gataveckas | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dave Graffi | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Priestner | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mitchell Price | 1 | 27 | 0 | Howard Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pat Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | Less Browne | 1 | 0 | 0 | Paul Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | Grover Covington | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 98 | 1 | 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 | Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 154 | Steve Stapler | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Ken Hobart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Rocky DiPietro | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Elmer James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rufus Crawford | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ron Ingram | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Paul Bennett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Don Sweet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Mark Streeter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jeff Tedford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tony Champion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Graffi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 373 |
