1981 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1981 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–14 record and failed to make the playoffs.

1981 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachWillie Wood
Tommy Hudspeth (interim)[1]
Home fieldExhibition Stadium[2]
Results
Record2–14
Division place4th, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

Regular season

In spite of a 2-14 record, the Argonauts actually ended their season occupying the final playoff spot in the East (the crossover rule, intended to prevent such a weak third place team from making the playoffs, had not yet been implemented). Had the Montreal Alouettes lost their final regular season game against the Ottawa Rough Riders, they would have also finished 2-14 in which case the Argonauts would have qualified has they had scored more points in head-to-head games. However, Montreal won their last game to finish 3-13 and in third place.

Standings

East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats16114141433523
Ottawa Rough Riders16511030644610
Montreal Alouettes1631302675186
Toronto Argonauts1621402415064

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Schedule

WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreAttendanceRecord
1July 2RoughridersExhibition StadiumL 19–1833,2430–1
2July 10@ AlouettesOlympic StadiumL 23–2235,2810–2
3July 16LionsExhibition StadiumL 32–2937,1160–3
4July 25@ Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumL 57–1330,0220–4
5July 30Blue BombersExhibition StadiumL 21–1836,1020–5
6August 7@ Rough RidersLansdowne ParkL 38–1122,6580–6
7August 13EskimosExhibition StadiumL 22–1238,2680–7
8August 23@ RoughridersTaylor FieldL 38–1426,1000–8
9Bye
10September 7@ StampedersMcMahon StadiumL 23–530,3810–9
11September 13Rough RidersExhibition StadiumL 23–630,3400–10
12September 19@ LionsEmpire StadiumL 45–1420,1960–11
13September 27StampedersExhibition StadiumW 29–2628,6341–11
14Bye
15October 11@ Blue BombersWinnipeg StadiumL 43–1222,7571–12
16October 17AlouettesExhibition StadiumW 20–1431,0382–12
17October 24@ EskimosCommonwealth StadiumL 61–746,1462–13
18October 31Tiger-CatsExhibition StadiumL 21–1130,6152–14

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Awards and honours

1981 CFL All-Stars

  • None

1981 Eastern All-Stars

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References

  1. "All-Time Coaching". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. "1981 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  4. "1981 Toronto Argonauts". Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  5. 2010 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide (PDF). 2010. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.


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