Hamilton Tiger Cats

Archie Amerson - Running Back - 1997-04 - Northen Arizona

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  Rushing         Receiving       Punt Return       Kick Return    
Yr Team C Yds Avg Lg TD C Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD
1997 Ham 144 630 4.4 64 4 40 414 10.4 46 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 34 17.0 17 0
1998 Ham 160 703 4.4 69 3 65 750 11.5 89 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 24 594 24.8 54 0
1999 Ham 4 67 16.8 70 1 47 700 14.9 60 5 25 183 7.3 42 0 18 393 21.8 57 0
2000 Ham 6 16 2.7 10 0 70 1,198 17.1 75 6 51 351 6.9 38 0 51 948 18.6 40 0
2001 Tor 21 120 5.7 25 0 26 380 14.6 41 5 29 231 8.0 25 0 3 67 22.3 32 0
2001 Ham 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 32 6.4 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 42 21.0 28 0
2002 Ham 11 53 4.8 13 0 61 970 15.9 53 6 8 105 13.1 68 0 1 7 7.0 7 0
2003 Ham 9 41 4.6 0 0 75 960 12.8 45 4 4 51 12.8 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2004 Ham 1 24 24.0 24 0 47 894 19.0 68 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Total

 8 356 1,654 4.6 70 8 436 6,298 14.4 89 37 117 921 7.9 68 0 101 2,085 20.6 57 0

 

When the Hamilton Tiger Cats closed out the 1990’s with one of the top teams in the league beyond the McManus’ and Flutie’s the teams offence road the strength of a ‘Double A’ dynamo.

 

Archie Amerson was a high school super star in San Diego in the early 1990’s. He parlayed that success into a full scholarship to Northern Arizona University where he excelled as a running back.  In his senior season in 1996 Archie won the Walter Payton award as the top player in NCAA division 2 college football.

 

Amerson signed with Hamilton in 1997 and immediately had an impact as a running back and catching the ball out of the backfield. In 1998, Amerson had over 700 yards rushing and over 700 yards receiving as the focal point of the Cats offence. Teaming with Ronald Williams; Amerson led a resurgence for the Tiger Cats franchise culminating in back to back Grey Cup appearances in 1998 and 1999. Hamilton captured the 1999 Grey Cup after defeating Calgary in B.C. Place.

 

Archie was converted to more of a receiver after his first few seasons with Hamilton and in 2000 he had his finest season catching the football with 1,198 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. In 2001, Amerson spent a couple of months with the rival Toronto Argonauts before returning to Hamilton at midseason. Archie upon his return to Hamilton would post terrific numbers as primarily a receiver in 2002, 03 and his final year 2004.

 

A superb talent who could impact a game in many different ways Amerson enjoyed a terrific 8 season career in the CFL.