List of Toronto Argonauts seasons
This is a list of seasons competed by the
Grey Cup/Dominion Championships† | Division Championships* | Regular season Championships^ |
League Season |
Argonauts Season |
League | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Playoffs |
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1883 | 1883 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU Second Round (Peterboro FC) 30-7 Won ORFU Quarter Finals (Upper Canada College) 9-4 Won ORFU Semi Finals (University of Toronto) 24-1 Won ORFU Finals (Ottawa FC) 9-7 | |||
1884 | 1884 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU First Round (Peterboro FC) 27-8 Won ORFU Quarter Finals (University of Toronto) 24-0 Won ORFU Semi Finals (Tigers) 24-4 Won ORFU Finals (Ottawa FC) by default Lost Dominion Championship (Montreal FC) 30-0 | |||
1885 | 1885 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU First Round (Peterboro FC) 10-0 Lost ORFU Second Round (Upper Canada College) 11-6 | |||
1886 | 1886 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU City First Round (Tigers) 22-0 Won ORFU City Quarter Finals (Peterboro FC) 68-6 Won ORFU City Semi Finals (Ottawa FC) 12-7 Won ORFU City Finals (London Kickers) 24-7 Lost ORFU Finals (Ottawa College) 13-0 | |||
1887 | 1887 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Lost ORFU City Quarter Finals (Tigers) 10-8 | |||
1888 | 1888 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU Challenge Series (Upper Canada College) 35-1 Lost ORFU Challenge Series (Tigers) 12-4 | |||
1889 | 1889 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU Challenge Series (Upper Canada College) 43-0 Won ORFU Challenge Series (Stratford Rugby Club) 45-0 Won ORFU Challenge Series (Tigers) 46-0 Lost ORFU Final (Ottawa College) 17-2 | |||
1890 | 1890 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Lost ORFU Quarter-Finals (Tigers) 8-5 | |||
1891 | 1891 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Lost ORFU Quarter-Finals (Tigers) 2-0 series (67-18 points) | |||
1892 | 1892 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU First Round (University of Toronto) 2-0 series (31-13 points) Won ORFU Quarter-Finals (Ottawa College) 34-5 Lost ORFU Semi-Finals (Tigers) 5-1 | |||
1893 | 1893 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Won ORFU Quarter-Final (Ottawa FC) 1-1 series (44-15 points) Won ORFU Semi-Final (Osgoode Hall) 1-1 series (49-47 points) Lost ORFU Final (Queen's) 2-0 series (55-4 points) | |||
1894 | 1894 | ORFU | – | No regular season | Lost ORFU Quarter-Final (Tigers) 2-0 series (54-15 points) | |||
1895 | 1895 | ORFU | – | did not participate due to a rules dispute with the ORFU | ||||
1896 | 1896 | ORFU | – | did not participate due to a rules dispute with the ORFU | ||||
1897 | 1897 | ORFU | – | did not participate due to a rules dispute with the ORFU | ||||
1898 | 1898 | ORFU | senior series | 4th | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1899 | 1899 | ORFU | senior series | 3rd | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
1900 | 1900 | ORFU | senior series | 1st | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost League Playoff (Rough Riders) 20-12 |
1901 | 1901 | ORFU* | senior series | 1st^ | 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost Dominion Championship (Ottawa College) 1-0-1 series (30-15 points) |
1902 | 1902 | ORFU | senior series | 2nd | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
1903 | 1903 | Resigned from ORFU senior series due to rules dispute | ||||||
1904 | 1904 | ORFU | senior series (district 1) | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost District Playoff Semi-final (Toronto Rugby Club) 14-4 |
1905 | 1905 | ORFU | senior series | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
1906 | 1906 | ORFU | senior series | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
1907 | 1907 | IRFU
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– | 4th | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
1908 | 1908 | IRFU | – | 4th | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
1909 | 1909 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
1910 | 1910 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1911 | 1911 | IRFU* | – | 1st^ | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won East Semi-Final (Alerts) 9-2 Lost Grey Cup (University of Toronto) 14-7 |
1912 | 1912 | IRFU* | – | 1st^ | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won East Semi-Final (University of Toronto) 22-16 Lost Grey Cup (Alerts) 11-4 |
1913 | 1913 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1914 | 1914 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won League Playoff (Tigers) 11-4 Won East Final (Hamilton Rowing Club) 16-14 Won Grey Cup (University of Toronto) 14-2 |
1915 | 1915 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
1916 | 1916 | IRFU | – | Season suspended due to World War I | ||||
1917 | 1917 | IRFU | – | Season suspended due to World War I | ||||
1918 | 1918 | IRFU | – | Season suspended due to World War I | ||||
1919 | 1919 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1920 | 1920 | IRFU* | – | 1st^ | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won East Final (Toronto RAA) 7-6 Lost Grey Cup (University of Toronto) 16-3 |
1921 | 1921 | IRFU†* | – | 1st^ | 6 | 0 | 0 | Won East Semi-Final () 23-0 |
1922 | 1922 | IRFU* | – | 1st^ | 5 | 0 | 1 | Won East Semi-Final ( Toronto Parkdale CC) 20-1 ) 12-11
Lost East Final (Queen's |
1923 | 1923 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
1924 | 1924 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
1925 | 1925 | IRFU | – | 4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
1926 | 1926 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1927 | 1927 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
1928 | 1928 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
1929 | 1929 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1930 | 1930 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
1931 | 1931 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1932 | 1932 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1933 | 1933 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Won IRFU Finals (AAA Winged Wheelers) 2-0 series (20-9 points) Won Grey Cup Semi-Final (Winnipegs) 13-0 Won Grey Cup (Imperials) 4-3 |
1934 | 1934 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
1935 | 1935 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
1936 | 1936 | IRFU | – | 1st^ | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (22-6 points) |
1937 | 1937 | IRFU†* | – | 1st^ | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 21-16 Won Eastern Finals (Imperials) 10-6 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 4-3 |
1938 | 1938 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (14-4 points) Won Eastern Finals (Imperials) 25-8 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 30-7 |
1939 | 1939 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (39-6 points) |
1940 | 1940 | IRFU | – | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (20-2 points) |
1941[a] | 1941 | ERFU
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– | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost ERFU Finals (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (18-17 points) |
1942 | 1942 | IRFU | – | Season suspended due to World War II | ||||
1943 | 1943 | IRFU | – | Season suspended due to World War II | ||||
1944 | 1944 | IRFU | – | Season suspended due to World War II | ||||
1945 | 1945 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (33-18 points) Won Eastern Finals (Balmy Beach Beachers) 14-2 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 35-0 |
1946 | 1946 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | Won IRFU Finals (Alouettes) 12-6 Won Eastern Finals (Balmy Beach Beachers) 22-12 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 28-6 |
1947 | 1947 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | Won IRFU Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (25-0 points) Won Eastern Finals (Trojans) 22-1 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 10-9 |
1948 | 1948 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
1949 | 1949 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
1950 | 1950 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 | Won IRFU Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (35-19 points) Won Eastern Finals (Balmy Beach Beachers) 43-13 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 13-0 |
1951 | 1951 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | Lost IRFU Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (31-28 points) |
1952 | 1952 | IRFU†* | – | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | Won IRFU Finals ( Eskimos ) 21-11
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1953 | 1953 | IRFU | – | 4th | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
1954 | 1954 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
1955 | 1955 | IRFU | – | 3rd | 4 | 8 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 32-28 Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 38-36 |
1956 | 1956 | CFC
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IRFU | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1957 | 1957 | CFC | IRFU | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1958 | 1958 | CFL | IRFU | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1959 | 1959 | CFL | IRFU | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1960 | 1960 | CFL | East
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1st^ | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Rough Riders) 2-0 series (54-41 points) |
1961 | 1961 | CFL | East | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Rough Riders) 43-19 Lost Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (55-27 points) |
1962 | 1962 | CFL | East | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1963 | 1963 | CFL | East | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
1964 | 1964 | CFL | East | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1965 | 1965 | CFL | East | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
1966 | 1966 | CFL | East | 4th | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
1967 | 1967 | CFL | East | 3rd | 5 | 8 | 1 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Rough Riders) 38-22 |
1968 | 1968 | CFL | East | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 33-21 Lost Divisional Finals (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (47-27 points) |
1969 | 1969 | CFL | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 15-9 Lost Divisional Finals (Rough Riders) 1-1 series (46-35 points) |
1970 | 1970 | CFL | East | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Alouettes) 16-7 |
1971 | 1971 | CFL | East* | 1st^ | 10 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-0-1 series (40-25 points) Lost Grey Cup (Stampeders) 14-11 |
1972 | 1972 | CFL | East | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
1973 | 1973 | CFL | East | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Alouettes) 32-10 (OT) |
1974 | 1974 | CFL | East | 4th | 6 | 9 | 1 | |
1975 | 1975 | CFL | East | 4th | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
1976 | 1976 | CFL | East | 4th | 7 | 8 | 1 | |
1977 | 1977 | CFL | East | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Rough Riders) 21-16 |
1978 | 1978 | CFL | East | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
1979 | 1979 | CFL | East | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
1980 | 1980 | CFL | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
1981 | 1981 | CFL | East | 4th | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
1982 | 1982 | CFL | East* | 1st^ | 9 | 6 | 1 | Won Divisional Finals ( Eskimos ) 32-16
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1983 | 1983 | CFL† | East* | 1st^ | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 41-36 Won Grey Cup (Lions) 18-17 |
1984 | 1984 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 14-13 (OT) |
1985 | 1985 | CFL | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
1986 | 1986 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 10 | 8 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 1-1 series (59-56 points) |
1987 | 1987 | CFL | East* | 2nd | 11 | 6 | 1 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals ( Eskimos ) 38-36
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1988 | 1988 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 14 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Blue Bombers) 27-11 |
1989 | 1989 | CFL | East | 2nd | 7 | 11 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Blue Bombers) 30-7 |
1990 | 1990 | CFL | East | 2nd | 10 | 8 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Rough Riders) 34-25 Lost Divisional Finals (Blue Bombers) 20-17 |
1991 | 1991 | CFL† | East* | 1st^ | 13 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals (Blue Bombers) 42-3 Won Grey Cup (Stampeders) 36-21 |
1992 | 1992 | CFL | East | 4th | 6 | 12 | 0 | |
1993 | 1993 | CFL | East | 4th | 3 | 15 | 0 | |
1994 | 1994 | CFL | East | 3rd | 7 | 11 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Stallions) 34-15 |
1995 | 1995 | CFL | North | 7th | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
1996 | 1996 | CFL† | East* | 1st^ | 15 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals ( Eskimos ) 43-37
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1997 | 1997 | CFL† | East* | 1st^ | 15 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 37-30 Won Grey Cup (Roughriders) 47-23 |
1998 | 1998 | CFL | East | 3rd | 9 | 9 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Alouettes) 41-28 |
1999 | 1999 | CFL | East | 3rd | 9 | 9 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 27-6 |
2000 | 2000 | CFL | East | 4th | 7 | 10 | 1 | |
2001 | 2001 | CFL | East | 4th | 7 | 11 | 0 | |
2002 | 2002 | CFL | East | 2nd | 8 | 10 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Roughriders) 24-14 Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 35-18 |
2003 | 2003 | CFL | East | 2nd | 9 | 9 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Lions) 28-7 Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 30-26 |
2004 | 2004 | CFL† | East* | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 1 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 24-6 Won Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 26-18 Won Grey Cup (Lions) 27-19 |
2005 | 2005 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 33-17 |
2006 | 2006 | CFL | East | 2nd | 10 | 8 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Blue Bombers) 31-27 Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 33-24 |
2007 | 2007 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Blue Bombers) 19-9 |
2008 | 2008 | CFL | East | 3rd | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
2009 | 2009 | CFL | East | 4th | 3 | 15 | 0 | |
2010 | 2010 | CFL | East | 3rd | 9 | 9 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 16-13 Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 48-17 |
2011 | 2011 | CFL | East | 4th | 6 | 12 | 0 | |
2012 | 2012 | CFL† | East* | 2nd | 9 | 9 | 0 | Won Divisional Semi-Finals () 35-22 |
2013 | 2013 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 36-24 |
2014 | 2014 | CFL | East | 3rd | 8 | 10 | 0 | |
2015 | 2015 | CFL | East | 3rd | 10 | 8 | 0 | Lost Divisional Semi-Finals (Tiger-Cats) 25-22 |
2016 | 2016 | CFL | East | 4th | 5 | 13 | 0 | |
2017 | 2017 | CFL† | East* | 1st^ | 9 | 9 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals (Roughriders) 25-21 Won Grey Cup (Stampeders) 27-24 |
2018 | 2018 | CFL | East | 4th | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
2019 | 2019 | CFL | East | 3rd | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
2020 | 2020 | CFL | East | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021[b] | 2021 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Tiger-Cats) 27-19 |
2022 | 2022 | CFL† | East* | 1st^ | 11 | 7 | 0 | Won Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 34-27 Won Grey Cup (Blue Bombers) 24-23 |
2023 | 2023 | CFL | East | 1st^ | 16 | 2 | 0 | Lost Divisional Finals (Alouettes) 38-17 |
Regular Season Totals (1907–2023)[c] | 679 | 720 | 26 | |||||
Playoff Totals (1907–2023)[c] | 65 | 38 | 0 | |||||
Grey Cup Totals (1909–2023) | 18 | 6 | ||||||
Dominion Championship Totals (1884–1908) | 0 | 2 |
- Notes
- ^ The CFL does not recognize the club's 1941 season, in which the it competed in the ERFU as the IRFU had been suspended for WWII, as official league games.[5]
- ^ The start of the regular season was delayed until August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a shorted 14 game schedule.
- ^ CFL East Division, excluding the 1941 season in which the club competed in the ERFU.
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