Season Summary

  • 4 wins, 12 losses, 0 ties
  • Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
B
Sat Jun 17 9:30 PM
TOR 14 @ EDM 26 L  
B
Thu Jun 22 8:00 PM
WPG 4 @ TOR 35 W  
C
Thu Jun 29 8:00 PM
HAM 11 @ TOR 16 W  
D
Tue Jul 4 8:00 PM
TOR 24 @ MTL 27 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Wed Jul 12 8:00 PM
HAM 22 @ TOR 34 W  
2
Tue Jul 18 8:00 PM
TOR 23 @ MTL 30 L CBCE
3
Wed Jul 26 8:00 PM
OTT 16 @ TOR 20 W  
4
Wed Aug 2 8:00 PM
MTL 11 @ TOR 16 W  
5
Tue Aug 8 8:00 PM
TOR 18 @ OTT 37 L CTVE
6
Wed Aug 16 8:00 PM
EDM 40 @ TOR 3 L CTV
7Bye
8
Sun Aug 27 4:30 PM
TOR 10 @ SSK 31 L CBC
9
Mon Sep 4 8:00 PM
TOR 16 @ HAM 19 L R/C, CTV
10
Sun Sep 10 2:00 PM
MTL 27 @ TOR 2 L CBCE
11
Sat Sep 16 6:00 PM
TOR 14 @ WPG 19 L CTV
12Bye
13
Sat Sep 30 8:00 PM
OTT 24 @ TOR 3 L R/C, CTVE
14
Sat Oct 7 10:00 PM
TOR 16 @ CGY 22 L CTV
15
Sat Oct 14 8:00 PM
HAM 7 @ TOR 21 W  
16
Sat Oct 21 2:00 PM
TOR 7 @ MTL 30 L CTVE
17
Sun Oct 29 2:00 PM
BC 31 @ TOR 15 L R/C, CBC
18
Sun Nov 5 2:00 PM
TOR 16 @ HAM 23 L R/C, CBCE
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 2 2 0 4 89 68 L1 2-2-0
Regular Season 16 4 12 0 8 234 389 L3 1-5-0
    Home 8 4 4 0 8 114 178 L1 2-4-0
    Visitor 8 0 8 0 0 120 211 L8 0-6-0
   Divisional opponent 11 4 7 0 8 176 246 L2 1-5-0
   Non-divisional opponent 5 0 5 0 0 58 143 L5 0-5-0

Full 1978 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) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (0-3-0) 4 (0-4-0) 4 (3-1-0) 3 (0-3-0) 9 (1-8-0)
After 2nd 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 2 (0-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (0-5-0) 5 (3-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 10 (1-9-0)
After 3rd 2 (2-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 8 (0-8-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 13 (1-12-0)
After 4th 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 0 (0-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 8 (0-8-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 12 (0-12-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.506 4-2-0 (6) 0-5-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.538 0-2-0 (2) 0-3-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4) 0.344
Montreal Alouettes (4) 0.531
Ottawa RedBlacks (3) 0.688
BC Lions (1) 0.500
Calgary Stampeders (1) 0.656
Edmonton Elks (1) 0.688
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1) 0.281
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) 0.563
19781977 +/-
Average Combined Score 38.94 +6.62
Average Winning Score 22.75 -0.42
Average Losing Score 11.92 +0.72
Average Home Score 14.25 -1.12
Average Visitor Score 15.00 -1.00
Average Margin of Victory 8.75 -8.25
Average Margin of Loss 15.83 +4.13
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Toronto 114 (14.3) 120 (15.0) 234 (14.6)
Opponent 211 (26.4) 178 (22.3) 389 (24.3)
1st Toronto 14 (1.8) 9 (1.1) 23 (1.4)
Opponent 33 (4.1) 48 (6.0) 81 (5.1)
2nd Toronto 33 (4.1) 31 (3.9) 64 (4.0)
Opponent 45 (5.6) 35 (4.4) 80 (5.0)
3rd Toronto 23 (2.9) 32 (4.0) 55 (3.4)
Opponent 66 (8.3) 50 (6.3) 116 (7.3)
4th Toronto 44 (5.5) 48 (6.0) 92 (5.8)
Opponent 67 (8.4) 45 (5.6) 112 (7.0)
Head Coaches
Assistant Coaches
  • Bud Riley – Offensive Coordinator
  • Chuck Dickerson – Offensive line
  • Del Wright – Defensive line
  • Jim Rountree – Defensive secondary (until 1978-09-11)
  • Lorne Richardson – Defensive assistant
1978 Player Awards and Nominations
1978 Most Outstanding
Toronto Argonauts 1978 All-Star Selections
3 All-Division Selections
DE Jim Corrigall
CB Eric Harris
P Ken Clark

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1978 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–5 (5)   Mark Brown (RB) Guelph
3–5 (23)   Jerry Gulyes (K) Wilfrid Laurier
4–5 (32)   Ian Magowan (DT) McMaster
5–5 (41)   John Greenough (WR) Waterloo
6–5 (50)   Tim Jones (C) Simon Fraser
7–5 (59)   Clark Johnson (WR) Concordia
8–5 (68)   Stan Strecker (DB) Guelph

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