1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachJerry Williams
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record11–3
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Team MOPGarney Henley
Team MOCTony Gabriel
Team MORChuck Ealey
Uniform

The 1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 15th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 23rd overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–3 record and won the Grey Cup over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Ralph Sazio became Tiger-Cats President in 1972, the year in which Hamilton hosted and won the Grey Cup. In 1972, Tony Gabriel improved his receiving numbers to 49 catches for 733 yards, finishing second in the East in passes caught. It would be Tommy Joe Coffey's final season with the Tiger-Cats. Ellison Kelly would be in his final season with the Tiger-Cats. During his 13-year career, he never missed a game, playing in 175 consecutive regular season games.[1] Joe Zuger left the Tiger-Cats to play for the Detroit Lions of the NFL.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats14113037226222
Ottawa Rough Riders14113029822822
Montreal Alouettes1441002463538
Toronto Argonauts1431102542986

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Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentFinal scoreRecord
1July 31Saskatchewan Roughriders20–171–0
2Aug 8at BC Lions19–171–1
2Aug 11at Edmonton Eskimos30–271–2
3Aug 19Montreal Alouettes25–231–3
4Aug 24at Montreal Alouettes25–122–3
5Sept 4Ottawa Rough Riders17–163–3
6Sept 10at Toronto Argonauts22–184–3
7Sept 16at Ottawa Rough Riders30–225–3
8Sept 24Toronto Argonauts41–146–3
9Oct 1at Ottawa Rough Riders25–207–3
10Oct 7Calgary Stampeders50–248–3
11Oct 14at Montreal Alouettes31–269–3
12Oct 21Winnipeg Blue Bombers18–310–3
14Nov 5Toronto Argonauts16–1611–3

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Post-season

GameDateOpponentFinal score
Eastern Final #1Nov 18Ottawa Rough Riders7–19
Eastern Final #2Nov 26Ottawa Rough Riders23–8
Grey CupDec 3Saskatchewan Roughriders13–10

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Grey Cup

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 10 0 0 3 13
Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 10 0 0 10

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  2. ↑ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.490, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
  3. ↑ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. 1 2 "1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
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