1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

Season of Canadian Football League team the Hamilton Tiger-Cats March 2026 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1978 5–10–1 3rd, East Tom Dimitroff, Sr. and John Payne Ivor Wynne Stadium Lost Eastern Semi-Final Ray Nettles Neil Lumsden Ben Zambiasi Tiger-Cats seasons The 1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 21st season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 29th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–10–1 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes. In February 1978, the club was purchased by President and majority shareholder of Maple Leaf Gardens Limited, Harold Ballard. Mr. Ballard became the team president that year and would keep the strong tradition of pro football in that City. Rocky DiPietro was in his rookie season with the Ti-Cats.http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_hof HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2011-04-23 https://archive.today/20120913020416/http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_hof 2012-09-13 dead Ed George spent four seasons in the NFL before returning to the CFL in 1978 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Through two seasons with the Tiger-Cats he played 34 games. Quarterback Jimmy Jones was in his final season with the Tiger-Cats and he finished his Tiger-Cats career with 861 career pass attempts, which was good enough to rank in the top ten.http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_alltimerecs All-Time Records | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2011-04-23 https://archive.today/20121208225453/http://www.ticats.ca/page/history_alltimerecs 2012-12-08 dead Regular season Season standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsOttawa Rough Riders 16 11 5 0 395 261 22Montreal Alouettes 16 8 7 1 331 295 17Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 225 403 11Toronto Argonauts 16 4 12 0 234 389 8 https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20091006092131/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg 2009-10-06 dead Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 12 at Toronto Argonauts L 22–34 0–1 2 2 July 19 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 27–23 1–1 3 3 July 25 at Montreal Alouettes L 12–24 1–2 4 4 Aug 1 at BC Lions T 22–22 1–2–1 5 5 Aug 9 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–29 1–3–1 6 6 Aug 15 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 6–32 1–4–1 7 7 Aug 23 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 8–36 1–5–1 8 8 Sept 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 19–16 2–5–1 9 9 Sept 10 at Edmonton Eskimos L 16–56 2–6–1 10 10 Sept 17 at Montreal Alouettes L 4–14 2–7–1 11 11 Sept 23 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 17–6 3–7–1 12 Bye 13 14 Oct 9 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 25–5 4–7–1 14 15 Oct 14 at Toronto Argonauts L 7–21 4–8–1 15 14 Oct 22 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 1–35 4–9–1 16 15 Oct 28 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 9–34 4–10–1 17 16 Nov 5 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–16 5–10–1 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cflham.html 1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives Post-season Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record Eastern Semi-Final Nov 11 at Montreal Alouettes L 20–35 0–1 Awards and honours Ben Zambiasi, Linebacker, CFL All-Stars Defense Roster 1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks 11 I Roy Henry 10 I Jimmy Jones Running backs 20 I Jimmy Edwards 21 N Dave Hadden 36 N Bill Harrison 32 N Neil Lumsden K/P Wide receivers 19 N Brock Aynsley 71 N Leif Pettersen 24 I Dave Quehl 70 N Kerry Smith Tight ends 23 N Rocky Dipietro 77 N Lawrie Skolrood Offensive linemen 55 I Danny Bass G 68 I Larry Butler G 54 N Bart Evans G 56 I Alan Moffat T 59 N Frank Moffatt T 50 N Henry Waszczuk C 67 I Mike Wilson T Defensive linemen 79 I Clifton Alapa DT 63 N Marv Allemang DT 51 I Granville Liggins DT 64 N Gary Robinson DE 69 I George Wells DE Special teams  3 N Nick Jambrosic K Linebackers 41 N Jack Blair 42 N John Martini 57 I Ray Nettles 78 N Bill Palmer P 47 I Ben Zambiasi Defensive backs 28 N Steve Ackroyd 29 N Don Bowman 14 N Randy Graham 34 I Zac Henderson P 24 I Bill Knox 17 I Ron Meeks 37 I David Shaw Injured list 60 N Glenn Robinson DE  9 I Ike Thomas DB Italics indicate American players References Hamilton Tiger-cats Season, 1978 Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons Category:1978 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1978 in sports in Ontario