The Toronto Argonauts 1973 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts 1973 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 11, 1973 Lost 10 – 32 in OT vs Montreal

Team Roster and Stats

1973 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Toronto Argonauts 1973 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	81	75	W3	3-1-0
Regular Season	14	7	5	2	16	265	231	W1	2-3-1
Home	7	5	2	0	10	138	84	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	7	2	3	2	6	127	147	L1	1-3-2
Divisional opponent	9	4	4	1	9	149	159	L3	1-4-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	1	1	7	116	72	W2	3-1-1

Full 1973 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	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (1-2-2)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (4-3-2)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-2-1)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-1-1)	8 (5-2-1)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (1-1-1)
After 3rd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)	10 (7-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-3-1)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	3 (0-3-0)	7 (7-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	5 (0-5-0)

Toronto Argonauts 1973 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 4	TOR 7 @ HAM 21	L	22,587
B	Fri Jul 13	SSK 13 @ TOR 25	W	33,135
C	Thu Jul 19	HAM 25 @ TOR 28	W	33,135
D	Tue Jul 24	TOR 21 @ CGY 16	W	20,101

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 31	TOR 25 @ OTT 9	W	23,764
2	Wed Aug 8	OTT 6 @ TOR 19	W	33,135
3	Wed Aug 15	MTL 21 @ TOR 22	W	33,135
4	Wed Aug 22	TOR 4 @ HAM 38	L	36,347
5	Wed Aug 29	TOR 24 @ EDM 16	W	22,265
6	Mon Sep 3	TOR 23 @ MTL 23	T	22,488
7	Sun Sep 9	HAM 7 @ TOR 16	W	33,135
8	Wed Sep 19	SSK 21 @ TOR 15	L	33,135
9	Sun Sep 23 2:00 PM	TOR 10 @ MTL 19	L	15,494	CTVE
10	Sat Sep 29	TOR 22 @ BC 22	T	23,400
11	Sat Oct 6	CGY 10 @ TOR 37	W	33,135
12	Sun Oct 14	HAM 16 @ TOR 11	L	33,135
13	Sun Oct 21	TOR 19 @ OTT 20	L	25,328
15	Sat Nov 3	WPG 3 @ TOR 18	W	33,135

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 11 1:00 PM	MTL 32 @ TOR 10 OT	L	33,135	CBC

Toronto Argonauts 1973 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.560	3-1-0 (4)	1-3-1 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.456	2-1-0 (3)	1-0-1 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.536	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-1 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.643	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.375	--	0-0-1 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.625	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.281	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1973	1972 +/-
Average Combined Score	35.43	-4.00
Average Winning Score	23.00	-9.33
Average Losing Score	11.80	-2.47
Average Home Score	19.71	+4.00
Average Visitor Score	18.14	-2.43
Average Margin of Victory	12.71	-2.62
Average Margin of Loss	11.00	+2.82

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	23	57	80	34	24	58	32	30	62	49	16	65	138 (19.7)	127 (18.1)	265 (18.9)
Opponent	14	22	36	20	30	50	16	26	42	34	69	103	147 (21.0)	84 (12.0)	231 (16.5)

Coaches

Head Coach

John Rauch (Jan. 10, 1973 – Sept. 4, 1974)

Assistant Coach

Bob Gibson – Offensive backfield

Player Awards
All Stars

Toronto Argonauts 1973 Player Awards and Nominations

1973 Most Outstanding

Player — Joe Theismann (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Jim Stillwagon (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Mike Eben (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Peter Muller (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1973 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

C	Paul Desjardins
DE	Jim Corrigall

6 All-Division Selections

QB	Joe Theismann
WR	Eric Allen
C	Paul Desjardins
DE	Jim Corrigall
OLB	Gene Mack
DB	Tim Anderson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Toronto Argonauts 1973 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Barry Finlay (QB)	McMaster
2–2 (11)		Greg Higson (HB)	McMaster
3–2 (20)		Chris Skopelianos (DB)	Western Ontario
4–2 (29)		Wayne Cuncic (G)	Utah State
5–2 (38)		Brian Wetsell (T)	British Columbia (UBC)
6–2 (46)		Bill Ross (E)	Waterloo
7–2 (54)		Larry Jack (DT)	New Brunswick
8–2 (62)		Bill Hunter (DB)	Western Ontario
9–2		Pass