1931 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1931 Toronto Argonauts season was the club's 45th season since its inception in 1873 and its 22nd season in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished tied with the Hamilton Tigers for second place in the IRFU with three wins and three losses and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

1931 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachBuck McKenna[1]
Home fieldVarsity Stadium[2]
Results
Record3–3
Division place3rd, IRFU
Playoff finishDid not qualify

This was the first IRFU season in which the forward pass was allowed by the rules of the game. The first forward pass completion in Argonauts' history was thrown by halfback Teddy Morris to halfback Bill Darling for a gain of twenty-five yards during the opening game of the season in Hamilton, which the Argos lost 12–7.[3]

The Argonauts' top player in 1931 was halfback Frank Turville, winner of the 1930 Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy, around whose punt-catching, ball-carrying and kicking abilities the Argos' offence revolved. This season also saw the debut of Teddy Morris, future star player, Russel-Trophy winner and multiple Grey-Cup winning head coach of the Argonauts.

Regular season

Standings
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers66001123912
Hamilton Tigers633060566
Toronto Argonauts633055646
Ottawa Rough Riders606031980

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Schedule
WeekDateOpponentFinal ScoreRecord
1Oct 10@ Hamilton TigersL 12–70–1–0
2Oct 17Montreal Winged WheelersL 32–100–2–0
3Oct 24@ Ottawa Rough RidersW 8–51–2–0
4Oct 31Ottawa Rough RidersW 24–72–2–0
5Nov 7@ Montreal Winged WheelersL 4–12–3–0
6Nov 14Hamilton TigersW 5–43–3–0

[5]

References
  1. "All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  2. "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  3. Toronto Globe, October 12, 1931, p. 9
  4. 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.293
  5. "The Toronto Argonauts' 1931 Season". stats.cfldb.ca.
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