1983 Toronto Argonauts season

1983 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach Bob O'Billovich[1]
Home field Exhibition Stadium[2]
Results
Record 12–4–0
Division Place 1st, East
Playoff finish Won Grey Cup
Uniform
Timeline
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1982 1984

The 1983 Toronto Argonauts finished in first place in the East Division with a 12–4–0 record and won the Grey Cup ending a 31 year drought. Terry Greer set a pro football record (NFL and CFL) for most receiving yds with 2003 yds. He also set a record for most 200 yd ball games in a year with three.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 16 12 4 0 452 328 24
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 8 0 384 424 16
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 389 498 11
Montreal Concordes 16 5 10 1 367 447 11

[3]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Location Final Score Attendance Record
1 July 7 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium W 45–30 25,124 1–0
2 July 14 Lions Exhibition Stadium W 17–14 39,437 2–0
3 July 23 Concordes Exhibition Stadium W 28–13 35,490 3–0
4 July 29 @ Roughriders Taylor Field W 40–21 25,734 4–0
5 August 6 Tiger-Cats Exhibition Stadium L 31–18 43,558 4–1
6 August 13 @ Blue Bombers Winnipeg Stadium L 32–16 27,796 4–2
7 August 19 @ Rough Riders Lansdowne Park W 27–17 30,006 5–2
8 August 26 Roughriders Exhibition Stadium W 36–15 35,414 6–2
9 Bye
10 September 10 @ Lions BC Place Stadium W 32–14 52,656 7–2
11 September 18 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 50–16 25,128 8–2
12 September 24 Stampeders Exhibition Stadium L 49–20 35,679 8–3
13 October 2 @ Concordes Olympic Stadium W 30–17 20,046 9–3
14 October 9 Eskimos Exhibition Stadium W 19–15 37,746 10–3
15 Bye
16 October 23 Rough Riders Exhibition Stadium L 20–19 36,526 10–4
17 October 29 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium W 22–15 53,577 11–4
18 November 5 Blue Bombers Exhibition Stadium W 33–9 32,921 12–4

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Postseason

Round Date Opponent Location Final Score Attendance
East Final November 20 Tiger-Cats Exhibition Stadium W 41–36 54,530
Grey Cup November 27 Lions BC Place Stadium W 18–17 59,345

[4]

Grey Cup

Main article: 71st Grey Cup
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions 14 3 0 0 17
Toronto Argonauts 0 7 2 9 18

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Awards and honours

1983 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Coaching". http://www.argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  2. ^ "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". http://www.argonauts.ca/page/stadium-history. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  3. ^ "1983 Regular Season Standings". http://cfl.ca/standings/1983/reg. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  4. ^ a b "1983 Toronto Argonauts". http://www.profootballarchives.com/1983cfltor.html. Retrieved 2010-11-07. 
  5. ^ "1983 – Toronto Argonauts 18, B.C. Lions 17". http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1983. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
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