| 1949 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU) | 
| 3rd place • 5-7-0 .417 | 
| Head Coach: Ted Morris | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/20/1949 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-11 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1949 | H | Hamilton Wildcats | 26-18 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 12200 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1949 | A | Hamilton Wildcats | 36-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1-19 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1949 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1949 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 29-14 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 16000 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1949 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 11-34 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16424 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | A | Hamilton Wildcats | 11-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
| Mon | 10/10/1949 | H | Hamilton Wildcats | 29-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16500 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1949 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1949 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1949 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15000 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1949 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 2-35 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 6729 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Les Ascott | 52 | G-T | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | 9 | 1 | |
| Fred Black | 53 | G | 6-0 | 220 | 19 | none | 7 | 1 | 
| Bill Briggs | 75 | E-C | 6-4 | 208 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |
| Phil Carr-Harris | 81 | FW | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |
| Royal Copeland | 77 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | none | 12 | 12 | 
| Bob Cosgrove | T | 198 | 34 | Montana | 7 | 0 | ||
| Don Crowe | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | none | 4 | 1 | |
| Fred Doty | 54 | QB | 5-7 | 147 | 25 | Toronto | 11 | 6 | 
| Frank Dunlap | 69 | FW-HB | 6-0 | 194 | 25 | 12 | 7 | |
| Jake Dunlap | 51 | T | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | none | 10 | 0 | 
| Don Durno | 90 | T | 6-3 | 233 | 31 | none | 10 | 9 | 
| Johnny Farmer | 61 | HB-FW | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | none | 6 | 2 | 
| Dwight Follin | 86 | C | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Kent State | 12 | 10 | 
| Tommy Ford | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | none | 2 | 1 | |
| Rudy Grass | 88 | G | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Toronto | 9 | 3 | 
| Murray Griffin | HB | 5-10 | 200 | 34 | St. Michael's; Queen's; Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | 1 | 1 | |
| Ed Huycke | 73 | HB | 5-11 | 202 | 23 | Toronto | 5 | 2 | 
| Byron Karrys | 57 | HB-FW | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | none | 8 | 5 | 
| Mike King | HB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joe Kirkland | 60 | T-G | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Ohio State; Virginia | 12 | 6 | 
| Joe Krol | 55 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Western Ontario | 9 | 5 | 
| Steve Levantis | 51 | T | 5-11 | 211 | 33 | none | 7 | 3 | 
| Pete McKeown | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Mittlesteadt | 63 | HB | 5-9 | 195 | 26 | Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 
| Frankie Morris | 59 | G | 5-11 | 230 | 26 | 7 | 7 | |
| Lorne Parkin | 50 | T | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Pyzer | 74 | FW-HB | 5-9 | 175 | 26 | 12 | 6 | |
| Russ Reader | 56 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 
| Frank Reno | 84 | E | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | St. Vincent; West Virginia | 12 | 8 | 
| Don Scott | 65 | E | 6-0 | 171 | 22 | Western Ontario | 6 | 4 | 
| Chuck Shields | 73 | G-T | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Guelph | 1 | 0 | 
| Johnny Shore | 58 | G | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Toronto | 4 | 1 | 
| Doug Smylie | 72 | HB | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | none | 8 | 1 | 
| Rod Smylie | 70 | E | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | none | 7 | 2 | 
| Arnie Stocks | 83 | HB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | none | 6 | 1 | 
| Fred Thomas | HB | 26 | Assumption (Ontario) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pete Titanic | 78 | E | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nick Volpe | 67 | QB | 5-9 | 165 | 23 | Toronto | 10 | 4 | 
| Bill Wardle | 66 | E | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Western Ontario | 7 | 2 | 
| Jack Wedley | 79 | E | 5-10 | 180 | 32 | 10 | 8 | |
| Jerry Whalen | 64 | T | 6-1 | 240 | 21 | Canisius | 12 | 8 | 
| Tex Whalen | 85 | C | 6-1 | 245 | Buffalo | 4 | 2 | |
| Bill Zock | 80 | G | 6-1 | 245 | 31 | 10 | 8 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 31 | 64 | 61 | 209 | 
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 87 | 44 | 62 | 254 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | |||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Krol | 2 | 14 | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Royal Copeland | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Nick Volpe | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Doug Pyzer | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Don Durno | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Frank Dunlap | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Arnie Stocks | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Doug Smylie | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Byron Karrys | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Don Crowe | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Russ Reader | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 25 | 31 | 80.6 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 209 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 28 | 42 | 66.7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 254 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Copeland | 6 | ||||
| Doug Pyzer | 4 | ||||
| Nick Volpe | 4 | ||||
| Joe Krol | 2 | ||||
| Russ Reader | 2 | ||||
| Frank Dunlap | 1 | ||||
| Arnie Stocks | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Krol | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Royal Copeland | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Copeland | 2 | ||||
| Doug Pyzer | 2 | ||||
| Frank Dunlap | 1 | ||||
| Doug Smylie | 1 | ||||
| Nick Volpe | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Durno | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Durno | 1 | ||||||
| Byron Karrys | 1 | ||||||
| Arnie Stocks | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||||
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