CFL team season
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 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Varsity Stadium | L 11–7 | 0–1 |
B | Aug 24 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Civic Stadium | L 14–8 | 0–2 |
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Regular season
Standings
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 268 | 162 | 19 |
Toronto Argonauts | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 265 | 191 | 15 |
Ottawa Rough Riders | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 200 | 238 | 10 |
Montreal Alouettes | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 278 | 4 |
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Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Record |
1 | Sept 1 | @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | W 33–13 | 1–0–0 |
2 | Sept 6 | Montreal Alouettes | Varsity Stadium | W 43–0 | 2–0–0 |
3 | Sept 13 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 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 | Delorimier Stadium | W 12–6 | 4–0–1 |
6 | Oct 4 | @ Ottawa Rough Riders | Lansdowne Park | 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 |
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Postseason
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Grey Cup
November 29 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 27,391)[5]
References
- ^ "All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ a b c "1952 Toronto Argonauts". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ "1952 Regular Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
Western Interprovicial Football Union | - Calgary
- Edmonton
- Saskatchewan
- Winnipeg
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Interprovincial Rugby Football Union | - Hamilton
- Montreal
- Ottawa
- Toronto
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Ontario Rugby Football Union | - Brantford
- Sarnia
- Toronto Balmy Beach
- Windsor
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- Bold indicates Grey Cup victory
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Toronto Argonauts |
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- Founded in 1873
- Based in Toronto, Ontario
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Grey Cup Championships (18) | |
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Eastern Division/IRFU Championships (24) | |
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