The Toronto Argonauts 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts’ 1955 Season

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 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1954: 30 players
1955 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Toronto Argonauts 1955 Record
	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

Toronto Argonauts 1955 Opponent Appearances

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 Rough Riders (4)	0.250	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coaches

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

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Assistant Coaches

Bill Earley – Offensive backfield
Terry Brennan – Assistant

1955 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 21,739
Total: 103,501
High: 19,200
Avg: 17,250 (6 out of 6 games)
Diff from 1954 Avg: +1,558
Low: 12,213
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 79.35
Diff from League Avg: +15,830

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1955 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	22	29	51	57	23	80	18	23	41	31	36	67	128 (21.3)	111 (18.5)	239 (19.9)
Opponent	31	53	84	45	48	93	31	50	81	27	43	70	194 (32.3)	134 (22.3)	328 (27.3)

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	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)

Toronto Argonauts 1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Player — Dick Shatto (Division Finalist)

Toronto Argonauts 1955 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Alex Macklin (T)	Toronto
2–2 (6)		Bob Kimoff (HB)	Toronto
3–2 (10)		Baz Mackie (T)	Toronto
4–2 (14)		Bill Horton (FW)	Toronto
5–2 (18)		John Pendergast (C)	Toronto
6–2 (22)		Johnny Sopinka (HB)	Toronto
7–2 (26)		Jackson Strapp (T)	Toronto
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

Toronto Argonauts 1955 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	1	Wed. Aug. 10	TOR 24 @ BC 30	L	22,448
B	3	Sat. Aug. 13	TOR 18 @ EDM 29	L	10,000
	5	Mon. Aug. 15	TOR 29 @ WPG 6	W	15,726
1	7	Sat. Sept. 3	HAM 6 @ TOR 31	W	18,621
	8	Mon. Sept. 5	TOR 12 @ HAM 37	L	18,628
2	11	Sat. Sept. 10	TOR 11 @ MTL 43	L	22,227
3	13	Sat. Sept. 17	OTT 27 @ TOR 12	L	16,078
4	15	Sat. Sept. 24	TOR 30 @ OTT 19	W	14,000
5	17	Sat. Oct. 1	MTL 30 @ TOR 28	L	19,200
6	18	Sat. Oct. 8	TOR 11 @ HAM 15	L	15,000
	21	Mon. Oct. 10	HAM 15 @ TOR 16	W	19,060
7	23	Sat. Oct. 15	TOR 23 @ MTL 44	L	21,000
8	25	Sat. Oct. 22	MTL 43 @ TOR 12	L	18,329
9	27	Sat. Oct. 29	OTT 13 @ TOR 29	W	12,213
10	29	Sat. Nov. 5	TOR 24 @ OTT 36	L	8,220
P1	30	Sat. Nov. 12	TOR 32 @ HAM 28	W	17,600
P2	31	Sat. Nov. 19	TOR 36 @ MTL 38	L	21,103