1976 Toronto Argonauts season explained

The 1976 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–8–1 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

Ottawa Rough Riders	16	9	6	1	411	346	19
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	8	0	269	348	16
Montreal Alouettes	16	7	8	1	305	273	15
	16	7	8	1	289	354	15

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	July 22	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 22–16	1–0	Winnipeg Stadium	21,433
2	July 28	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–25	1–1	Exhibition Stadium	43,002
3	Aug 4	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 23–10	2–1	Exhibition Stadium	44,920
4	Aug 11	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 16–27	2–2	Exhibition Stadium	50,212
5	Aug 18	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 14–11	3–2	Exhibition Stadium	49,724
5	Aug 23	at Montreal Alouettes	L 3–23	3–3	Autostade	25,802
6	Bye
7	Sept 1	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 27–40	3–4	Landsdowne Park	28,060
7	Sept 5	at Montreal Alouettes	L 0–28	3–5	Autostade	20,444
8	Sept 12	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 31–22	4–5	Exhibition Stadium	48,250
9	Sept 18	at Calgary Stampeders	W 28–20	5–5	McMahon Stadium	23,378
10	Sept 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 14–29	5–6	Ivor Wynne Stadium	31,793
11	Oct 2	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	T 20–20	5–6–1	Exhibition Stadium	47,685
12	Oct 10	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 3–34	5–7–1	Taylor Field	22,140
13	Oct 17	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 29–10	6–7–1	Exhibition Stadium	49,650
14	Bye
15	Oct 30	vs. BC Lions	W 25–16	7–7–1	Exhibition Stadium	45,404
16	Nov 7	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 14–23	7–8–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	35,394

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Awards and honours

• Granville Liggins, James P. McCaffrey Trophy

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Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Time Coaching. 2011-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422084043/http://argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching. 2011-04-22. dead.
2. Web site: Toronto Argonauts Stadium History. 2011-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422083852/http://argonauts.ca/page/stadium-history. 2011-04-22. dead.
3. Web site: 1976 Regular Season Standings. 2011-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201103130/http://cfl.ca/standings/1976/reg. 2008-12-01. dead.
4. Web site: 1976 Toronto Argonauts. 2010-11-07.
5. Book: 2010 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide . 2010 . 2011-05-07 . 168 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110430101919/http://argonauts.ca/uploads/assets/TOR/Media_Guide_2010/MediaGuide2010_PART%202.pdf . 30 April 2011 . dead .