Toronto Argonauts 1981 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Toronto Argonauts 1981 Season Resources 1981 TOR Team Roster 1981 TOR Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 4 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 12	L	28,325
B	Sat Jun 13 7:00 PM	TOR 15 @ HAM 3	W	13,003
C	Thu Jun 18 8:00 PM	HAM 23 @ TOR 16	L	30,011
D	Fri Jun 26 8:00 PM	TOR 25 @ OTT 35	L	14,092


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 2 8:00 PM	SSK 19 @ TOR 18	L	33,243
2	Fri Jul 10 8:00 PM	TOR 22 @ MTL 23	L	35,281	CTV
3	Thu Jul 16 8:00 PM	BC 32 @ TOR 29	L	37,116	CBC
4	Sat Jul 25 7:00 PM	TOR 13 @ HAM 57	L	30,022
5	Thu Jul 30 8:00 PM	WPG 21 @ TOR 18	L	36,102
6	Fri Aug 7 8:00 PM	TOR 11 @ OTT 38	L	22,658	CTV
7	Thu Aug 13 8:00 PM	EDM 22 @ TOR 12	L	38,288	CTVR
8	Sun Aug 23 4:00 PM	TOR 14 @ SSK 38	L	26,100	CTV
10	Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM	TOR 5 @ CGY 23	L	30,381	CBC
11	Sun Sep 13 1:30 PM	OTT 23 @ TOR 6	L	30,340	CBCE, R/C
12	Sat Sep 19 8:00 PM	TOR 14 @ BC 45	L	20,196	CTV
13	Sun Sep 27 1:30 PM	CGY 26 @ TOR 29	W	28,664	CBCE, R/C
15	Sun Oct 11 4:00 PM	TOR 12 @ WPG 43	L	22,757	CBC
16	Sat Oct 17 7:30 PM	MTL 14 @ TOR 20	W	31,038	CTVE, R/C
17	Sat Oct 24 9:00 PM	TOR 7 @ EDM 61	L	46,146	CTV
18	Sat Oct 31 1:30 PM	HAM 21 @ TOR 11	L	30,615

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	68	81	L2	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	2	14	0	4	241	506	L2	2-4-0
Home	8	2	6	0	4	143	178	L1	2-4-0
Visitor	8	0	8	0	0	98	328	L8	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	6	1	5	0	2	83	176	L1	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	1	9	0	2	158	330	L2	1-5-0

Full 1981 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	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (0-4-0)	5 (1-4-0)	3 (0-3-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 2nd	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (1-11-0)
After 3rd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (1-12-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.406	1-2-0 (3)	0-3-0 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.631	1-4-0 (5)	0-5-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.719	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.313	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.906	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1981	1980 +/-
Average Combined Score	46.69	+3.44
Average Winning Score	24.50	-2.67
Average Losing Score	13.71	-3.39
Average Home Score	17.88	-4.62
Average Visitor Score	12.25	-7.00
Average Margin of Victory	4.50	-7.33
Average Margin of Loss	19.57	+10.07

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	143 (17.9)	98 (12.3)	241 (15.1)
Total	Opponent	328 (41.0)	178 (22.3)	506 (31.6)
1st	Toronto	26 (3.3)	26 (3.3)	52 (3.3)
1st	Opponent	59 (7.4)	29 (3.6)	88 (5.5)
2nd	Toronto	48 (6.0)	27 (3.4)	75 (4.7)
2nd	Opponent	111 (13.9)	52 (6.5)	163 (10.2)
3rd	Toronto	21 (2.6)	22 (2.8)	43 (2.7)
3rd	Opponent	53 (6.6)	36 (4.5)	89 (5.6)
4th	Toronto	48 (6.0)	23 (2.9)	71 (4.4)
4th	Opponent	105 (13.1)	61 (7.6)	166 (10.4)

Head Coaches

Bob O'Billovich (Dec. 31, 1981 – Nov. 16, 1989)
Tommy Hudspeth (Sept. 14, 1981 – Nov. 1, 1981)
Willie Wood, Sr. (Jan. 4, 1980 – Sept. 14, 1981)

Toronto Argonauts 1981 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

None

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

None

1981 Player Awards and Nominations

1981 Most Outstanding

Player — Paul Pearson (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Danny Bass (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Dan Ferrone (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Paul Pearson (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Cedric Minter (Division Finalist)

Toronto Argonauts 1981 All-Star Selections

2 All-Division Selections

RB	Cedric Minter
P	Zenon Andrusyshyn

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1981 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Tom Trifaux (OT)	Calgary
1–7 (7)	[WPG]	Tom Bray (DT)	Bishop's
1–8 (8)	[HAM]	Ron Engleson (DT)	Simon Fraser
2–2 (11)		Gord Elser (LB)	Calgary
2–5 (14)	[BC]	Warner Miles (OL)	Ottawa
3–2 (20)		Dan Dominico (WR)	Western Ontario
4–2 (29)		John Lowe (RB)	Guelph
5–2 (38)		Gord Goodwin (RB)	Calgary
6–2 (47)		Jeff Hale (OT)	Guelph
7–2 (56)		Kevin Malone (DB)	Queen's