Toronto Argonauts 1979 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Toronto Argonauts 1979 Season Resources 1979 TOR Team Roster 1979 TOR Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 13 8:00 PM	TOR 14 @ HAM 9	W	19,247
B	Tue Jun 19 8:00 PM	EDM 31 @ TOR 16	L	35,741
C	Wed Jun 27 8:00 PM	MTL 30 @ TOR 18	L	35,250
D	Wed Jul 4 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 13	W	19,450


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 10 8:00 PM	MTL 11 @ TOR 9	L	42,108	CBCE
2	Wed Jul 18 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ HAM 11	W	25,104
3	Tue Jul 24 8:00 PM	OTT 31 @ TOR 2	L	42,160	R/C, CBCE
4	Tue Jul 31 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 16	W	27,034	CBCE
5	Wed Aug 8 8:00 PM	HAM 0 @ TOR 25	W	41,282
6	Wed Aug 15 8:00 PM	SSK 12 @ TOR 21	W	41,251	CTV
8	Tue Aug 28 9:30 PM	TOR 13 @ EDM 28	L	42,778	CBC
9	Tue Sep 4 8:00 PM	MTL 28 @ TOR 25	L	45,202	CBC
10	Sun Sep 9 2:00 PM	TOR 11 @ MTL 31	L	51,203	CBCE
12	Sat Sep 22 11:00 PM	TOR 25 @ BC 34	L	25,819	CTV
13	Sat Sep 29 2:00 PM	HAM 17 @ TOR 16	L	37,023	R/C
14	Mon Oct 8 2:00 PM	TOR 3 @ HAM 42	L	27,293
15	Sat Oct 13 2:00 PM	WPG 15 @ TOR 19	W	35,106	CTV
16	Sat Oct 20 2:00 PM	TOR 11 @ MTL 25	L	37,690	CTVE
17	Sun Oct 28 2:00 PM	CGY 28 @ TOR 12	L	36,226	CBC
18	Sat Nov 3 2:00 PM	TOR 6 @ OTT 23	L	21,490	CTVE, R/C

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	66	83	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	5	11	0	10	234	352	L3	1-5-0
Home	8	3	5	0	6	129	142	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	2	6	0	4	105	210	L6	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	11	3	8	0	6	144	235	L6	0-6-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	90	117	L1	2-3-0

Full 1979 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 (2-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (3-4-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (4-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (0-11-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.551	1-4-0 (5)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.506	2-1-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.375	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.719	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.813	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1979	1978 +/-
Average Combined Score	36.63	-2.31
Average Winning Score	20.20	-2.55
Average Losing Score	12.09	+0.17
Average Home Score	16.13	+1.88
Average Visitor Score	13.13	-1.88
Average Margin of Victory	9.40	+0.65
Average Margin of Loss	15.00	-0.83

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	129 (16.1)	105 (13.1)	234 (14.6)
Total	Opponent	210 (26.3)	142 (17.8)	352 (22.0)
1st	Toronto	46 (5.8)	12 (1.5)	58 (3.6)
1st	Opponent	42 (5.3)	13 (1.6)	55 (3.4)
2nd	Toronto	31 (3.9)	38 (4.8)	69 (4.3)
2nd	Opponent	41 (5.1)	70 (8.8)	111 (6.9)
3rd	Toronto	23 (2.9)	23 (2.9)	46 (2.9)
3rd	Opponent	55 (6.9)	28 (3.5)	83 (5.2)
4th	Toronto	29 (3.6)	32 (4.0)	61 (3.8)
4th	Opponent	72 (9.0)	31 (3.9)	103 (6.4)

Head Coach

Forrest Gregg (Feb. 20, 1979 – Dec. 27, 1979)

Assistant Coach

Chuck Dickerson – Defensive line

Player Awards
All Stars

1979 Player Awards and Nominations

1979 Most Outstanding

Player — Terry Metcalf (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Bruce Smith (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Nick Bastaja (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Peter Muller (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mike McArthur (Team Nominee)

1979 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Peter Muller (Winner)

Toronto Argonauts 1979 All-Star Selections

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Terry Metcalf
T	Nick Bastaja
DE	Jim Corrigall
S	Billy Hardee, Jr.
P	Ian Sunter

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1979 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Kevin Powell (OT)	Utah State
2–1 (10)		Dan Huclack (RB)	Simon Fraser
4–1 (28)		Brent Racette (DE)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–1 (37)		Mark Forsyth (DB)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–1 (46)		Peter Racey (OT)	Simon Fraser
7–1 (55)		John Goodrow (RB)	Toronto