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

Team Roster and Stats

1955 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

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

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 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Aug 10	TOR 24 @ BC 30	L	22,448
B	Sat Aug 13	TOR 18 @ EDM 29	L	10,000
B	Mon Aug 15	TOR 29 @ WPG 6	W	15,726

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

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 12	TOR 32 @ HAM 28	W	17,600
P2	Sat Nov 19	TOR 36 @ MTL 38	L	21,103

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)

Summary
By Quarter

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

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)

Coaches

Head Coaches

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

Assistant Coaches

Bill Earley – Offensive backfield
Terry Brennan – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

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 Prendergast (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