1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Bob Shaw
Home field	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team MOP	Jimmy Edwards
Team MOC	Ken Clark
Team MOR	John Martini
	← 1976; Tiger-Cats seasons; 1978 →;

The 1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 20th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 28th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–11 record and missed the playoffs. Frank M.Gibson would be in his final season as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Tiger-Cats. A trophy, bearing his name, was instituted by the CFL in 1977 recognizing the Outstanding Rookie in the Eastern Division.^[1] Coming off a season as Toronto's outstanding defensive player, he was also an Eastern Football Conference All-Star in 1977.

Regular season

Season standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	16	11	5	311	245	22
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	8	8	368	344	16
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	251	266	12
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	5	11	283	394	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Final score	Record
1	July 12	Toronto Argonauts	21–20	1–0
2	July 19	at Calgary Stampeders	11–13	1–1
4	Aug 2	Montreal Alouettes	11–21	1–2
5	Aug 10	at Toronto Argonauts	1–22	1–3
6	Aug 16	at Ottawa Rough Riders	17–31	1–4
7	Aug 24	Edmonton Eskimos	27–22	2–4
8	Aug 30	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19–20	2–5
8	Sept 5	Ottawa Rough Riders	18–33	2–6
9	Sept 10	at Toronto Argonauts	25–12	3–6
10	Sept 18	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–38	3–7
11	Sept 25	Montreal Alouettes	20–19	4–7
12	Oct 10	Toronto Argonauts	2–43	4–8
13	Oct 15	at Ottawa Rough Riders	28–36	4–9
14	Oct 23	BC Lions	31–21	5–9
15	Oct 29	at Montreal Alouettes	11–18	5–10
16	Nov 6	Ottawa Rough Riders	24–25	5–11

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Awards and honours

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Jimmy Edwards (RB)
Tommy Joe Coffey was Elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a Player on, June 25, 1977.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
^ "1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".

[ReferenceA-1] "HISTORY - Hall of Fame | Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

[2] "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

[PF_Archives-3] "1977 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".

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