1960 Toronto Argonauts season explained
The 1960 Toronto Argonauts finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 10–4 record. Their first-place finish earned them a bye to the Eastern Finals. The Argonauts lost both games of the two-game, total point Finals to the eventual Grey Cup champion Ottawa Rough Riders.
Preseason
After playing (and losing to) the NFL Chicago Cardinals in 1959, the Argonauts hosted the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers at CNE Stadium on August 3 in the second of three interleague games hosted in Torontoand lost 43–16. Both teams used 12 players, with a handful of NFL rules (blocking, punt returns) blended into the Canadian game.
Schedule
[3] Regular season
Standings
[4] Schedule
Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Venue | Attendance |
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Score | Record |
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1 | 1 | August 16 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 21–7 | 1–0 | Landsdowne Park | 20,321 |
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1 | 2 | August 19 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 36–14 | 2–0 | Exhibition Stadium | 26,524 |
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2 | 3 | August 26 | at Montreal Alouettes | W 29–28 | 3–0 | Molson Stadium | 24,533 |
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3 | 4 | September 5 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 32–21 | 4–0 | Civic Stadium | 26,253 |
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4 | 5 | September 11 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 16–12 | 5–0 | Exhibition Stadium | 30,863 |
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5 | 6 | September 14 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | L 12–21 | 5–1 | Landsdowne Park | 20,477 |
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5 | 7 | September 18 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | L 12–26 | 5–2 | Exhibition Stadium | 30,949 |
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6 | 8 | September 24 | at Montreal Alouettes | W 21–9 | 6–2 | Molson Stadium | 23,452 |
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7 | 9 | October 1 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 50–15 | 7–2 | Exhibition Stadium | 24,145 |
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8 | 10 | October 7 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 24–14 | 8–2 | Exhibition Stadium | 27,494 |
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9 | 11 | October 10 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 16–20 | 8–3 | Civic Stadium | 25,873 |
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10 | 12 | October 16 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 37–13 | 9–3 | Exhibition Stadium | 32,896 |
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11 | 13 | October 22 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | L 1–38 | 9–4 | Landsdowne Park | 19,119 |
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12 | 14 | October 30 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 63–27 | 10–4 | Exhibition Stadium | 26,069 | |
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Playoffs
IRFU Finals
(two game, total point series)
- Ottawa won the series 54–41. Ottawa advanced to play the Edmonton Eskimos in the Grey Cup.
Notes and References
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: 1960 Toronto Argonauts. 2011-01-24. Pro Football Archives.
- Web site: 1960 Regular Season Standings. 2011-05-07. Canadian Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812042532/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1960/reg. 2011-08-12. dead.