Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Wed Jun 11 7:30 PM
TOR 7 @ HAM 21 L  
B
Tue Jun 17 7:30 PM
MTL 13 @ TOR 24 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Thu Jun 26 7:30 PM
HAM 20 @ TOR 21 W  
2
Fri Jul 4 7:30 PM
TOR 20 @ MTL 12 W CTV
3
Fri Jul 11 8:00 PM
TOR 17 @ BC 28 L CTV
4
Thu Jul 17 7:30 PM
SSK 21 @ TOR 14 L CBCE
5
Sat Jul 26 9:00 PM
TOR 27 @ SSK 17 W CTV
6
Fri Aug 1 9:30 PM
TOR 35 @ EDM 34 W CTV
7
Fri Aug 8 7:30 PM
CGY 31 @ TOR 26 L CTV
8Bye
9
Sat Aug 23 7:30 PM
EDM 20 @ TOR 26 W  
10
Fri Aug 29 7:30 PM
TOR 25 @ OTT 12 W CTV
11
Sun Sep 7 1:30 PM
HAM 23 @ TOR 25 W CBC
12
Sun Sep 14 1:30 PM
BC 34 @ TOR 24 L CTV
13Bye
14
Sun Sep 28 1:30 PM
WPG 26 @ TOR 16 L CBC
15
Sun Oct 5 3:00 PM
TOR 20 @ WPG 48 L CBC
16
Mon Oct 13 4:00 PM
TOR 14 @ CGY 37 L  
17
Sun Oct 19 1:30 PM
OTT 21 @ TOR 35 W  
18
Sun Oct 26 1:30 PM
TOR 10 @ HAM 20 L CTV
19
Sun Nov 2 1:30 PM
MTL 21 @ TOR 25 W CTV
20
Sun Nov 9 1:30 PM
TOR 37 @ MTL 16 W CBC
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 16 1:30 PM
TOR 31 @ HAM 17 W CTV
Final
Sun Nov 23 1:30 PM
HAM 42 @ TOR 25 L CBC
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 2 1 1 0 2 31 34 W1 1-1-0
Regular Season 18 10 8 0 20 417 441 W2 3-3-0
    Home 9 5 4 0 10 212 217 W2 4-2-0
    Visitor 9 5 4 0 10 205 224 W1 3-3-0
   Divisional opponent 8 7 1 0 14 198 145 W2 5-1-0
   Non-divisional opponent 10 3 7 0 6 219 296 L4 1-5-0

Full 1986 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 (2-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (2-3-0) 6 (3-3-0) 1 (1-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 9 (5-4-0) 2 (2-0-0) 7 (3-4-0)
After 2nd 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (4-3-0) 6 (4-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (1-2-0) 8 (5-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 10 (5-5-0)
After 3rd 3 (3-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (2-3-0) 3 (3-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 6 (6-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 10 (3-7-0)
After 4th 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 10 (10-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 8 (0-8-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.330 4-0-0 (4) 3-1-0 (4)
Non-Divisional 0.600 1-4-0 (5) 2-3-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) 0.528
Montreal Alouettes (3) 0.222
Ottawa RedBlacks (2) 0.194
BC Lions (2) 0.667
Calgary Stampeders (2) 0.611
Edmonton Elks (2) 0.750
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2) 0.361
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2) 0.611
19861985 +/-
Average Combined Score 47.67 +1.35
Average Winning Score 27.60 -4.07
Average Losing Score 17.63 +2.23
Average Home Score 23.56 +3.06
Average Visitor Score 22.78 +0.28
Average Margin of Victory 8.00 -4.00
Average Margin of Loss 13.00 +0.50
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Toronto 212 (23.6) 205 (22.8) 417 (23.2)
Opponent 224 (24.9) 217 (24.1) 441 (24.5)
1st Toronto 32 (3.6) 50 (5.6) 82 (4.6)
Opponent 24 (2.7) 39 (4.3) 63 (3.5)
2nd Toronto 52 (5.8) 68 (7.6) 120 (6.7)
Opponent 56 (6.2) 96 (10.7) 152 (8.4)
3rd Toronto 71 (7.9) 34 (3.8) 105 (5.8)
Opponent 67 (7.4) 26 (2.9) 93 (5.2)
4th Toronto 57 (6.3) 53 (5.9) 110 (6.1)
Opponent 77 (8.6) 56 (6.2) 133 (7.4)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Art Asselta – Receivers
  • Ellis Rainsberger – Offensive line
  • Dennis Meyer – Defensive backs
  • Sam Sanders – Defensive line
Toronto Argonauts 1986 Stars of the Week
Offensive Star
  • 1 – Condredge Holloway
Defensive Star
  • 2 – Willie Pless
Lineman Star
  • None
1986 Player Awards and Nominations
1986 Most Outstanding
Toronto Argonauts 1986 All-Star Selections
3 All-Canadian Selections
OLB Willie Pless
P Hank Ilesic
K Lance Chomyc
6 All-Division Selections
G Dan Ferrone
DE Rodney Harding
OLB Willie Pless
DB Carl Brazley
P Hank Ilesic
K Lance Chomyc

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1986 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–3 (3)   Marcus Koch (DE) Boise State
2–1 (10) [CGY] Donnohue Grant (DB) Simon Fraser
2–3 (12)   Dwayne Derban (LB) British Columbia (UBC)
3–4 (22) [OTT] Mike Siroishka (WR) Calgary
5–3 (39)   Brian Cluff (OG) Guelph
6–3 (48)   Bruce Elliot (LB) Western Ontario
7–3 (57)   Eric Jensen (OT) York
8–3 (66)   Steve Delzotto (WR) York

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