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.
[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.