The Toronto Argonauts 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts’ 1953 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the IRFU

Toronto Argonauts 1953 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1952: 12 players
1953 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Toronto Argonauts 1953 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	5	9	0	10	172	249	L3	2-4-0
Home	7	2	5	0	4	69	119	L2	1-5-0
Visitor	7	3	4	0	6	103	130	L2	3-3-0

Full 1953 League Standings

Toronto Argonauts 1953 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.551	2-5-0 (7)	3-4-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6)	0.571	1-2-0 (3)	2-1-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.571	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coach

Frank Clair (Jan. 1, 1950 – Feb. 9, 1955)

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1953 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 21,739
Total: 111,618
High: 20,382
Avg: 18,603 (6 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1952 Avg: -3,014
Low: 16,153
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 85.57
Diff from League Avg: +16,683

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Team Scoring

	1953	1952 +/-
Average Combined Score	30.07	7.93
Average Winning Score	19.40	7.17
Average Losing Score	8.33	8.17
Average Home Score	9.86	11.64
Average Visitor Score	14.71	7.95
Average Margin of Victory	6.80	8.91
Average Margin of Loss	12.33	3.33

Stadium

1953 home stadium: Varsity Stadium
Capacity: 21,739
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1950 – Expansion

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Toronto	7	23	30	20	24	44	6	27	33	36	29	65	69 (9.9)	103 (14.7)	172 (12.3)
Opponent	19	20	39	38	34	72	27	47	74	35	29	64	130 (18.6)	119 (17.0)	249 (17.8)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (3-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	7 (0-7-0)
After 2nd	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)
After 3rd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Toronto Argonauts 1953 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)		Geoff Crain (QB)	McGill
2–3 (7)		Lee Munn (M)	McMaster
3–3 (11)		Don Griffin (HB)	Queen's
4–3 (15)		Gerry Fewster (G)	Western Ontario
5–3 (19)		Al Haigh (HB)	Toronto
6–3 (23)		Paul Shannon (E)	McMaster
7–3 (27)		Don Williams (QB)	McGill
8–3 (31)		Roddy “Bud” Foster (G)	McGill
9–3 (35)		Ian Fraser (MW)	Queen's
10–3 (39)		Harry Hyde (MW)	Toronto

Toronto Argonauts 1953 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri. Aug. 14	TOR 16 @ EDM 28	L	14,000
B	Mon. Aug. 17	TOR 0 @ WPG 24	L	15,808
1	Wed. Aug. 26	MTL 9 @ TOR 11	W	18,000
2	Wed. Sept. 2	TOR 7 @ MTL 15	L	13,267
2	Mon. Sept. 7	TOR 12 @ HAM 14	L	17,000
3	Sat. Sept. 12 2:15 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 16	L	17,459
4	Wed. Sept. 16	TOR 21 @ HAM 20	W
4	Sat. Sept. 19	HAM 12 @ TOR 9	L	20,382
5	Sat. Sept. 26	TOR 18 @ OTT 17	W	16,000
7	Sat. Oct. 10	HAM 26 @ TOR 0	L
7	Mon. Oct. 12	TOR 30 @ HAM 12	W	19,069
8	Sun. Oct. 18	TOR 11 @ MTL 39	L	19,603
9	Sat. Oct. 24	HAM 5 @ TOR 17	W	19,437
10	Sat. Oct. 31	OTT 20 @ TOR 8	L	20,187
11	Sat. Nov. 7	TOR 4 @ OTT 13	L	12,688
12	Sat. Nov. 14	MTL 27 @ TOR 8	L	16,153