1952 Toronto Argonauts season explained
The 1952 Toronto Argonauts season was the 63rd season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–4–1 record and qualified for the playoffs for the third year in a row. The Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats two games to one in the IRFU Finals before winning the Eastern Final over the Sarnia Imperials. In the first ever Grey Cup between the current incarnation of the Edmonton Eskimos franchise, Toronto won their 10th Grey Cup championship by a score of 21–11. It was their second Grey Cup win in three years and their fifth championship in the previous eight years.
Preseason
Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Record |
A | Aug 16 | | | L 11–7 | 0–1 |
B | Aug 24 | | | L 14–8 | 0–2 | |
[3] Regular season
Standings
[4] Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Record |
1 | Sept 1 | | | W 33–13 | 1–0–0 |
2 | Sept 6 | | | W 43–0 | 2–0–0 |
3 | Sept 13 | | Varsity Stadium | W 24–19 | 3–0–0 |
4 | Sept 20 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Varsity Stadium | T 13–13 | 3–0–1 |
5 | Sept 28 | @ Montreal Alouettes | | W 12–6 | 4–0–1 |
6 | Oct 4 | @ Ottawa Rough Riders | | L 25–21 | 4–1–1 |
7 | Oct 11 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Varsity Stadium | L 27–18 | 4–2–1 |
7 | Oct 13 | @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | L 25–16 | 4–3–1 |
8 | Oct 18 | @ Ottawa Rough Riders | Lansdowne Park | W 25–6 | 5–3–1 |
9 | Oct 25 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Varsity Stadium | W 20–14 | 6–3–1 |
10 | Nov 2 | @ Montreal Alouettes | Delorimier Stadium | W 29–18 | 7–3–1 |
11 | Nov 8 | Montreal Alouettes | Varsity Stadium | L 25–11 | 7–4–1 | |
[3] Postseason
Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score |
IRFU Final Game 1 | Nov 15 | | | W 22–6 |
IRFU Final Game 2 | Nov 19 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | | L 27–11 |
IRFU Final Game 3 | Nov 22 | @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | W 12–7 |
Eastern Final | Nov 26 | | Varsity Stadium | W 34–15 |
Grey Cup | Nov 29 | | Varsity Stadium | W 21–11 | |
Grey Cup
See main article: 40th Grey Cup. November 29 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 27,391)[5]
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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| 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 21 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: All-Time Coaching. 2011-05-07. Toronto Argonauts. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422084043/http://argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching. 2011-04-22. dead.
- Web site: Toronto Argonauts Stadium History. 2011-05-07. Toronto Argonauts. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422083852/http://argonauts.ca/page/stadium-history. 2011-04-22. dead.
- Web site: 1952 Toronto Argonauts. 2012-04-17.
- Web site: 1952 Regular Season Standings. 2011-05-07. Canadian Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20091006092712/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1952/reg. 2009-10-06. dead.
- Web site: CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2012-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120601043931/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1952 . 2012-06-01 . dead .