Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts (Toronto,ON) were founded in 1873,founded and owned by the Argonaut Rowing Club,and are the oldest existing professional sports team in North America still using its original name as well as the oldest surviving team in both the modern day CFL (since 1954) and the East Division. The origins of the team date back to a modified version of rugby that was played in North America in the later half of the 19th Century.

The team is owned by the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. which owns various Toronto-based sports teams including Toronto Maple Leafs (Major League Baseball),Toronto Raptors (National Basketball Association) and Toronto FC (Major League Soccer) to name a few.

The Argonauts have won the Grey Cup 18 times with 24 appearances with their last win in 2022.

NAMES

Toronto Argonauts 1873-

AFFILIATIONS

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1958-
Eastern Football Conference 1960-1980
East Division 1981-1994/1996-
North Division 1995

SEASONS

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SEASON LEAGUE DIVISION FINISH W L T PLAYOFFS
1883 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU Second Round (Peterboro FC) 30-7
Won ORFU Quarter Finals (Upper Canada College) 9-4
Won ORFU Semi Finals (University of Toronto) 24-1
Won ORFU Finals (Ottawa FC) 9-7
1884 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU First Round (Peterboro FC) 27-8
Won ORFU Quarter Finals (University of Toronto) 24-0
Won ORFU Semi Finals (Tigers) 24-4
Won ORFU Finals (Ottawa FC) by default
Lost Dominion Championship (Montreal FC) 30-0
1885 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU First Round (Peterboro FC) 10-0
Lost ORFU Second Round (Upper Canada College) 11-6
1886 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU City First Round (Tigers) 22-0
Won ORFU City Quarter Finals (Peterboro FC) 68-6
Won ORFU City Semi Finals (Ottawa FC) 12-7
Won ORFU City Finals (London Kickers) 24-7
Lost ORFU Finals (Ottawa College) 13-0
1887 ORFU - No regular season Lost ORFU City Quarter Finals (Tigers) 10-8
1888 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU Challenge Series (Upper Canada College) 35-1
Lost ORFU Challenge Series (Tigers) 12-4
1889 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU Challenge Series (Upper Canada College) 43-0
Won ORFU Challenge Series (Stratford Rugby Club) 45-0
Won ORFU Challenge Series (Tigers) 46-0
Lost ORFU Final (Ottawa College) 17-2
1890 ORFU - No regular season Lost ORFU Quarter-Finals (Tigers) 8-5
1891 ORFU - No regular season Lost ORFU Quarter-Finals (Tigers) 2-0 series (67-18)
1892 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU First Round (University of Toronto) 2-0 series (31-13)
Won ORFU Quarter-Finals (Ottawa College) 34-5
Lost ORFU Semi-Finals (Tigers) 5-1
1893 ORFU - No regular season Won ORFU Quarter-Final (Ottawa FC) 1-1 series (44-15)
Won ORFU Semi-Final (Osgoode Hall) 1-1 series (49-47)
Lost ORFU Final (Queen's) 2-0 series (55-4)
1894 ORFU - No regular season Lost ORFU Quarter-Final (Tigers) 2-0 series (54-15)
1895 ORFU - did not participate due to a rules dispute with the ORFU
1896 ORFU - did not participate due to a rules dispute with the ORFU
1897 ORFU - did not participate due to a rules dispute with the ORFU
1898 ORFU senior series 4th 0 6 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1899 ORFU senior series 3rd 2 4 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1900 ORFU senior series 1st 4 2 0 Lost League Playoff (Rough Riders) 20-12
1901 ORFU senior series 1st 5 1 0 Lost Dominion Championship (Ottawa College) 1-0-1 series (30-15)
1902 ORFU senior series 2nd 2 2 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1903 Resigned from ORFU senior series due to rules dispute
1904 ORFU senior series
(district 1)
1st 2 2 0 Lost District Playoff Semi-final (Toronto Rugby Club) 14-4
1905 ORFU senior series 2nd 4 2 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1906 ORFU senior series 2nd 4 2 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1907 IRFU - 4th 1 5 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1908 IRFU - 4th 1 5 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1909 IRFU - 3rd 1 5 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1910 IRFU - 2nd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1911 IRFU - 1st 5 1 0 Won East Semi-Final (HAMILTON ALERTS) 9-2
Lost 3rd Grey Cup (University of Toronto) 14-7
1912 IRFU - 1st 5 1 0 Won East Semi-Final (University of Toronto) 22-16
Lost 4th Grey Cup (HAMILTON ALERTS) 11-4
1913 IRFU - 3rd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1914 IRFU - 2nd 5 1 0 Won League Playoff (Tigers) 11-4
Won East Final (Hamilton Rowing Club) 16-14
Won 6th Grey Cup (University of Toronto) 14-2
1915 IRFU - 2nd 4 2 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1916 IRFU - Season suspended due to World War I
1917 IRFU - Season suspended due to World War I
1918 IRFU - Season suspended due to World War I
1919 IRFU - 2nd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1920 IRFU - 1st 5 1 0 Won East Final (Toronto RAA) 7-6
Lost 8th Grey Cup (University of Toronto) 16-3
1921 IRFU - 1st 6 0 0 Won East Semi-Final (University of Toronto) 20-12
Won East Final (Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club) 16-8
Won 9th Grey Cup (Eskimos) 23-0
1922 IRFU - 1st 5 0 1 Won East Semi-Final (Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club) 20-1
Lost East Final (Queen's) 12-11
1923 IRFU - 2nd 3 1 2 DID NOT QUALIFY
1924 IRFU - 2nd 4 2 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1925 IRFU - 4th 2 4 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1926 IRFU - 3rd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1927 IRFU - 3rd 2 3 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1928 IRFU - 3rd 1 4 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1929 IRFU - 3rd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1930 IRFU - 2nd 4 1 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1931 IRFU - 3rd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1932 IRFU - 3rd 3 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1933 IRFU - 2nd 4 2 0 Won IRFU Finals (Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers) 2-0 series (20-9)
Won Grey Cup Semi-Final (Winnipegs) 13-0
Won 21st Grey Cup (Sarnia Imperials) 4-3
1934 IRFU - 3rd 3 2 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1935 IRFU - 2nd 6 3 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1936 IRFU - 1st 4 2 0 Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (22-6)
1937 IRFU - 1st 5 1 0 Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 21-16
Won Eastern Finals (Sarnia Imperials) 10-6
Won 25th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 4-3
1938 IRFU - 2nd 5 1 0 Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (14-4)
Won Eastern Finals (Sarnia Imperials) 25-8
Won 26th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 30-7
1939 IRFU - 2nd 4 1 1 Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (39-6)
1940 IRFU - 2nd 4 2 0 Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (20-2)
1941 ERFU - 2nd 5 1 0 Lost ERFU Finals (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (18-17)
1942 IRFU - Season suspended due to World War II
1943 IRFU - Season suspended due to World War II
1944 IRFU - Season suspended due to World War II
1945 IRFU - 2nd 5 1 0 Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (33-18)
Won Eastern Finals (TORONTO Balmy Beach Beachers) 14-2
Won 33rd Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 35-0
1946 IRFU - 2nd 7 3 2 Won IRFU Finals (Alouettes) 12-6
Won Eastern Finals (TORONTO Balmy Beach Beachers) 22-12
Won 34th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 28-6
1947 IRFU - 2nd 7 4 1 Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (25-0)
Won Eastern Finals (Ottawa Trojans) 22-1
Won 35th35th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 10-9
1948 IRFU - 3rd 5 6 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1949 IRFU - 3rd 5 7 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1950 IRFU - 2nd 6 5 1 Won IRFU Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (35-19)
Won Eastern Finals (TORONTO Balmy Beach Beachers) 43-13
Won 38th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 13-0
1951 IRFU - 3rd 7 5 0 Lost IRFU Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (31-28)
1952 IRFU - 2nd 7 4 1 Won IRFU Finals (Tiger-Cats) 2-1 series (45-40)
Won Eastern Finals (Sarnia Imperials) 34-15
Won 40th Grey Cup (Eskimos) 21-11
1953 IRFU - 4th 5 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1954 IRFU - 3rd 6 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1955 IRFU - 3rd 4 8 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 32-28
Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 38-36
1956 CFC IRFU 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1957 CFC IRFU 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1958 CFL IRFU 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1959 CFL IRFU 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1960 CFL East 1st 10 4 0 Lost East Division Final (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (54-41)
1961 CFL East 3rd 7 6 1 Won East Division Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 43-19
Lost East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (55-27)
1962 CFL East 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1963 CFL East 4th 3 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1964 CFL East 4th 4 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1965 CFL East 4th 3 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1966 CFL East 4th 5 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1967 CFL East 3rd 5 8 1 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 38-22
1968 CFL East 2nd 9 5 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 33-21
Lost East Division Final (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (47-27)
1969 CFL East 2nd 10 4 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 15-9
Lost East Division Final (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (46-35)
1970 CFL East 2nd 8 6 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Alouettes) 16-7
1971 CFL East 1st 10 4 0 Won East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 1-0-1 series (40-25)
Lost 59th Grey Cup (Stampeders) 14-11
1972 CFL East 4th 3 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1973 CFL East 2nd 7 5 2 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Alouettes) 32-10 OT)
1974 CFL East 4th 6 9 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1975 CFL East 4th 5 10 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1976 CFL East 4th 7 8 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1977 CFL East 3rd 6 10 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 21-16
1978 CFL East 4th 4 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1979 CFL East 4th 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1980 CFL East 4th 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1981 CFL East 4th 2 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1982 CFL East 1st 9 6 1 Won East Division Final (Rough Riders) 44-7
Lost 70th Grey Cup (Eskimos) 32-16
1983 CFL East 1st 12 4 0 Won East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 41-36
Won 71st Grey Cup (Lions) 18-17
1984 CFL East 1st 9 6 1 Lost East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 14-13 (OT)
1985 CFL East 4th 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1986 CFL East 1st 10 8 0 Lost East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (59-56)
1987 CFL East 2nd 11 6 1 Won East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 29-13
Won East Division Final (Blue Bombers) 19-3
Lost 75th Grey Cup (Eskimos) 38-36
1988 CFL East 1st 14 4 0 Lost East Division Final (Blue Bombers) 27-11
1989 CFL East 2nd 7 11 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Blue Bombers) 30-7
1990 CFL East 2nd 10 8 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Rough Riders) 34-25
Lost East Division Final (Blue Bombers) 20-17
1991 CFL East 1st 13 5 0 Won East Division Final (Blue Bombers) 42-3
Won 79th Grey Cup (Stampeders) 36-21
1992 CFL East 4th 6 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1993 CFL East 4th 3 15 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1994 CFL East 3rd 7 11 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Stallions) 34-15
1995 CFL North 7th 4 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1996 CFL East 1st 15 3 0 Won East Division Final (Alouettes) 43-7
Won 84th Grey Cup (Eskimos) 43-37
1997 CFL East 1st 15 3 0 Won East Division Final (Alouettes) 37-30
Won 85th Grey Cup (Roughriders) 47-23
1998 CFL East 3rd 9 9 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Alouettes) 41-28
1999 CFL East 3rd 9 9 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 27-6
2000 CFL East 4th 7 10 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
2001 CFL East 4th 7 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2002 CFL East 2nd 8 10 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Roughriders) 24-14
Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 35-18
2003 CFL East 2nd 9 9 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Lions) 28-7
Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 30-26
2004 CFL East 2nd 10 7 1 Won East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 24-6
Won East Division Final (Alouettes) 26-18
Won 92nd Grey Cup (Lions) 27-19
2005 CFL East 1st 11 7 0 Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 33-17
2006 CFL East 2nd 10 8 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Blue Bombers) 31-27
Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 33-24
2007 CFL East 1st 11 7 0 Lost East Division Final (Blue Bombers) 19-9
2008 CFL East 3rd 4 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2009 CFL East 4th 3 15 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2010 CFL East 3rd 9 9 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 16-13
Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 48-17
2011 CFL East 4th 6 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2012 CFL East 2nd 9 9 0 Won East Division Semi-Final (Eskimos) 42-26
Won East Division Final (Alouettes) 27-20
Won 100th Grey Cup (Stampeders) 35-22
2013 CFL East 1st 11 7 0 Lost East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 36-24
2014 CFL East 3rd 8 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2015 CFL East 3rd 10 8 0 Lost East Division Semi-Final (Tiger-Cats) 25-22
2016 CFL East 4th 5 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2017 CFL East 1st 9 9 0 Won East Division Final (Roughriders) 25-21
Won 105th Grey Cup (Stampeders) 27-24
2018 CFL East 4th 4 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2019 CFL East 3rd 4 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2020 CFL Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 CFL East 1st 9 5 0 Lost East Division Final (Tiger-Cats) 27-19
2022 CFL East 1st 11 7 0 Won East Division Final (Alouettes) 34-27
Won 109th Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 24-23
2023 CFL East 1st 16 2 0 Lost East Division Final (Alouettes) 17-38
2024 CFL East 2nd 10 8 0 -

GREY CUP CHAMPIONS

18
1914 | 1921 | 1933 | 1937
1938 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947
1950 | 1952 | 1983 | 1991
1996 | 1997 | 2004 | 2012
2017 | 2022

GREY CUP APPEARANCES

# SEASON W/L OPPONENT SCORE HOST CITY VICTORY # APP
1911 3RD L
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
14-7 TORONTO - 1
1912 4TH L HAMILTON ALERTS 11-4 HAMILTON - 2
1914 6TH W
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
14-2 TORONTO 1 3
1920 8TH L
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
16-3 TORONTO - 4
1921 9TH W EDMONTON ESKIMOS 23-0 TORONTO 2 5
1933 21ST W SARNIA IMPERIALS 4-3 SARNIA 3 6
1937 25TH W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
4-3 TORONTO 4 7
1938 26TH W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
30-7 TORONTO 5 8
1945 33RD W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
35-0 TORONTO 6 9
1946 34TH W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
28-6 TORONTO 7
1947 35TH W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
10-9 TORONTO 8 11
1950 38TH W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
13-0 TORONTO 9
1952 40TH W
EDMONTON
ESKIMOS
21-14 TORONTO 13
1971 59TH L
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
14-11 VANCOUVER - 14
1982 70TH L
EDMONTON
ESKIMOS
32-16 TORONTO - 15
1983 71ST W
BRITISH COLUMBIA
LIONS
18-17 VANCOUVER 11 16
1987 75TH L
EDMONTON
ESKIMOS
38-36 VANCOUVER - 17
1991 79TH W
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
36-21 WINNIPEG
1996 84TH W
EDMONTON
ESKIMOS
43-37 HAMILTON 13 19
1997 87TH W
SASKATCHEWAN
ROUGHRIDERS
47-23 EDMONTON 14 20
2004 92ND W
BRITISH COLUMBIA
LIONS
27-19 OTTAWA 15 21
2012 100TH W
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
35-22 TORONTO 16 22
2017 105TH W
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
27-24 OTTAWA 17 23
2022 109TH W
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
24-23 REGINA 14

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS (SINCE 1958)

EAST 11 1971,1982,1983,1987,1991,1996,1997,2004,2012,2017,2022

DIVISION TITLES (SINCE 1958)

EAST 17 1960,1971,1982-1984,1986,1988,1991,1996-1997,2005,2007,2013,2017,2021-2023

PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES (SINCE 1958)

371960-1961,1967-1971,1973,1977,1982-1984,1986-1991,1994,1996-1999,2002-2007,2010,2012-2013,2015,2017,2021-2024

LOGOS

(1873-1955)
(1956-1975)
(1976-1988)
(1989-1990)
(1991-1994)
(1995-2004)
(2005)
(2006-2019)
(2021-)

HELMETS

(1960-1962)
(1963)
(1964)
(1965)
(1966-1968)
(1969-1974)
(C.MID 1970S)
(1976-?)
(?-1988)
(1989-1990)
(1991-1994)
(1995-2004)
(2005)
(2006-2016)
(2017)
(AWAY GAMES)
(2017-2019)
(2021-2022)
(2023-)

STADIUMS

VARSITY STADIUM
(TORONTO,ON)
(1916-1958)
EXHIBITION STADIUM
(TORONTO,ON)
(1959-1988)
ROGERS CENTRE/
SKYDOME
(TORONTO,ON)
(1989-2015)
BMO FIELD
(TORONTO,ON)
(2016-)