1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Tom Dimitroff, Sr. and John Payne
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	5–10–1
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Semi-Final
Team MOP	Ray Nettles
Team MOC	Neil Lumsden
Team MOR	Ben Zambiasi

The 1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 21st season for the team in the Canadian Football League 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.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	11	5	0	395	261	22
Montreal Alouettes	16	8	7	1	331	295	17
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	5	10	1	225	403	11
Toronto Argonauts	16	4	12	0	234	389	8

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Final score	Record
1	July 12	at Toronto Argonauts	22–34	0–1
2	July 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–23	1–1
3	July 25	at Montreal Alouettes	12–24	1–2
4	Aug 1	at BC Lions	22–22	1–2–1
5	Aug 9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7–29	1–3–1
6	Aug 15	at Ottawa Rough Riders	6–32	1–4–1
7	Aug 23	Ottawa Rough Riders	8–36	1–5–1
8	Sept 4	Toronto Argonauts	19–16	2–5–1
9	Sept 10	at Edmonton Eskimos	16–56	2–6–1
10	Sept 17	at Montreal Alouettes	4–14	2–7–1
11	Sept 23	Montreal Alouettes	17–6	3–7–1
13	Oct 9	Ottawa Rough Riders	25–5	4–7–1
14	Oct 14	at Toronto Argonauts	7–21	4–8–1
15	Oct 22	Calgary Stampeders	1–35	4–9–1
16	Oct 28	at Ottawa Rough Riders	9–34	4–10–1
17	Nov 5	Toronto Argonauts	23–16	5–10–1

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Post-season

Game	Date	Opponent	Final score
Eastern Semi-Final	Nov 11	at Montreal Alouettes	35–20

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Awards and honours

• Ben Zambiasi, Linebacker, CFL All-Stars Defense

References

1. "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
2. "All-Time Records | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
3. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
4. "1978 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".