Toronto Argonauts 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the East Division
East Division Final
- Nov. 17, 1996 Won 43 – 7 vs Montreal
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 24, 1996 Won 43 – 37 vs Edmonton in Hamilton, ON

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Season Resources 1996 TOR Team Roster 1996 TOR Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 13 7:30 PM	HAM 37 @ TOR 27 OT	L	13,247
B	Wed Jun 19 7:30 PM	TOR 34 @ OTT 6	W	14,024

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jun 27 7:30 PM	TOR 27 @ MTL 24	W	24,653	RDS, TSN
2	Thu Jul 4 7:30 PM	HAM 38 @ TOR 36	L	26,333
3	Thu Jul 11 8:30 PM	TOR 35 @ WPG 14	W	24,882	PPV
4	Wed Jul 17 7:30 PM	OTT 4 @ TOR 34	W	17,288	TSN
5	Fri Jul 26 9:30 PM	TOR 40 @ SSK 16	W	24,902	TSN
6	Thu Aug 1 7:30 PM	MTL 31 @ TOR 40	W	20,302	TSN
7	Thu Aug 8 7:30 PM	EDM 21 @ TOR 24	W	20,030	TSN
8	Thu Aug 15 8:00 PM	TOR 42 @ OTT 19	W	15,220	TSN, RDS
9	Sat Aug 24 1:00 PM	OTT 21 @ TOR 28	W	17,186	RDS, TSN
10	Mon Sep 2 1:00 PM	TOR 38 @ HAM 7	W	27,517	CBC
11	Sun Sep 8 1:00 PM	SSK 13 @ TOR 31	W	17,576	CBC
12	Sat Sep 14 10:30 PM	TOR 11 @ BC 35	L	15,323	TSN
13	Sat Sep 21 1:00 PM	CGY 22 @ TOR 23	W	27,209	CBC
15	Sat Oct 5 1:00 PM	WPG 12 @ TOR 28	W	17,310	CBC
16	Mon Oct 14 7:00 PM	TOR 23 @ CGY 30	L	27,436	CBC
17	Sun Oct 20 3:00 PM	TOR 24 @ EDM 17	W	27,567	CBC
18	Sun Oct 27 1:00 PM	BC 21 @ TOR 25	W	20,657	CBC
19	Sat Nov 2 1:00 PM	TOR 47 @ HAM 14	W	23,001	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 17 1:00 PM	MTL 7 @ TOR 43	W	28,390	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 24 6:30 PM	EDM 37 vs TOR 43	W	38,595	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	3	61	43	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	15	3	0	30	556	359	W3	5-1-0
Home	9	8	1	0	16	269	183	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	9	7	2	0	14	287	176	W2	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	8	7	1	0	14	292	158	W6	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	8	2	0	16	264	201	W2	4-2-0

Full 1996 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 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (10-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (4-2-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (10-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	14 (14-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	15 (15-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.396	3-1-0 (4)	4-0-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.478	5-0-0 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.444	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.167	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1996	1995 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.83	+1.11
Average Winning Score	32.40	+5.15
Average Losing Score	23.33	+4.26
Average Home Score	29.89	+9.00
Average Visitor Score	31.89	+11.00
Average Margin of Victory	15.33	+6.33
Average Margin of Loss	11.00	-1.79

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Toronto	55	74	129	87	90	177	62	77	139	65	46	111	269 (29.9)	287 (31.9)	556 (30.9)
Opponent	48	25	73	68	80	148	23	31	54	44	40	84	176 (19.6)	183 (20.3)	359 (19.9)

Head Coach

Don Matthews (Feb. 5, 1996 – Jan. 13, 1999)

Assistant Coaches

Adam Rita – Offensive Coordinator
Charlie Carpenter – Offensive line
Bill Bradley – Defensive Coordinator
Daryl Edralin – Linebackers
Mark Nelson – Defensive line

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Doug Flutie
1 – Duane Dmytryshyn

Defensive Star

1 – Don Wilson
1 – Mike O'Shea

Lineman Star

2 – Mike Kiselak
1 – Oscar Giles
1 – Vic Stevenson

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Player Awards and Nominations

1996 Most Outstanding

Player — Doug Flutie (Winner)
Defensive Player — Reggie Givens (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Mike Kiselak (Winner)
Canadian Player — Paul Masotti (Team Nominee)
Rookie — John Raposo (Team Nominee)

1996 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Michael “Pinball” Clemons (Winner)

Toronto Argonauts 1996 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Doug Flutie^*
FB	Robert Drummond
C	Mike Kiselak^*
T	Chris Perez
DT	Rob Waldrop
ST	Jimmy “The Jet” Cunningham

9 All-Division Selections

QB	Doug Flutie
FB	Robert Drummond
WR	Paul Masotti
C	Mike Kiselak
T	Chris Perez
DT	Rob Waldrop
DE	Reggie Givens
CB	Adrion Smith
ST	Jimmy “The Jet” Cunningham

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1996 Toronto Argonauts Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Kelly Whiltshire (CB)	James Madison
3–2 (20)		L.J. Eiben (WR)	Humboldt State
6–2 (46)		Tim Biakabutuka (RB)	Michigan
7–2 (55)		Craig Poole (WR)	Windsor