The Toronto Argonauts 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts’ 1972 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Toronto Argonauts 1972 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1971: 14 players
1972 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Toronto Argonauts 1972 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	1	1	5	70	104	W1	2-1-1
Regular Season	14	3	11	0	6	254	298	L2	2-4-0
Home	7	1	6	0	2	110	133	L1	1-5-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	144	165	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	9	2	7	0	4	157	181	L2	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	1	4	0	2	97	117	W1	1-4-0

Full 1972 League Standings

Toronto Argonauts 1972 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.619	1-4-0 (5)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.488	0-2-0 (2)	1-2-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.786	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.286	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.786	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	0-1-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.375	--	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	--	0-1-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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1972 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 33,150
Total: 231,381
High: 33,135
Avg: 33,054 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1971 Avg: -80
Low: 32,571
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 99.71
Diff from League Avg: +9,858

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Team Scoring

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	39.43	1.07
Average Winning Score	32.33	9.73
Average Losing Score	14.27	1.48
Average Home Score	15.71	3.71
Average Visitor Score	20.57	1.29
Average Margin of Victory	15.33	6.73
Average Margin of Loss	8.18	3.07

Stadium

1972 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	36	33	69	29	44	73	20	33	53	25	34	59	110 (15.7)	144 (20.6)	254 (18.1)
Opponent	16	34	50	27	54	81	39	24	63	51	53	104	165 (23.6)	133 (19.0)	298 (21.3)

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	4 (0-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (0-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	8 (0-8-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 2nd	5 (1-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (3-6-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)
After 3rd	4 (1-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (3-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After 4th	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (0-11-0)

Toronto Argonauts 1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — Eric Allen (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Jim Stillwagon (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Mike Eben (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Eric Allen (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1972 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Rick Chevers (LB)	Waterloo
2–3 (12)	[BC]	Stew Francis (LB)	Simon Fraser
2–8 (17)		Bill Turnbull (DB)	Waterloo Lutheran
3–8 (26)		John Buda (T)	Waterloo
4–8 (35)		Mike Urban (QB)	Windsor
5–8 (43)		Gary Jeffries (DB)	Waterloo Lutheran
6–8 (52)		Rick Henderson (G)	Waterloo Lutheran
7–8 (60)		Doug Ball (HB)	Toronto
8–8		Pass
9–8		Pass

Toronto Argonauts 1972 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Jim Stillwagon
DB	Marv Luster

6 All-Division Selections

WR	Eric Allen
C	Paul Desjardins
DT	Jim Stillwagon
DE	Jim Corrigall (Tie)
OLB	Gene Mack
DB	Marv Luster

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Toronto Argonauts 1972 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed. July 5	WPG 14 @ TOR 14	T	32,912
B	Thu. July 13	HAM 24 @ TOR 25	W	33,135
C	Wed. July 19	TOR 7 @ OTT 51	L	19,508
D	Wed. July 26	TOR 24 @ MTL 15	W	11,368
1	Thu. Aug. 3	MTL 19 @ TOR 8	L	33,135
2	Wed. Aug. 9	TOR 6 @ SSK 15	L	15,771
3	Wed. Aug. 16	OTT 14 @ TOR 8	L	33,135
4	Wed. Aug. 23	TOR 19 @ WPG 21	L	25,210
5	Wed. Aug. 30	TOR 13 @ OTT 14	L	27,472
6	Mon. Sept. 4	TOR 43 @ MTL 21	W	14,594
7	Sun. Sept. 10	HAM 22 @ TOR 18	L	33,135
9	Wed. Sept. 20	BC 23 @ TOR 9	L	33,135
9	Sun. Sept. 24	TOR 14 @ HAM 41	L	34,410
10	Sat. Sept. 30	EDM 31 @ TOR 30	L	33,135
12	Sun. Oct. 8	MTL 3 @ TOR 21	W	32,571
13	Sun. Oct. 15	TOR 33 @ CGY 27	W	18,201
15	Sat. Oct. 28	OTT 21 @ TOR 16	L	33,135
16	Sun. Nov. 5	TOR 16 @ HAM 26	L	35,217