1933 Toronto Argonauts season

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1933 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach
IRFU
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup

The

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished tied with the Montreal Football Club for first place in the IRFU with an identical record of four wins and two losses, resulting in a two-game, total-points tiebreaker series which the Argos won by an aggregate score of 20-9. By virtue of this victory, the club secured its 7th IRFU championship and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1922
. The ten-year drought was, and continues to be, the longest playoff drought in franchise history.

In the playoffs, the Argonauts won the Grey Cup Semi-Final 13–0 over the Western Canada champion Winnipeg 'Pegs. The Argonauts progressed to face the Ontario Rugby Football Union champion Sarnia Imperials in the 21st Grey Cup game, which was the first, and thus far only, Canadian championship game to be played in Sarnia, Ontario. The Argonauts won the championship and the club's third Grey Cup by a score of 4–3, which ties for the lowest scoring Grey Cup game ever.

Preseason

In the third annual City Championship preseason competition, the Argos reached the final and defeated the University of Toronto to claim the Reg DeGruchy Memorial Trophy for the second straight year.

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A September 23 St. Michael's College W 24–0 1–0 Varsity Stadium 10,000
B September 30 University of Toronto W 25–1 2–0 Varsity Stadium 12,000

Regular season

Prior to the 1933 season the league recognized that the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association had ended its involvement in the ownership and management of Montreal's Big Four club, thus consigning the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers to history.

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Football Club 6 4 2 0 67 55 8
Toronto Argonauts 6 4 2 0 86 54 8
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 3 3 0 61 75 6
Hamilton Tigers 6 1 5 0 43 73 2

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Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Oct 7 vs. Montreal FC L 14–18 0–1 Varsity Stadium 11,000
2 2 Oct 14 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 0–14 0–2 Lansdowne Park 8,000
3 3 Oct 21 at Hamilton Tigers W 21–2 1–2 Hamilton AAA Grounds 7,000
4 4 Oct 28 vs. Hamilton Tigers W 11–5 2–2 Varsity Stadium 9,000
5 5 Nov 4 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–4 3–2 Varsity Stadium 15,000
6 6 Nov 11 at Montreal FC W 11–10 4–2 Stade Percival-Molson 4,000

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Postseason

The Argonauts were obliged to relocate their home playoff game on November 18 to Hamilton due to the unavailability of Varsity Stadium, where the University of Toronto were hosting Queen's University in the 1933 intercollegiate football final.

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
IRFU tie-break Game 1 Nov 18 vs. Montreal FC W 5–4 1–0 Hamilton AAA Grounds 3,500
IRFU tie-break Game 2 Nov 25 at Montreal FC W 15–5 2–0 Stade Percival-Molson 1,000
Grey Cup Semi-Final Dec 2 vs. Winnipegs W 13–0 3–0 Varsity Stadium 10,000
Grey Cup Dec 9 at Sarnia Imperials W 4–3 4–0 Davis Field 4,500

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Grey Cup

Main article: 21st Grey Cup

December 9 @ Davis Field (Attendance: 2,751)[6]

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Toronto Argonauts 0 0 3 1 4
Sarnia Imperials 0 1 1 1 3

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  2. ^ "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  3. ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5
    , p.293
  4. ^ a b "1933". cflapedia.com. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  5. ^ "The Toronto Argonauts' 1933 Season". Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. ^ "1933 Grey Cup Recap". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
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