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1981 Toronto Argonauts season

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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

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

Offseason

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
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 11 4 1 414 335 23
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 5 11 0 306 446 10
Montreal Alouettes 16 3 13 0 267 518 6
Toronto Argonauts 16 2 14 0 241 506 4

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Schedule

Week Date Opponent Location Final Score Attendance Record
1 July 2 Roughriders Exhibition Stadium L 19–18 33,243 0–1
2 July 10 @ Alouettes Olympic Stadium L 23–22 35,281 0–2
3 July 16 Lions Exhibition Stadium L 32–29 37,116 0–3
4 July 25 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 57–13 30,022 0–4
5 July 30 Blue Bombers Exhibition Stadium L 21–18 36,102 0–5
6 August 7 @ Rough Riders Lansdowne Park L 38–11 22,658 0–6
7 August 13 Eskimos Exhibition Stadium L 22–12 38,268 0–7
8 August 23 @ Roughriders Taylor Field L 38–14 26,100 0–8
9 Bye
10 September 7 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium L 23–5 30,381 0–9
11 September 13 Rough Riders Exhibition Stadium L 23–6 30,340 0–10
12 September 19 @ Lions Empire Stadium L 45–14 20,196 0–11
13 September 27 Stampeders Exhibition Stadium W 29–26 28,634 1–11
14 Bye
15 October 11 @ Blue Bombers Winnipeg Stadium L 43–12 22,757 1–12
16 October 17 Alouettes Exhibition Stadium W 20–14 31,038 2–12
17 October 24 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium L 61–7 46,146 2–13
18 October 31 Tiger-Cats Exhibition Stadium L 21–11 30,615 2–14

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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.