| 1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) | 
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 8-6-0 .571 | 
| Head Coach: Leo Cahill | 
| Gord Ackerman | Assistant Coach | 
| Frank Johnston | Assistant Coach | 
| Jim Rountree | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/8/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29018 | |
| Tue | 7/14/1970 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 47-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Thu | 7/16/1970 | A | British Columbia Lions | 42-25 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | ||
| Fri | 7/24/1970 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-19 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30886 | |
| Tue | 8/4/1970 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 27-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 26743 | |
| Thu | 8/13/1970 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-3 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1970 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-14 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 8/26/1970 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-28 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19108 | |
| Sun | 8/30/1970 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-36 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20179 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1970 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 37-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26000 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 30-25 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 12-27 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21292 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 33-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 29455 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1970 | H | British Columbia Lions | 50-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-13 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-27 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 29755 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-17 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 25886 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/7/1970 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 7-16 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 31794 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Dick Aldridge | 31 | LB | 6-0 | 198 | 29 | Waterloo | 14 | |
| Ron Arends | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 167 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Walt Balasiuk | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 260 | 31 | 14 | ||
| Chip Barrett | 30 | DB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Tom Bland | 32 | FL | 5-11 | 170 | 30 | West Liberty | 13 | |
| Mike Blum | 70 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan | 14 | |
| Charlie Bray | 57 | OG | 6-0 | 255 | 25 | Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma | 14 | |
| Ron Capham | 42 | C | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Jim Corrigall | 79 | DT | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Kent State | 14 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 15 | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | South Carolina | 2 | |
| Ed Harrington | 54 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Langston | 13 | |
| Jim Henderson | 72 | OE | 6-4 | 215 | 27 | Simpson | 6 | |
| Bobby Hudspeth | 66 | OT | 6-3 | 275 | 25 | Kansas; Southern Illinois | 14 | |
| Gary Inskeep | 68 | OT-DE | 6-4 | 265 | 23 | Wisconsin-Stout | 6 | |
| Don Jonas | 13 | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 32 | Penn State | 14 | |
| Dave Knechtel | 69 | DE | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 10 | |
| Marv Luster | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 33 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Ian MacDonald | 52 | OL | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | Tulsa | 2 | |
| Dave Mann | 16 | P | 6-1 | 190 | 38 | Oregon State | 14 | 0 | 
| Paul Markle | 76 | OE | 6-2 | 214 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Pete Martin | 77 | LB | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Tony Moro | 11 | HB-OE | 5-11 | 218 | 23 | Dayton | 14 | |
| Danny Nykoluk | 60 | OT | 6-3 | 248 | 36 | none | 14 | |
| Gil Petmanis | DB | 6-0 | 179 | 28 | none | 4 | ||
| Mel Profit | 75 | OE | 6-5 | 226 | 29 | UCLA | 14 | |
| Dave Raimey | 14 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | Michigan | 14 | |
| Roger Scales | 51 | C-OG | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Brigham Young | 14 | |
| Gerry Sternberg | 34 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Art Strahan | 65 | DT | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Texas Southern | 2 | |
| Don Sutherin | 12 | DB | 5-11 | 200 | 34 | Ohio State | 5 | |
| Bob Swift | 53 | C | 6-1 | 233 | 27 | Clemson | 14 | |
| Bill Symons | 33 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Colorado | 14 | |
| Bobby Taylor | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 190 | 31 | none | 4 | |
| Dick Thornton | 25 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Northwestern | 10 | |
| Jim Thorpe | 20 | FL-HB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Iowa; Hofstra | 12 | |
| Jim Tomlin | 23 | DB | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | Stephen F. Austin State | 14 | |
| Mike Wadsworth | 59 | DT | 6-3 | 258 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
| Larry Watkins | 68 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Western Kentucky | 7 | |
| Tom Wilkinson | 19 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 27 | Wyoming | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 2 | 16 | Paul Brown | T | Wilfrid Laurier | 
| 3 | 25 | John Candiotto | E | Dalhousie | 
| 4 | 34 | Vince Lyons | DB | McMaster | 
| 6 | 51 | Bear Brown | T | Royal Military College | 
| 7 | 59 | Bill Simmons | DB | Royal Military College | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 59 | 104 | 68 | 98 | 329 | 
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 82 | 64 | 100 | 290 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 282 | 115 | 151 | 16 | 102 | 841 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 252 | 105 | 126 | 21 | 71 | 513 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 3 | 33 | 38 | 86.8 | - | - | - | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 
| Bill Symons | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jim Thorpe | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tom Bland | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Raimey | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Mel Profit | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chip Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Moro | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 38 | 33 | 38 | 86.8 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 17 | 3 | 329 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 4 | 2 | 290 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Symons | 170 | 908 | 5.3 | 98 | 6 | 
| Dave Raimey | 142 | 839 | 5.9 | 39 | 2 | 
| Tom Wilkinson | 42 | 180 | 4.3 | 20 | 1 | 
| Don Jonas | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 19 | 3 | 
| Jim Thorpe | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Tony Moro | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 391 | 2114 | 5.4 | 98 | 12 | 
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 1854 | 4.8 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 256 | 124 | 48.4 | 107 | 2041 | 8.0 | 16.5 | 69 | 17 | 6.6 | 25 | 9.8 | 58.2 | |||
| Tom Wilkinson | 137 | 80 | 58.4 | 48 | 1272 | 9.3 | 15.9 | 75 | 6 | 4.4 | 9 | 6.6 | 76.7 | |||
| Mel Profit | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 75 | 37.5 | 75.0 | 75t | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Jim Henderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Jim Thorpe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Bill Symons | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 28 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 93.8 | |||
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Dave Raimey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 404 | 210 | 52.0 | 157 | 3499 | 8.7 | 16.7 | 75t | 24 | 5.9 | 37 | 9.2 | 63.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 362 | 177 | 48.9 | 156 | 2853 | 7.9 | 16.1 | 29 | 8.0 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe | 43 | 671 | 15.6 | 75t | 6 | 
| Mel Profit | 39 | 649 | 16.6 | 47 | 2 | 
| Tom Bland | 29 | 480 | 16.6 | 45 | 5 | 
| Bill Symons | 26 | 329 | 12.7 | 75 | 2 | 
| Dave Raimey | 19 | 297 | 15.6 | 60 | 2 | 
| Bobby Taylor | 10 | 159 | 15.9 | 23 | 2 | 
| Paul Markle | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 22 | 0 | 
| Jim Henderson | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 68 | 1 | 
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 | 
| Gerry Sternberg | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 
| Charlie Bray | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Don Jonas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Tony Moro | 22 | 452 | 20.5 | 62 | 3 | 
| Billy Gambrell | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 69 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 210 | 3499 | 16.7 | 75t | 24 | 
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2853 | 16.1 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Aldridge | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 38 | 0 | 
| Don Sutherin | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 1 | 
| Marv Luster | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 41 | 0 | 
| Gerry Sternberg | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Chip Barrett | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 34 | 1 | 
| Mike Blum | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Pete Martin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Jim Corrigall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Ron Arends | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Tomlin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 29 | 329 | 11.3 | 41 | 2 | 
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 565 | 15.3 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 119 | 5337 | 44.8 | 77 | 13 | |
| Team Totals | 119 | 5337 | 44.8 | 77 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 5290 | 40.7 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Sternberg | 65 | 307 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 | 
| Tom Bland | 22 | 174 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 | 
| Jim Tomlin | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 | 
| Dick Aldridge | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 
| Chip Barrett | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 119 | 641 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 114 | 748 | 6.6 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 43 | 2472 | 57.5 | 80 | 0 | 
| Don Sutherin | 7 | 341 | 48.7 | 65 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 50 | 2813 | 56.3 | 80 | 0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Symons | 14 | 342 | 24.4 | 50 | 0 | 
| Jim Tomlin | 14 | 319 | 22.8 | 40 | 0 | 
| Jim Thorpe | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 38 | 0 | 
| Tony Moro | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 | 
| Dave Raimey | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 | 
| Jim Henderson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Dick Aldridge | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Gil Petmanis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Dave Mann | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Tom Bland | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Mel Profit | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 51 | 1104 | 21.6 | 50 | 0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1275 | 26.0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Aldridge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ron Arends | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mike Blum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Corrigall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Henderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Don Jonas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dave Knechtel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| Marv Luster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 
| Pete Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tony Moro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dave Raimey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Roger Scales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Gerry Sternberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bob Swift | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bill Symons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mike Wadsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tom Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 11 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 6 | 6 | 
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