1972 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 3-11-0 .214 |
| 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 | 7/5/1972 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-14 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32912 | |
| Thu | 7/13/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25-24 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 7/19/1972 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 7-51 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19508 | |
| Wed | 7/26/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 24-15 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 11368 | |
| Thu | 8/3/1972 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 8-19 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 8/9/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6-15 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15571 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8-14 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 8/23/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Wed | 8/30/1972 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-14 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27472 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 43-21 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 14594 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18-22 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 9/20/1972 | H | British Columbia Lions | 9-23 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-41 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 34410 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1972 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-31 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 21-3 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32571 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 33-27 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18201 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-21 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-26 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 35217 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Harry Abofs | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Tennessee Tech | 6 | ||
| Dick Aldridge | 31 | LB | 6-0 | 198 | 31 | Waterloo | 14 | |
| Eric Allen | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 162 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Tim Anderson | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | ||
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 19 | K | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 30 | DB | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Greg Barton | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Long Beach CC; Tulsa | 4 | ||
| Bruce Bergey | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Glendale CC; UCLA | 4 | ||
| Larry Brame | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 1 | ||
| Charlie Bray | 57 | OG | 6-0 | 255 | 27 | Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma | 14 | |
| Jim Chasey | 8 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Dartmouth | 6 | |
| Jim Corrigall | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Kent State | 13 | |
| Dave Cranmer | 16 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Bowling Green State | 8 | |
| Doug Dersch | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | Calgary | 8 | |
| Paul Desjardins | 44 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| Jimmy Dye | 10 | DB | 5-10 | 163 | 27 | Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida) | 14 | |
| Mike Eben | 9 | FL | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Stew Francis | 58 | C | 6-1 | 231 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 14 | |
| Wally Gabler | 5 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan | 10 | |
| Jim Henderson | SE | 6-4 | 215 | 29 | Simpson | 3 | ||
| Noah Jackson | 56 | OG | 6-2 | 264 | 21 | Tampa | 14 | |
| Ellison Kelly | 65 | OT | 6-1 | 231 | 37 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Dave Knechtel | 69 | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Gary Kuzyk | SE | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Otterbein | 2 | ||
| Ray Langcaster | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | St. Francis Xavier | 12 | |
| Marv Luster | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 35 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Gene Mack | 76 | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | |
| Ivan MacMillan | 20 | K | 5-8 | 157 | 20 | none | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Martin | LB | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | Western Ontario | 6 | ||
| Leon McQuay | 24 | RB | 5-9 | 195 | 22 | Tampa | 14 | |
| Ron Mikolajczyk | 62 | OT | 6-3 | 280 | 22 | Marshall; Tampa | 14 | |
| Tony Moro | 11 | TE | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Dayton | 14 | |
| Peter Paquette | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 198 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | |
| Dave Raimey | 14 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 32 | Michigan | 13 | |
| Roger Scales | OG | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Brigham Young | 4 | ||
| Elmer Sprogis | 12 | DB | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 14 | |
| Jim Stillwagon | 68 | DT | 6-0 | 239 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Bill Symons | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Colorado | 14 | |
| John Tanner | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Brevard JC; Tennessee Tech | 9 | |
| Joe Theismann | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Notre Dame | 6 | ||
| Dick Thornton | 25 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | Northwestern | 4 | |
| John Trainor | 64 | OT | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | Tennessee Tech | 10 | |
| Joe Vijuk | DE | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Hillsdale | 2 | ||
| George Wells | DE | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | New Mexico State | 1 | ||
| Pete Wysocki | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Western Michigan | 1 | ||
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Rick Chevers | LB | Waterloo |
| 2 | 12 | Stew Francis | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 17 | Bill Turnbull | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 3 | 26 | John Buda | T | Waterloo |
| 4 | 35 | Mike Urban | QB | Windsor |
| 5 | 43 | Gary Jefferies | DB | Waterloo |
| 6 | 52 | Rick Henderson | G | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 7 | 60 | Doug Ball | HB | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 69 | 73 | 53 | 59 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 81 | 63 | 104 | 298 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 241 | 79 | 144 | 18 | 96 | 743 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 89 | 115 | 20 | 100 | 745 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan MacMillan | 0 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | - | - | - | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 7 | 0 | 53 |
| Eric Allen | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Leon McQuay | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mike Eben | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Symons | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tony Moro | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bruce Bergey | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Cranmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Theismann | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Chasey | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 21 | 2 | 254 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 33 | 17 | 36 | 47.2 | 14 | 1 | 298 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon McQuay | 148 | 745 | 5.0 | 50 | 2 |
| Bill Symons | 58 | 235 | 4.1 | 29 | 3 |
| Eric Allen | 50 | 220 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 21 | 147 | 7.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Jim Chasey | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Dave Cranmer | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Langcaster | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Barton | 7 | -13 | -1.9 | 2 | 0 |
| Wally Gabler | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 339 | 1600 | 4.7 | 66 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 1949 | 5.1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Gabler | 182 | 87 | 47.8 | 79 | 1348 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 7 | 3.8 | 16 | 8.8 | 49.0 | ||||
| Joe Theismann | 127 | 77 | 60.6 | 37 | 1157 | 9.1 | 15.0 | 62 | 10 | 7.9 | 13 | 10.2 | 77.2 | |||
| Greg Barton | 82 | 32 | 39.0 | 41 | 335 | 4.1 | 10.5 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 11.0 | 12.0 | |||
| Jim Chasey | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 15 | 261 | 8.2 | 17.4 | 56 | 3 | 9.4 | 2 | 6.3 | 80.3 | |||
| Leon McQuay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 424 | 211 | 49.8 | 173 | 3101 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 62 | 20 | 4.7 | 40 | 9.4 | 50.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 362 | 173 | 47.8 | 168 | 2744 | 7.6 | 15.9 | 21 | 5.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Allen | 53 | 1067 | 20.1 | 62 | 8 |
| Mike Eben | 46 | 551 | 12.0 | 41 | 4 |
| Leon McQuay | 32 | 418 | 13.1 | 43 | 3 |
| Bill Symons | 28 | 317 | 11.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Tony Moro | 23 | 364 | 15.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Dave Cranmer | 17 | 310 | 18.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Dick Thornton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Mack | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bruce Bergey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Harry Abofs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Langcaster | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 211 | 3101 | 14.7 | 62 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 173 | 2744 | 15.9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Luster | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Peter Paquette | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Mack | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Aldridge | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 296 | 14.1 | 49 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 440 | 11.0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 125 | 5626 | 45.0 | 75 | 8 | |
| Wally Gabler | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 127 | 5659 | 44.6 | 75 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 155 | 6211 | 40.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Sprogis | 79 | 458 | 5.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Peter Paquette | 42 | 151 | 3.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Eric Allen | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dye | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 643 | 4.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 118 | 611 | 5.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 40 | 2276 | 56.9 | 65 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 2276 | 56.9 | 65 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Symons | 19 | 405 | 21.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Eric Allen | 18 | 405 | 22.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Peter Paquette | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 957 | 19.9 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 938 | 24.1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Barton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Corrigall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Cranmer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stew Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Wally Gabler | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Knechtel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon McQuay | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Paquette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Sprogis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 12 | 12 |
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