Toronto Argonauts 1976 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th (in tiebreaker) in the Eastern Conference

Toronto Argonauts 1976 Season Resources 1976 TOR Team Roster 1976 TOR Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 29 11:00 PM	TOR 18 @ BC 27	L	15,636
B	Sat Jul 3 8:00 PM	CGY 25 @ TOR 25	T	37,343
C	Sat Jul 10 8:00 PM	TOR 25 @ HAM 10	W	19,549
D	Wed Jul 14 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 9	L	37,851


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 22 9:00 PM	TOR 22 @ WPG 16	W	21,433
2	Wed Jul 28 8:00 PM	EDM 25 @ TOR 20	L	43,002
3	Wed Aug 4 8:00 PM	MTL 10 @ TOR 23	W	44,920	R/C, CTVE
4	Wed Aug 11 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ TOR 16	L	50,212
5	Wed Aug 18 8:00 PM	HAM 11 @ TOR 14	W	49,724
6	Mon Aug 23 8:00 PM	TOR 3 @ MTL 23	L	25,802	CTVE
7	Wed Sep 1 8:00 PM	TOR 27 @ OTT 40	L	28,060	CTVE
8	Sun Sep 5 2:00 PM	TOR 0 @ MTL 28	L	20,444	CBC
9	Sun Sep 12 2:00 PM	HAM 22 @ TOR 31	W	48,250	R/C, CBCE
10	Sat Sep 18 10:00 PM	TOR 28 @ CGY 20	W	22,961	CTV
11	Sat Sep 25 8:00 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 29	L	31,793
12	Sat Oct 2 2:00 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 20	T	47,685	CTVE
13	Sun Oct 10 4:30 PM	TOR 3 @ SSK 34	L	22,140	CBC
14	Sun Oct 17 2:00 PM	MTL 10 @ TOR 29	W	49,650	CTVE
15	Bye
16	Sat Oct 30 2:00 PM	BC 16 @ TOR 25	W	45,404	R/C, CBC
17	Sun Nov 7 2:00 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 23	L	35,394	R/C, CBCE

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	2	1	3	77	82	L1	1-2-1
Regular Season	16	7	8	1	15	289	354	L1	2-3-1
Home	8	5	2	1	11	178	141	W2	4-1-1
Visitor	8	2	6	0	4	111	213	L3	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	11	4	6	1	9	191	243	L1	2-3-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	98	111	W1	3-2-0

Full 1976 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	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-1-1)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (2-7-1)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-1-1)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (2-7-1)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-2-1)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (2-8-1)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.514	4-1-1 (6)	0-5-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.494	1-1-0 (2)	2-1-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.469	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.594	0-1-1 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.188	--	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.594	0-1-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.688	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1976	1975 +/-
Average Combined Score	40.19	+3.62
Average Winning Score	24.57	+2.37
Average Losing Score	12.13	-0.78
Average Home Score	22.25	+2.38
Average Visitor Score	13.88	+1.12
Average Margin of Victory	9.57	+1.77
Average Margin of Loss	16.50	+6.30

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	178 (22.3)	111 (13.9)	289 (18.1)
Total	Opponent	213 (26.6)	141 (17.6)	354 (22.1)
1st	Toronto	50 (6.3)	20 (2.5)	70 (4.4)
1st	Opponent	49 (6.1)	20 (2.5)	69 (4.3)
2nd	Toronto	51 (6.4)	26 (3.3)	77 (4.8)
2nd	Opponent	58 (7.3)	50 (6.3)	108 (6.8)
3rd	Toronto	14 (1.8)	37 (4.6)	51 (3.2)
3rd	Opponent	31 (3.9)	26 (3.3)	57 (3.6)
4th	Toronto	63 (7.9)	28 (3.5)	91 (5.7)
4th	Opponent	75 (9.4)	45 (5.6)	120 (7.5)

Head Coaches

Leo Cahill (Dec. 21, 1976 – Sept. 11, 1978)
Russ Jackson (Jan. 1, 1975 – Nov. 19, 1976)

Player Awards
All Stars

1976 Player Awards and Nominations

1976 Most Outstanding

Player — Granville Liggins (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Granville Liggins (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Wally Highsmith (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Neil Lumsden (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Neil Lumsden (Division Finalist)

Toronto Argonauts 1976 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Granville Liggins

4 All-Division Selections

WR	Mike Eben
DT	Granville Liggins
DB	Larry Uteck (Tie)
DB	Steve Dennis

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1976 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
3–1 (19)		Rodney Allison (LB)	Saint Mary's
4–1 (28)		Brian Utley (OT)	Saskatchewan
5–1 (37)		Bob Palmer (RB)	York
6–1 (46)		Doug Falconer (DB)	Ottawa
7–1 (55)		John Montelepare (LB)	Concordia
7–2 (56)	[BC]	Peter Sorenson (DT)	Bishop's
8–1 (64)		Jim Trimm (TE)	Toronto
9–1 (73)		Gary McCann (RB)	Windsor
9–8 (79)	[MTL]	George Beattie (DB)	Acadia
10–1 (81)		Maurice St. Martin (OT)	Queen's
10–8 (87)	[MTL]	Bernie Muldoon (RB)	Windsor