The Toronto Argonauts 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts’ 1996 Season

Season Summary

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

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1995: 35 players
1996 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Record
	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	3	61	43	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	15	3	30	556	359	W3	5-1-0
Home	9	8	1	16	269	183	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	9	7	2	14	287	176	W2	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	8	7	1	14	292	158	W6	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	8	2	16	264	201	W2	4-2-0

Full 1996 League Standings

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Opponent Appearances

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)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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Assistant Coaches

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

1996 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 52,595
Total: 183,891
High: 27,209
Avg: 20,432 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1995 Avg: +3,773
Low: 17,186
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 38.85
Diff from League Avg: -1,812

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1996 home stadium: The SkyDome
Capacity: 52,595
Playing surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1995 – Reconfiguration

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	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)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	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)

Toronto Argonauts 1996 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Duane Dmytryshyn
1 – Doug Flutie

Defensive Star

1 – Mike O'Shea
1 – Don Wilson

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 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	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

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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Toronto Argonauts 1996 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	4	Thu. June 13 7:30 PM	HAM 37 @ TOR 27 OT	L	13,247
B	7	Wed. June 19 7:30 PM	TOR 34 @ OTT 6	W	14,024
1	11	Thu. June 27 7:30 PM	TOR 27 @ MTL 24	W	24,653	RDS, TSN
2	16	Thu. July 4 7:30 PM	HAM 38 @ TOR 36	L	26,333
3	21	Thu. July 11 8:30 PM	TOR 35 @ WPG 14	W	24,882	PPV
4	24	Wed. July 17 7:30 PM	OTT 4 @ TOR 34	W	17,288	TSN
5	30	Fri. July 26 9:30 PM	TOR 40 @ SSK 16	W	24,902	TSN
6	33	Thu. Aug. 1 7:30 PM	MTL 31 @ TOR 40	W	20,302	TSN
7	38	Thu. Aug. 8 7:30 PM	EDM 21 @ TOR 24	W	20,030	TSN
8	42	Thu. Aug. 15 8:00 PM	TOR 42 @ OTT 19	W	15,220	TSN, RDS
9	49	Sat. Aug. 24 1:00 PM	OTT 21 @ TOR 28	W	17,186	RDS, TSN
10	53	Mon. Sept. 2 1:00 PM	TOR 38 @ HAM 7	W	27,517	CBC
11	57	Sun. Sept. 8 1:00 PM	SSK 13 @ TOR 31	W	17,576	CBC
12	60	Sat. Sept. 14 10:30 PM	TOR 11 @ BC 35	L	15,323	TSN
13	64	Sat. Sept. 21 1:00 PM	CGY 22 @ TOR 23	W	27,209	CBC
15	72	Sat. Oct. 5 1:00 PM	WPG 12 @ TOR 28	W	17,310	CBC
16	78	Mon. Oct. 14 7:00 PM	TOR 23 @ CGY 30	L	27,436	CBC
17	82	Sun. Oct. 20 3:00 PM	TOR 24 @ EDM 17	W	27,567	CBC
18	85	Sun. Oct. 27 1:00 PM	BC 21 @ TOR 25	W	20,657	CBC
19	88	Sat. Nov. 2 1:00 PM	TOR 47 @ HAM 14	W	23,001	CBC
P2	93	Sun. Nov. 17 1:00 PM	MTL 7 @ TOR 43	W	28,390	CBC
GC	95	Sun. Nov. 24 6:30 PM	EDM 37 vs TOR 43	W	38,595	CBC