Toronto Argonauts 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the East Division
East Division Final
- Nov. 20, 1988 Lost 11 – 27 vs Winnipeg

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Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 30 7:00 PM	HAM 12 @ TOR 16	W	18,148
B	Tue Jul 5 9:00 PM	TOR 26 @ WPG 22	W	21,491


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jul 16 8:00 PM	TOR 24 @ HAM 29	L	13,157	CBC
2	Wed Jul 20 7:00 PM	OTT 11 @ TOR 34	W	20,114	CFN
3	Thu Jul 28 7:00 PM	BC 21 @ TOR 26	W	21,846	CBC
4	Tue Aug 2 7:30 PM	TOR 41 @ OTT 7	W	24,322	CFN
5	Thu Aug 11 10:30 PM	TOR 24 @ BC 12	W	29,621	TSN
6	Tue Aug 16 7:00 PM	HAM 5 @ TOR 19	W	25,103	CFN
7	Fri Aug 26 9:00 PM	TOR 23 @ SSK 21	W	24,662	CFN
8	Wed Aug 31 7:00 PM	CGY 17 @ TOR 33	W	24,210	CFN
9	Mon Sep 5 7:30 PM	TOR 28 @ HAM 56	L	18,300	CFN
10	Fri Sep 9 8:00 PM	SSK 14 @ TOR 13	L	23,498	CFN
11	Sun Sep 18 4:00 PM	TOR 21 @ EDM 38	L	33,549	CFN
12	Sun Sep 25 1:30 PM	EDM 22 @ TOR 35	W	24,101
13	Fri Sep 30 9:00 PM	TOR 42 @ CGY 25	W	18,281	CFN
14	Sat Oct 8 1:30 PM	TOR 52 @ OTT 3	W	18,527	CBC
15	Fri Oct 14 8:00 PM	OTT 7 @ TOR 49	W	21,713	TSN
16	Sun Oct 23 1:30 PM	WPG 13 @ TOR 36	W	23,324	CFN
17	Sun Oct 30 1:30 PM	TOR 22 @ WPG 16	W	26,360	CBC
18	Sun Nov 6 1:30 PM	HAM 9 @ TOR 49	W	24,503	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 20 1:30 PM	WPG 27 @ TOR 11	L	26,091	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	42	34	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	14	4	0	28	571	326	W7	6-0-0
Home	9	8	1	0	16	294	119	W4	5-1-0
Visitor	9	6	3	0	12	277	207	W3	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	10	8	2	0	16	354	156	W5	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	6	2	0	12	217	170	W2	4-2-0

Full 1988 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 (5-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	7 (3-4-0)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	12 (11-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	13 (13-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	14 (14-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.344	5-0-0 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.528	3-1-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.111	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.333	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1988	1987 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.83	-0.78
Average Winning Score	34.64	+7.10
Average Losing Score	21.50	-3.17
Average Home Score	32.67	+5.89
Average Visitor Score	30.78	+3.78
Average Margin of Victory	21.14	+11.60
Average Margin of Loss	12.75	+4.75

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Toronto	294 (32.7)	277 (30.8)	571 (31.7)
Total	Opponent	207 (23.0)	119 (13.2)	326 (18.1)
1st	Toronto	67 (7.4)	56 (6.2)	123 (6.8)
1st	Opponent	44 (4.9)	29 (3.2)	73 (4.1)
2nd	Toronto	82 (9.1)	63 (7.0)	145 (8.1)
2nd	Opponent	61 (6.8)	29 (3.2)	90 (5.0)
3rd	Toronto	57 (6.3)	83 (9.2)	140 (7.8)
3rd	Opponent	49 (5.4)	27 (3.0)	76 (4.2)
4th	Toronto	88 (9.8)	75 (8.3)	163 (9.1)
4th	Opponent	53 (5.9)	34 (3.8)	87 (4.8)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Ellis Rainsberger – Offensive line
Jim Gilstrap – Offensive backfield
Dennis Meyer – Defensive backs
Joe Moss – Linebackers
Sam Sanders – Defensive line

Toronto Argonauts 1988 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Gilbert Renfroe
1 – Gill Fenerty
1 – Pernell Moore

Defensive Star

1 – Don Moen
1 – Doug Landry
1 – Sel Drain

Lineman Star

2 – Rodney Harding
1 – Harold Hallman
1 – Ian Beckstead

1988 Player Awards and Nominations

1988 Most Outstanding

Player — Gilbert Renfroe (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Willie Pless (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Ian Beckstead (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Don Moen (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Pernell Moore (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1988 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Gill Fenerty
C	Ian Beckstead
T	Chris Schultz^*
OLB	Willie Pless
DHB	Sel Drain
CB	Reggie Pleasant

12 All-Division Selections

QB	Gilbert Renfroe^*
RB	Gill Fenerty^*
SB	Darrell K. Smith
C	Ian Beckstead
T	Chris Schultz
DT	Rodney Harding
DE	Glenn Kulka
OLB	Willie Pless^*
OLB	Don Moen
DHB	Sel Drain
CB	Reggie Pleasant
K	Lance Chomyc^*

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1988 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–7 (15)		Paul Masotti (WR)	Acadia
3–7 (23)		Tommy Kane (WR)	Syracuse
4–7 (31)		Floyd Salazar (CB)	McGill
5–7 (39)		Chris Munford (S)	Simon Fraser
6–7 (47)		Tim Karbonik (SB)	Calgary
7–7 (55)		Frank Paradiso (LB)	York
8–7 (63)		Jamie Williamson (HB)	York