1952 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1952 Toronto Argonauts season was the 63rd season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–4–1 record and qualified for the playoffs for the third year in a row. The Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats two games to one in the IRFU Finals before winning the Eastern Final over the Sarnia Imperials. In the first ever Grey Cup between the current incarnation of the Edmonton Eskimos franchise, Toronto won their 10th Grey Cup championship by a score of 21–11. It was their second Grey Cup win in three years and their fifth championship in the previous eight years.

1952 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachFrank Clair[1]
Home fieldVarsity Stadium[2]
Results
Record7–4–1
Division place2nd, IRFU
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup

Preseason
WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreRecord
AAug 16Winnipeg Blue BombersVarsity StadiumL 11–70–1
BAug 24Hamilton Tiger-CatsCivic StadiumL 14–80–2

[3]

Regular season

Standings
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1292126816219
Toronto Argonauts1274126519115
Ottawa Rough Riders1257020023810
Montreal Alouettes1221001362784

[4]

Schedule
WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreRecord
1Sept 1@ Hamilton Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumW 33–131–0–0
2Sept 6Montreal AlouettesVarsity StadiumW 43–02–0–0
3Sept 13Ottawa Rough RidersVarsity StadiumW 24–193–0–0
4Sept 20Hamilton Tiger-CatsVarsity StadiumT 13–133–0–1
5Sept 28@ Montreal AlouettesDelorimier StadiumW 12–64–0–1
6Oct 4@ Ottawa Rough RidersLansdowne ParkL 25–214–1–1
7Oct 11Hamilton Tiger-CatsVarsity StadiumL 27–184–2–1
7Oct 13@ Hamilton Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumL 25–164–3–1
8Oct 18@ Ottawa Rough RidersLansdowne ParkW 25–65–3–1
9Oct 25Ottawa Rough RidersVarsity StadiumW 20–146–3–1
10Nov 2@ Montreal AlouettesDelorimier StadiumW 29–187–3–1
11Nov 8Montreal AlouettesVarsity StadiumL 25–117–4–1

[3]

Postseason
GameDateOpponentLocationFinal Score
IRFU Final Game 1Nov 15@ Hamilton Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumW 22–6
IRFU Final Game 2Nov 19Hamilton Tiger-CatsVarsity StadiumL 27–11
IRFU Final Game 3Nov 22@ Hamilton Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumW 12–7
Eastern FinalNov 26Sarnia ImperialsVarsity StadiumW 34–15
Grey CupNov 29Edmonton EskimosVarsity StadiumW 21–11

[3]

Grey Cup
Main article: 40th Grey Cup

November 29 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 27,391)[5]

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Edmonton Eskimos506011
Toronto Argonauts0150621

References
  1. "All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. "1952 Toronto Argonauts". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  4. "1952 Regular Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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