The Toronto Argonauts 1959 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts’ 1959 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the IRFU

Toronto Argonauts 1959 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1958: 23 players
1959 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Toronto Argonauts 1959 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	79	68	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	14	4	10	0	8	192	274	L5	1-5-0
Home	7	2	5	0	4	113	113	L3	2-4-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	79	161	L2	1-5-0

Full 1959 League Standings

Toronto Argonauts 1959 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.582	2-5-0 (7)	2-5-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5)	0.714	0-3-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.429	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (5)	0.571	1-1-0 (2)	1-2-0 (3)

Coaches

Head Coaches

Lou Agase (Dec. 4, 1959 – Aug. 24, 1962)
Steve Owen (Sept. 21, 1959 – Nov. 5, 1959)
Hamp Pool (Dec. 27, 1956 – Sept. 21, 1959)

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1959 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 33,150
Total: 161,309
High: 27,883
Avg: 23,044 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1958 Avg: +2,434
Low: 19,041
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 69.51
Diff from League Avg: +18,759

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Team Scoring

	1959	1958 +/-
Average Combined Score	33.29	7.71
Average Winning Score	29.00	4.75
Average Losing Score	7.60	5.50
Average Home Score	16.14	4.14
Average Visitor Score	11.29	6.43
Average Margin of Victory	16.75	7.50
Average Margin of Loss	14.90	1.00

Stadium

1959 home stadium: Exhibition Stadium
Capacity: 33,150
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1959 – Opened 1959

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	13	11	24	35	23	58	29	21	50	36	24	60	113 (16.1)	79 (11.3)	192 (13.7)
Opponent	29	34	63	31	56	87	17	35	52	36	36	72	161 (23.0)	113 (16.1)	274 (19.6)

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	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (1-3-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (3-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)

Toronto Argonauts 1959 Player Awards and Nominations

1959 Most Outstanding

Player — Dick Shatto (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Bobby Jack Oliver (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bobby Kuntz (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1959 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Larry Stacey (DE)	Toronto
2–1 (10)		Doug Lougheed (E)	Toronto
3–1		Pass
4–1		Pass

Toronto Argonauts 1959 All-Star Selections

3 All-Division Selections

HB	Carlton “Cookie” Gilchrist
HB	Dick Shatto
DHB	Jim Rountree

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Toronto Argonauts 1959 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union
B	5	Wed. Aug. 5	CHIC 55 @ TOR 26	L	27,770
C	7	Wed. Aug. 12	SSK 13 @ TOR 53	W	10,000
1	9	Tue. Aug. 18	TOR 21 @ OTT 20	W	20,675
	11	Fri. Aug. 21	HAM 16 @ TOR 7	L	22,813
2	12	Fri. Aug. 28	TOR 6 @ MTL 24	L	23,927
3	15	Mon. Sept. 7	TOR 3 @ HAM 37	L	24,425
4	17	Sun. Sept. 13	OTT 6 @ TOR 19	W	25,849
5	19	Wed. Sept. 16	TOR 1 @ OTT 28	L	13,097
	21	Sun. Sept. 20	HAM 34 @ TOR 17	L	27,883
6	23	Sat. Sept. 26	MTL 9 @ TOR 39	W	20,035
7	25	Sat. Oct. 3	TOR 37 @ MTL 14	W	22,152
8	27	Sat. Oct. 10	HAM 13 @ TOR 7	L	26,223
	28	Mon. Oct. 12	TOR 7 @ HAM 20	L	22,068
9	31	Sat. Oct. 17	MTL 4 @ TOR 3	L	19,041
10	33	Sat. Oct. 24	TOR 4 @ OTT 18	L	14,698
11	35	Sat. Oct. 31	OTT 31 @ TOR 21	L	19,465