1983 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1983 Toronto Argonauts season was the 94th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in first place in the East Division with a 12–4 record and qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Final and qualified for the Grey Cup for the second year in a row. Toronto defeated the BC Lions in the first ever Grey Cup match between the two teams, winning their 11th Grey Cup championship by a score of 18-17. The win ended a 31-year championship drought, which is the longest drought in Canadian Football League history.

1983 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachBob O'Billovich[1]
Home fieldExhibition Stadium[2]
Results
Record12–4
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

During the regular season, receiver Terry Greer set a professional football record (NFL and CFL) for most receiving yards with 2003 yards. He also set a record for most 200-yard ball games in a year with three.

Preseason
WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreAttendanceRecord
AJune 10Tiger-CatsExhibition StadiumW 24–628,5201–0
BJune 15@ Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumL 24–3511,5051–1
CJune 24Rough RidersExhibition StadiumW 31–1528,1072–1
DJune 28@ ConcordesOlympic StadiumW 25–249,7003–1

[3]

Regular season

Standings
East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts16124045232824
Ottawa Rough Riders1688038442416
Hamilton Tiger-Cats16510138949811
Montreal Concordes16510136744711

[4]

Schedule
WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreAttendanceRecord
1July 7@ StampedersMcMahon StadiumW 45–3025,1241–0
2July 14LionsExhibition StadiumW 17–1439,4372–0
3July 23ConcordesExhibition StadiumW 28–1335,4903–0
4July 29@ RoughridersTaylor FieldW 40–2125,7344–0
5August 6Tiger-CatsExhibition StadiumL 18–3143,5684–1
6August 13@ Blue BombersWinnipeg StadiumL 16–3227,7964–2
7August 19@ Rough RidersLansdowne ParkW 27–1730,0065–2
8August 26RoughridersExhibition StadiumW 36–1535,4146–2
9Bye
10September 10@ LionsBC Place StadiumW 32–1452,6567–2
11September 18@ Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumW 50–1625,1288–2
12September 24StampedersExhibition StadiumL 20–4935,6798–3
13October 2@ ConcordesOlympic StadiumW 30–1720,0469–3
14October 9EskimosExhibition StadiumW 19–1537,74610–3
15Bye
16October 23Rough RidersExhibition StadiumL 19–2036,52610–4
17October 29@ EskimosCommonwealth StadiumW 22–1553,57711–4
18November 5Blue BombersExhibition StadiumW 33–932,92112–4

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Postseason
RoundDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreAttendance
East FinalNovember 20Tiger-CatsExhibition StadiumW 41–3654,530
Grey CupNovember 27LionsBC Place StadiumW 18–1759,345

[3]

Grey Cup
Main article: 71st Grey Cup

November 27 @ BC Place Stadium (Attendance: 59,345)[5]

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
BC Lions1430017
Toronto Argonauts072918

Awards and honours

1983 CFL All-Stars

Canadian Football Hall of Fame

References
  1. "All-Time Coaching". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. "1983 Toronto Argonauts". Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  4. "1983 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  5. "1983 Grey Cup Recap". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
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