1947 Toronto Argonauts season explained

Team:Toronto Argonauts
Year:1947
Record:7–4–1
Division Place:2nd, IRFU
Coach:Teddy Morris[1]
Stadium:Varsity Stadium[2]
Playoffs:Won Grey Cup
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The 1947 Toronto Argonauts season was the 58th 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 ninth consecutive season. The Argonauts defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders in a two-game total-points IRFU Final series before winning the Eastern Final over the Ottawa Trojans. The two-time defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts faced the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the third time in a row in the Grey Cup game. Toronto won their eighth Grey Cup championship by a score of 10–9 for the first three-peat in franchise history.

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Location Final score Record
B Aug 30 W 16–9 1–0
B Sept 1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Osborne Stadium W 11–0 2–0
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Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 12 8 4 0 170 103 16
Toronto Argonauts 12 7 4 1 140 122 15
12 6 6 0 164 164 12
12 2 9 1 119 204 5
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Schedule

Week Date Opponent Location Final score Record
1 Sept 6 L 23–6 0–1–0
2 Sept 13 L 15–7 0–2–0
3 Sept 17 W 34–25 1–2–0
3 Sept 20 Hamilton Tigers Varsity Stadium W 2–0 2–2–0
4 Sept 27 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium W 8–0 3–2–0
5 Oct 4 @ Montreal Alouettes W 10–6 4–2–0
6 Oct 11 @ Hamilton Tigers Civic Stadium W 13–1 5–2–0
6 Oct 13 Hamilton Tigers Varsity Stadium T 6–6 5–2–1
7 Oct 18 Montreal Alouettes Varsity Stadium W 25–3 6–2–1
8 Oct 25 @ Montreal Alouettes Delorimier Stadium L 17–12 6–3–1
9 Nov 1 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium L 15–5 6–4–1
10 Nov 8 @ Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park W 12–11 7–4–1

Postseason

Game Date Opponent Location Final score
IRFU Final Game 1 Nov 11 W 3–0
IRFU Final Game 2 Nov 15 Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–0
Eastern Final Nov 22 Varsity Stadium W 22–1
Grey Cup Nov 29 Varsity Stadium W 10–9

Grey Cup

See main article: 35th Grey Cup. November 29 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 18,885)[5]

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
6 3 0 0 9
0 1 6 3 10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Time Coaching. 2011-05-07. Toronto Argonauts. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422084043/http://argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching. 2011-04-22. dead.
  2. Web site: Toronto Argonauts Stadium History. 2011-05-07. Toronto Argonauts. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422083852/http://argonauts.ca/page/stadium-history. 2011-04-22. dead.
  3. Web site: 1947 Toronto Argonauts. 2012-04-17. Pro Football Archives.
  4. Web site: 1947 Regular Season Standings. 2011-05-07. Canadian Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302183649/http://cfl.ca/standings/1947/reg. 2012-03-02. dead.
  5. Web site: 1947 Grey Cup Recap. 2012-04-17. Canadian Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20120601043643/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1947. 2012-06-01. dead.