Toronto Argonauts 1968 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 9, 1968 Won 33 – 21 vs Hamilton
Lost Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 47 – 27
- Nov. 17, 1968 Won 13 – 11 vs Ottawa
- Nov. 23, 1968 Lost 14 – 36 @ Ottawa

Toronto Argonauts 1968 Season Resources 1968 TOR Team Roster 1968 TOR Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Jul 10 8:15 PM	WPG 1 @ TOR 35	W	20,784
Ex	Thu Jul 18 8:15 PM	HAM 23 @ TOR 35	W	22,023
Ex	Mon Jul 22 10:00 PM	TOR 21 @ CGY 24	L	14,221
Ex	Wed Jul 24 11:00 PM	TOR 7 @ BC 46	L	21,995


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Aug 2 8:00 PM	EDM 4 @ TOR 32	W	25,991
2	Fri Aug 9 8:00 PM	OTT 38 @ TOR 14	L	32,810
3	Bye
4	Wed Aug 21 11:00 PM	TOR 19 @ CGY 7	W	23,186
4	Sun Aug 25 4:00 PM	TOR 17 @ SSK 32	L	20,390
5	Mon Sep 2 2:00 PM	TOR 18 @ HAM 15	W	27,153
6	Sun Sep 8 2:00 PM	HAM 20 @ TOR 6	L	33,135
7	Sun Sep 15 2:00 PM	TOR 23 @ MTL 8	W	27,214
8	Sun Sep 22 2:00 PM	MTL 16 @ TOR 37	W	30,303
9	Sun Sep 29 3:30 PM	TOR 15 @ WPG 9	W	17,012	CTV
10	Sun Oct 6 2:00 PM	TOR 10 @ OTT 31	L	23,454
11	Sat Oct 12 3:00 PM	BC 29 @ TOR 43	W	22,373
12	Sun Oct 20 2:00 PM	MTL 25 @ TOR 29	W	21,142
13	Sun Oct 27 2:00 PM	TOR 12 @ HAM 1	W	24,206
14	Sun Nov 3 2:00 PM	OTT 31 @ TOR 9	L	33,135	CTVE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 9 2:00 PM	HAM 21 @ TOR 33	W	25,723
P2	Sun Nov 17 2:00 PM	OTT 11 @ TOR 13	W	32,304
P2	Sat Nov 23 2:00 PM	TOR 14 @ OTT 36	L	25,085

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	9	5	0	18	284	266	L1	4-2-0
Home	7	4	3	0	8	170	163	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	7	5	2	0	10	114	103	W1	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	9	5	4	0	10	158	185	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	4	1	0	8	126	81	W2	4-1-0

Full 1968 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 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	6 (5-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	8 (7-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.488	2-3-0 (5)	3-1-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.481	2-0-0 (2)	2-1-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.464	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.286	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.714	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.281	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.625	--	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.531	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.781	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.188	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1968	1967 +/-
Average Combined Score	39.29	+2.29
Average Winning Score	25.33	-0.07
Average Losing Score	11.20	-0.93
Average Home Score	24.29	+2.57
Average Visitor Score	16.29	+2.00
Average Margin of Victory	12.67	-3.53
Average Margin of Loss	19.20	+7.32

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	170 (24.3)	114 (16.3)	284 (20.3)
Total	Opponent	103 (14.7)	163 (23.3)	266 (19.0)
1st	Toronto	37 (5.3)	29 (4.1)	66 (4.7)
1st	Opponent	29 (4.1)	34 (4.9)	63 (4.5)
2nd	Toronto	50 (7.1)	39 (5.6)	89 (6.4)
2nd	Opponent	34 (4.9)	40 (5.7)	74 (5.3)
3rd	Toronto	31 (4.4)	8 (1.1)	39 (2.8)
3rd	Opponent	20 (2.9)	53 (7.6)	73 (5.2)
4th	Toronto	52 (7.4)	38 (5.4)	90 (6.4)
4th	Opponent	20 (2.9)	36 (5.1)	56 (4.0)

Head Coach

Leo Cahill (April 21, 1967 – Nov. 9, 1972)

Assistant Coach

Bob Gibson – Offensive backfield

Player Awards
All Stars

1968 Player Awards and Nominations

1968 Most Outstanding

Player — Bill Symons (Winner)
Lineman — Ed Harrington (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bobby Taylor (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1968 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Bill Symons
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DE	Ed Harrington
DB	Marv Luster
DB	Ed Learn

8 All-Division Selections

RB	Bill Symons^*
E	Mel Profit, Jr.
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DT	Mike Wadsworth
DE	Ed Harrington
LB	Allen Aldridge, Sr.
DB	Ed Learn
DB	Marv Luster

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1968 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)		Chuck Liebrock (OG)	Saint Mary's
2–5 (14)		Jon Purcell (TE)	St. Francis Xavier
3–5 (23)		Paul Markle (TE)	Waterloo Lutheran
4–5 (32)		Bruce MacGregor (DE)	Carleton
5–5 (40)		Bob McKillop (DB)	Waterloo
6–5 (48)		Tom Chown (DE)	Queen's
7–5 (55)		Terry Gorman (DB)	St. Francis Xavier
8–5 (62)		Wayne Gallop (LB)	Saskatchewan
9–5 (68)		John Frost (TE)	McGill
10–5 (72)		Lyle Dunkley (TE)	Saskatchewan
11–5 (74)		Jim Grant	McMaster