1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Statistics
Team Record: 9-8-1 19
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 2-1 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Al Bruno (9-8-1)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Results
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 9 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties for 19 points, finishing second in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Hamilton chalked up 405 points, while the defensive unit yielded 366. Mike Kerrigan passed for 3,193 yards. Rocky DiPietro grabbed 86 receptions, while Tony Champion contributed 1,216 receiving yards.
Walter Bender carried the ball for a team-high 618 yards for the Tiger-Cats, and Ken Hobart also aided the ground game.
The larcenous defense manufactured 68 turnovers. Mark Streeter intercepted 9 opponent throws. Mike Walker topped pass rushers with 21 quarterback sacks.
Al Bruno coached the team. The 1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Kerrigan | 424 | 242 | 57.1 | 3193 | 7.5 | 16 | 3.8 | 19 | 4.5 | 75 | 74.9 |
Ken Hobart | 217 | 104 | 47.9 | 1062 | 4.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 6 | 2.8 | 52 | 54.0 |
Tom Porras | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 118.8 |
Tony Champion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 645 | 348 | 54.0 | 4263 | 6.6 | 18 | 2.8 | 26 | 4.0 | 75 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Bender | 162 | 618 | 3.8 | 32 | 8 |
Ken Hobart | 82 | 593 | 7.2 | 35 | 6 |
Ken Zachary | 59 | 275 | 4.7 | 34 | 2 |
Jed Tommy | 42 | 139 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Kerrigan | 25 | 81 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Dave Graffi | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tom Porras | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 400 | 1789 | 4.5 | 35 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky DiPietro | 86 | 1087 | 12.6 | 47 | 4 |
Tony Champion | 74 | 1216 | 16.4 | 75 | 6 |
Steve Stapler | 62 | 861 | 13.9 | 51 | 5 |
Wayne Lee | 46 | 564 | 12.3 | 36 | 2 |
Walter Bender | 26 | 167 | 6.4 | 23 | 0 |
Ken Zachary | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
Jed Tommy | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
Steve Jackson | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 18 | 0 |
Ron Ingram | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 14 | 1 |
Dave Graffi | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
Johnny Shepherd | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
Don Newman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 348 | 4263 | 12.2 | 75 | 18 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Osbaldiston | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 30 | 23 | 76.7 | 7 | 39 | 2095 | 53.7 | 66 | 0 | 92 |
Bernie Ruoff | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 7 | 35 | 2043 | 58.4 | 70 | 0 | 74 |
Dan Huclack | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Totals | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 58 | 40 | 69.0 | 16 | 74 | 4138 | 55.9 | 70 | 0 | 173 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 82 | 3506 | 42.8 | 68 | 2 |
Steve Stapler | 64 | 2606 | 40.7 | 78 | 2 |
Paul Osbaldiston | 27 | 1056 | 39.1 | 59 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Totals | 174 | 7187 | 41.3 | 78 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 91 | 728 | 8.0 | 32 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 40 | 351 | 8.8 | 76 | 0 |
Less Browne | 1 | 111 | 111.0 | 47 | 0 |
Mike Robinson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Terry Lehne | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Leo Ezerins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 139 | 1221 | 8.8 | 76 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less Browne | 20 | 520 | 26.0 | 61 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 20 | 394 | 19.7 | 35 | 0 |
Walter Bender | 11 | 259 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
Tony Champion | 10 | 233 | 23.3 | 43 | 0 |
Steve Stapler | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
Wayne Lee | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 22 | 0 |
Ken Zachary | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
Terry Lehne | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
Don Newman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Totals | 74 | 1615 | 21.8 | 61 | 0 |
Missed Field Goal Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less Browne | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 50 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
Totals | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Streeter | 9 | 207 | 23.0 | 52 | 2 |
Less Browne | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 42 | 1 |
Lance Shields | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
Howard Fields | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 50 | 0 |
Leo Ezerins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 |
Calvin Adams | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 32 | 0 |
Frank Robinson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 28 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Leon Lyszkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 43 | 625 | 14.5 | 52 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Walker | 21.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Grover Covington | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Rod Skillman | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Mitchell Price | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ben Zambiasi | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Frank Robinson | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Mark Streeter | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Romel Andrews | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ed Gataveckas | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Leo Ezerins | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Less Browne | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 70.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Napiorkowski | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Paul Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ben Zambiasi | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Mike Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Grover Covington | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Greg Gary | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Terry Lehne | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 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 |
Paul Osbaldiston | 23 | 16 | 7 | 92 | ||||||||||
Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 76 | |||||||||
Walter Bender | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Ken Hobart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Tony Champion | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
Steve Stapler | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | |||||||
Rocky DiPietro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Dan Huclack | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
Ken Zachary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Mark Streeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Wayne Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Less Browne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Mark Napiorkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 405 |