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

Toronto Argonauts 1973 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1972: 24 players
1973 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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

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)	--

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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1973 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 33,150
Total: 231,945
High: 33,135
Avg: 33,135 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1972 Avg: +80
Low: 33,135
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 99.95
Diff from League Avg: +8,355

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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

Stadium

1973 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	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)

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 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 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

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 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	4	Wed. July 4	TOR 7 @ HAM 21	L	22,587
B	11	Fri. July 13	SSK 13 @ TOR 25	W	33,135
C	15	Thu. July 19	HAM 25 @ TOR 28	W	33,135
D	18	Tue. July 24	TOR 21 @ CGY 16	W	20,101
1	21	Tue. July 31	TOR 25 @ OTT 9	W	23,764
2	28	Wed. Aug. 8	OTT 6 @ TOR 19	W	33,135
	32	Wed. Aug. 15	MTL 21 @ TOR 22	W	33,135
3	35	Wed. Aug. 22	TOR 4 @ HAM 38	L	36,347
4	39	Wed. Aug. 29	TOR 24 @ EDM 16	W	22,265
5	43	Mon. Sept. 3	TOR 23 @ MTL 23	T	22,488
6	48	Sun. Sept. 9	HAM 7 @ TOR 16	W	33,135
8	56	Wed. Sept. 19	SSK 21 @ TOR 15	L	33,135
	59	Sun. Sept. 23 2:00 PM	TOR 10 @ MTL 19	L	15,494	CTVE
10	62	Sat. Sept. 29	TOR 22 @ BC 22	T	23,400
11	67	Sat. Oct. 6	CGY 10 @ TOR 37	W	33,135
12	74	Sun. Oct. 14	HAM 16 @ TOR 11	L	33,135
13	78	Sun. Oct. 21	TOR 19 @ OTT 20	L	25,328
15	85	Sat. Nov. 3	WPG 3 @ TOR 18	W	33,135
P1	89	Sun. Nov. 11 1:00 PM	MTL 32 @ TOR 10 OT	L	33,135	CBC