1960 Toronto Argonauts season explained

Team:Toronto Argonauts
Year:1960
Record:10–4
Division Place:1st, East
Coach:Lou Agase[1]
Stadium:Exhibition Stadium[2]
Playoffs:Lost Eastern Finals
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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

GameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
AJuly 27vs. Calgary StampedersW 51–301–0Exhibition Stadium12,692
BAugust 3vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)L 16–431–1Exhibition Stadium23,570
CAugust 10vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 14–72–1Exhibition Stadium10,282
[3]

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Toronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 370 265 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 5 0 400 283 18
Montreal Alouettes 14 5 9 0 340 458 10
14 4 10 0 273 377 8
[4]

Schedule

WeekGameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
11August 16at Ottawa Rough RidersW 21–71–0Landsdowne Park20,321
12August 19vs. Montreal AlouettesW 36–142–0Exhibition Stadium26,524
23August 26at Montreal AlouettesW 29–283–0Molson Stadium24,533
34September 5at Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 32–214–0Civic Stadium26,253
45September 11vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 16–125–0Exhibition Stadium30,863
56September 14at Ottawa Rough RidersL 12–215–1Landsdowne Park20,477
57September 18vs. Ottawa Rough RidersL 12–265–2Exhibition Stadium30,949
68September 24at Montreal AlouettesW 21–96–2Molson Stadium23,452
79October 1vs. Montreal AlouettesW 50–157–2Exhibition Stadium24,145
810October 7vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 24–148–2Exhibition Stadium27,494
911October 10at Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 16–208–3Civic Stadium25,873
1012October 16vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 37–139–3Exhibition Stadium32,896
1113October 22at Ottawa Rough RidersL 1–389–4Landsdowne Park19,119
1214October 30vs. Montreal AlouettesW 63–2710–4Exhibition Stadium26,069

Playoffs

IRFU Finals

(two game, total point series)

RoundDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
IRFU Final Game 1Nov 12at Ottawa Rough RidersL 21–330–1Landsdowne Park18,385
IRFU Final Game 2Nov 20vs. Ottawa Rough RidersL 21–200–2Exhibition Stadium30,529

Schenley Award Nominees

-Player Canadian Lineman
Bill Mitchell Dick Fouts

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: 1960 Toronto Argonauts. 2011-01-24. Pro Football Archives.
  4. 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.