Toronto Argonauts 1987 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 15, 1987 Won 29 – 13 vs Hamilton
East Division Final
- Nov. 22, 1987 Won 19 – 3 @ Winnipeg
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 29, 1987 Lost 36 – 38 vs Edmonton in Vancouver, BC

Toronto Argonauts 1987 Season Resources 1987 TOR Team Roster 1987 TOR Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 9 7:30 PM	OTT 29 @ TOR 14	L	23,126
B	Tue Jun 16 7:30 PM	TOR 17 @ HAM 15	W	12,449


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jun 25 7:30 PM	WPG 38 @ TOR 30	L	33,412	TSN
2	Sat Jul 4 8:00 PM	TOR 33 @ SSK 33 OT	T	23,927	CBC
3	Sat Jul 11 8:00 PM	TOR 27 @ OTT 34	L	19,699	CBC
4	Fri Jul 17 8:00 PM	TOR 30 @ HAM 27	W	18,214	CFN
5	Wed Jul 22 7:30 PM	CGY 16 @ TOR 26	W	31,524	TSN
6	Sun Aug 2 4:00 PM	TOR 32 @ CGY 13	W	21,125	CFN
7	Fri Aug 7 8:00 PM	EDM 20 @ TOR 23	W	30,264	CFN
8	Thu Aug 13 10:00 PM	TOR 23 @ BC 30	L	37,843	TSN
9	Fri Aug 21 8:00 PM	HAM 28 @ TOR 25	L	33,648	CFN
11	Mon Sep 7 7:00 PM	TOR 25 @ HAM 19	W	24,770	CBC
12	Sat Sep 12 8:00 PM	TOR 20 @ EDM 42	L	40,486	CBC
13	Sun Sep 20 1:30 PM	HAM 29 @ TOR 39	W	26,619
15	Sun Oct 4 1:30 PM	BC 14 @ TOR 33	W	26,232	CBC
16	Fri Oct 9 8:00 PM	TOR 30 @ OTT 22	W	16,541	CFN
17	Fri Oct 16 8:00 PM	OTT 17 @ TOR 20	W	21,127	TSN
18	Fri Oct 23 8:00 PM	SSK 3 @ TOR 25	W	22,329	TSN
19	Sun Nov 1 2:30 PM	TOR 23 @ WPG 24	L	26,288	CBC
20	Sun Nov 8 1:30 PM	WPG 18 @ TOR 20	W	21,042	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 15 1:30 PM	HAM 13 @ TOR 29	W	21,339	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 22 1:30 PM	TOR 19 @ WPG 3	W	32,946	CFN


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 29 5:30 PM	TOR 36 vs EDM 38	L	59,478	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	31	44	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	11	6	1	23	484	427	W1	5-1-0
Home	9	7	2	0	14	241	183	W5	5-1-0
Visitor	9	4	4	1	9	243	244	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	269	256	W1	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	2	1	11	215	171	W2	4-2-0

Full 1987 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	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (2-2-1)	9 (6-3-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (4-2-1)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-0-1)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	10 (8-1-1)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (2-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	10 (7-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (4-4-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.406	3-2-0 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.535	4-0-0 (4)	1-2-1 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.389	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.667	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.306	1-0-0 (1)	0-0-1 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1987	1986 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.61	+2.94
Average Winning Score	27.55	-0.05
Average Losing Score	24.67	+7.04
Average Home Score	26.78	+3.22
Average Visitor Score	27.00	+4.22
Average Margin of Victory	9.55	+1.55
Average Margin of Loss	8.00	-5.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	241 (26.8)	243 (27.0)	484 (26.9)
Total	Opponent	244 (27.1)	183 (20.3)	427 (23.7)
1st	Toronto	56 (6.2)	39 (4.3)	95 (5.3)
1st	Opponent	53 (5.9)	31 (3.4)	84 (4.7)
2nd	Toronto	54 (6.0)	72 (8.0)	126 (7.0)
2nd	Opponent	80 (8.9)	68 (7.6)	148 (8.2)
3rd	Toronto	50 (5.6)	49 (5.4)	99 (5.5)
3rd	Opponent	24 (2.7)	34 (3.8)	58 (3.2)
4th	Toronto	81 (9.0)	76 (8.4)	157 (8.7)
4th	Opponent	80 (8.9)	50 (5.6)	130 (7.2)
OT1	Toronto	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)	7 (7.0)
OT1	Opponent	7 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)

Head Coach

Bob O'Billovich (Dec. 31, 1981 – Nov. 16, 1989)

Assistant Coaches

Ellis Rainsberger – Offensive line
Jim Gilstrap – Receivers
Dennis Meyer – Defensive backs
Sam Sanders – Defensive line

Toronto Argonauts 1987 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Gilbert Renfroe
1 – Lance Chomyc
1 – Gill Fenerty

Defensive Star

2 – Doug Landry
1 – Sel Drain

Lineman Star

3 – Rodney Harding
1 – Dan Sellers
1 – Glenn Kulka

1987 Player Awards and Nominations

1987 Most Outstanding

Player — Darrell K. Smith (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Willie Pless (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Schultz (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Don Moen (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Gill Fenerty (Winner)

Toronto Argonauts 1987 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Gill Fenerty
SB	Darrell K. Smith
G	Dan Ferrone
T	Chris Schultz
DT	Jearld Baylis
P	Hank Ilesic

9 All-Division Selections

RB	Gill Fenerty
SB	Darrell K. Smith
C	Ian Beckstead
G	Dan Ferrone
T	Chris Schultz
DT	Jearld Baylis
DE	Rodney Harding
P	Hank Ilesic
ST	Darnell Clash

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1987 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
3–3 (21)	[SSK]	Jake Vaughan (DB)	Bishop's
4–4 (31)		Scott Lesperance (OL)	Colgate
5–4 (40)		Veron Stiliadis (DL)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–4 (49)		Ron Klein (DB)	Wilfrid Laurier
7–4 (58)		Rob Raycroft (OL)	Toronto
8–4 (67)		Dave Kohler (LB)	Wilfrid Laurier