1968 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/10/1968	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35-1	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	20784
Thu	7/18/1968	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35-23	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	22023
Mon	7/22/1968	A	Calgary Stampeders	21-24	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium
Wed	7/24/1968	A	British Columbia Lions	7-46	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21995
Fri	8/2/1968	H	Edmonton Eskimos	32-4	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	25991
Fri	8/9/1968	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	14-38	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32810
Wed	8/21/1968	A	Calgary Stampeders	19-7	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23186
Sun	8/25/1968	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-32	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20390
Mon	9/2/1968	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18-15	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	27153
Sun	9/8/1968	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6-20	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Sun	9/15/1968	A	Montreal Alouettes	23-8	W	Montreal, QC	Autostade	27214
Sun	9/22/1968	H	Montreal Alouettes	37-16	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30303
Sun	9/29/1968	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15-9	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17012
Sun	10/6/1968	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	10-31	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	23454
Sat	10/12/1968	H	British Columbia Lions	43-29	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	22373
Sun	10/20/1968	H	Montreal Alouettes	29-25	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	21142
Sun	10/27/1968	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12-1	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	24206
Sun	11/3/1968	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	9-31	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Eastern Semi-Final
Sat	11/9/1968	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33-21	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	25723
Eastern Final #1
Sun	11/17/1968	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-11	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32304
Eastern Final #2
Sat	11/23/1968	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	14-36	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25085

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Allen Ray Aldridge	44	MLB	6-6	240	23	Prairie View A&M	14
Dick Aldridge	31	LB	6-0	198	27	Waterloo	5
Ron Arends	17	RDH-S	6-1	167	23	none	14
Walt Balasiuk	64	DT	6-2	260	29		5
Bob Blakely	19	HB	5-11	197	33	Minnesota	1
Mike Blum	70	LLB	6-0	225	25	Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan	8
Charlie Bray	57	ROG	6-0	255	23	Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma	9
Ron Capham	41	C	6-2	240	25	none	14
Jim Copeland	30	HB	5-9	180	29	none	13
Ken Corbin	40	LB	6-1	225	23	Miami (Florida)	4
Jim Dillard	11	FB	6-2	210	30	Oklahoma State	14
Jimmy Dye	10	RCB-LDH	5-10	163	23	Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida)	14
Mike Eben	32	FL	6-1	185	22	Toronto	14
Bill Frank	68	LOT-ROT	6-5	255	30	Colorado	14
Wally Gabler	12	QB	6-2	195	24	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan	14
Ed Harrington	54	RDE	6-3	240	27	Langston	14
Al Irwin	71	LOE	6-4	220	25	McMaster	14
Gord Judges	40	C-DT	6-3	245	21	none	1
Dave Knechtel	69	LDT-RDT	6-3	247	23	Wilfrid Laurier	14
Ed Learn	15	S-RDH	6-0	175	33	none	14
Chuck Liebrock	52	OG	6-1	245	23	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale	14
Marv Luster	27	LCB-LB	6-1	195	31	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	14
Dave Mann	16	P	6-1	190	36	Oregon State	14	0
Paul Markle	76	OE	6-2	214	22	Wilfrid Laurier	14
Pete Martin	77	RLB	6-0	205	28	Western Ontario	14
Pete Martin	77	RLB	6-0	205	28	Western Ontario	14
Grant McKee	31	LB	6-1	195	29	Michigan	7
Danny Nykoluk	60	ROT0LOT	6-3	248	34	none	14
Bob Peterson	57	ROG	6-1	235	26	Hastings	5
Gil Petmanis	34	LDH	6-0	179	26	none	14
Bob Petrich	72	LDE	6-4	253	27	Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M	7
Mel Profit	75	ROE	6-5	226	27	UCLA	14
Neil Smith	20	ROH	6-0	195	22	Boston University	14
Bob Swift	53	LOG	6-1	233	25	Clemson	14
Bill Symons	33	LOH	6-0	200	25	Colorado	14
Bob Taylor	24	LDE	6-3	238	28	Maryland-Eastern Shore	10
Bobby Taylor	24	FL	5-10	190	29	none	14
Dick Thornton	25	LCB-RCB	6-0	185	29	Northwestern	14
Mike Wadsworth	59	RDT-LDT	6-3	258	25	Notre Dame	14
Tom Wilkinson	19	QB	5-10	187	25	Wyoming	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Chuck Liebrock	OG	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)
2	14	Jon Purcell	TE	St. Francis Xavier
3	23	Paul Markle	TE	Wilfrid Laurier
4	32	Bruce McGregor	E	Carleton
5	40	Bob McKillop	QB	Waterloo
6	48	Tom Chown	DE	Queen's
7	56	Terry Gorman	DB	St. Francis Xavier
8	63	Wayne Gallop	LB	Saskatchewan
9	69	John Frost	TE	McGill
10	73	Lyle Dunkley	TE	Saskatchewan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	66	89	39	90	284
Opponents Totals	63	74	73	56	266

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		269	108	145	16	95	920
Opponents Totals		258	109	130	19	70	618

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Dave Mann	0	33	35	94.3	-	-	-	7	22	31.8	18	0	72
Bill Symons	11	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	66
Mel Profit	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
Wally Gabler	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
Bobby Taylor	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
Al Irwin	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Jim Dillard	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Allen Ray Aldridge	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Neil Smith	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Dick Thornton	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Paul Markle	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	35	33	35	94.3	7	22	31.8	18	1	284
Opponents Totals	29	23	29	79.3	17	39	43.6	14	2	266

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Symons	164	1107	6.8	75	9
Jim Dillard	120	547	4.6	47	1
Wally Gabler	72	458	6.4	28	4
Dick Thornton	5	57	11.4	38	1
Bob Taylor	5	47	9.4	28	0
Jim Copeland	4	30	7.5	14	0
Dave Mann	1	9	9.0	9	0
Tom Wilkinson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Neil Smith	6	5	0.8	9	0
Mel Profit	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	379	2257	6.0		15
Opponents Totals	397	2201	5.5		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Wally Gabler	365	205	56.2	138	3242	8.9	15.8	73	18	4.9	22	6.0	77.2
Dave Mann	2	2	100.0	0	58	29.0	29.0	39	1	50.0	0	0.0	158.3
Tom Wilkinson	5	4	80.0	1	33	6.6	8.3	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	94.2
Dick Thornton	2	1	50.0	1	19	9.5	19.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	83.3
Mike Eben	1	1	100.0	0	13	13.0	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
Jim Dillard	2	2	100.0	0	11	5.5	5.5	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	89.6
Bill Symons	5	0	0.0	5	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Bob Taylor	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	383	215	56.1	146	3376	8.8	15.7		19	5.0	22	5.7	78.2
Opponents Totals	354	180	50.8	149	2813	7.9	15.6		14	4.0	25	7.1	61.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Taylor	56	985	17.6	35	4
Bill Symons	44	536	12.2	68	2
Mel Profit	40	805	20.1	66	7
Al Irwin	30	541	18.0	73	3
Jim Dillard	27	316	11.7	48	1
Neil Smith	13	145	11.2	26	1
Dick Thornton	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bob Blakely	1	5	5.0	5	0
Paul Markle	2	30	15.0	21	1
Mike Eben	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	215	3376	15.7		19
Opponents Totals	180	2813	15.6		14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Learn	7	79	11.3	33	0
Jimmy Dye	5	63	12.6	29	0
Ron Arends	4	74	18.5	42	0
Dick Thornton	2	71	35.5	63	0
Marv Luster	2	17	8.5	17	0
Allen Ray Aldridge	2	6	3.0	6	0
Dick Aldridge	1	0	0.0	0	0
Pete Martin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gil Petmanis	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	25	305	12.2		0
Opponents Totals	22	292	13.3		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Dave Mann	115	5274	45.9	69	-
Wally Gabler	1	46	46.0	46	-
Team Totals	116	5320	45.9		-	660	5082	39.4
Opponents Totals	127	5685	44.8		-	818	4867	38.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Copeland	64	514	8.0	34
Ed Learn	36	255	7.1	23
Gil Petmanis	6	31	5.2	10
Dick Thornton	1	18	18.0	18
Dave Mann	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	108	818	7.6
Opponents Totals	106	660	6.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Dave Mann	50	2971	59.4	87	1
Team Totals	50	2971	59.4
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bill Symons	13	335	25.8	52
Jimmy Dye	12	296	24.7	32
Bob Taylor	10	209	20.9	32
Jim Copeland	5	141	28.2	32
Neil Smith	1	10	10.0	10
Team Totals	41	991	24.2
Opponents Totals	50	1182	23.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Aldridge	0	0	0	1	1	99	1
Ron Arends	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Bray	1	1	0	1	1	3	0
Ron Capham	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Dillard	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Gabler	3	2	1	0	1	0	0
Ed Harrington	0	0	0	2	2	38	0
Ed Learn	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Marv Luster	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Dave Mann	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Profit	3	3	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Symons	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	20	16	4	8	12	140	1
Opponents Totals		8		16	16		1

Gord Ackerman	Assistant Coach
Frank Johnston	Assistant Coach
Jim Rountree	Assistant Coach