Toronto Argonauts 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the IRFU
IRFU Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1955 Won 32 – 28 @ Hamilton
IRFU Final
- Nov. 19, 1955 Lost 36 – 38 @ Montreal

Toronto Argonauts 1955 Season Resources 1955 TOR Team Roster 1955 TOR Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Aug 10 11:30 PM	TOR 24 @ BC 30	L	22,448
Ex	Sat Aug 13 11:30 PM	TOR 18 @ EDM 29	L	10,000
Ex	Mon Aug 15 9:00 PM	TOR 29 @ WPG 6	W	15,726


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Sep 3 2:00 PM	HAM 6 @ TOR 31	W	18,621
1	Mon Sep 5 2:00 PM	TOR 12 @ HAM 37	L	18,628
2	Sat Sep 10 2:00 PM	TOR 11 @ MTL 43	L	22,227
3	Sat Sep 17 2:00 PM	OTT 27 @ TOR 12	L	16,078
4	Sat Sep 24 2:00 PM	TOR 30 @ OTT 19	W	14,000
5	Sat Oct 1 2:00 PM	MTL 30 @ TOR 28	L	19,200
6	Sat Oct 8 2:00 PM	TOR 11 @ HAM 15	L	15,000
6	Mon Oct 10 2:00 PM	HAM 15 @ TOR 16	W	19,060
7	Sat Oct 15 2:00 PM	TOR 23 @ MTL 44	L	21,000
8	Sat Oct 22 2:00 PM	MTL 43 @ TOR 12	L	18,329
9	Sat Oct 29 2:00 PM	OTT 13 @ TOR 29	W	12,213
10	Sat Nov 5 2:00 PM	TOR 24 @ OTT 36	L	8,220
11	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 12 1:30 PM	TOR 32 @ HAM 28	W	17,600
P2	Sat Nov 19 2:00 PM	TOR 36 @ MTL 38	L	21,103
33	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	12	4	8	0	8	239	328	L1	2-4-0
Home	6	3	3	0	6	128	134	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	6	1	5	0	2	111	194	L3	1-5-0

Full 1955 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.556	3-3-0 (6)	1-5-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.667	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.750	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.250	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1955	1954 +/-
Average Combined Score	47.25	+13.18
Average Winning Score	26.50	+2.67
Average Losing Score	16.63	+8.00
Average Home Score	21.33	+7.48
Average Visitor Score	18.50	+2.07
Average Margin of Victory	13.25	+0.42
Average Margin of Loss	17.75	+1.50

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	128 (21.3)	111 (18.5)	239 (19.9)
Total	Opponent	194 (32.3)	134 (22.3)	328 (27.3)
1st	Toronto	22 (3.7)	29 (4.8)	51 (4.3)
1st	Opponent	53 (8.8)	31 (5.2)	84 (7.0)
2nd	Toronto	57 (9.5)	23 (3.8)	80 (6.7)
2nd	Opponent	48 (8.0)	45 (7.5)	93 (7.8)
3rd	Toronto	18 (3.0)	23 (3.8)	41 (3.4)
3rd	Opponent	50 (8.3)	31 (5.2)	81 (6.8)
4th	Toronto	31 (5.2)	36 (6.0)	67 (5.6)
4th	Opponent	43 (7.2)	27 (4.5)	70 (5.8)

Head Coaches

Bill Swiacki (May 12, 1955 – Nov. 6, 1956)
Frank Clair (Jan. 1, 1950 – Feb. 9, 1955)

Assistant Coaches

Bill Earley – Offensive backfield
Jim Martin – Assistant

Player Awards

1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Player — Dick Shatto (Division Finalist)

1955 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Alex Macklin (T)	Toronto (UofT)
2–2 (6)		Bob Kimoff (HB)	Toronto (UofT)
3–2 (10)		Baz Mackie (T)	Toronto (UofT)
4–2 (14)		Bill Horton (FW)	Toronto (UofT)
5–2 (18)		John Prendergast (C)	Toronto (UofT)
6–2 (22)		Johnny Sopinka (HB)	Toronto (UofT)
7–2 (26)		Jack Strapp (T)	Toronto (UofT)
8–2 (30)		Mike Yednoroz	McMaster
9–2 (34)		Doug Johnson (T)	McMaster
10–2 (38)		Hal Biewald (FW)	McGill
11–2 (42)		Roger Baikie (FW)	McGill