1983 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 12-4-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: Bob O'Billovich |
| Ed Chlebek | Offensive Backfield |
| Dennis Meyer | Defensive Backfield |
| Joe Moss | Defensive Coordinator |
| Bob Palcic | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 6/10/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28520 | |
| Wed | 6/15/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11302 | |
| Fri | 6/24/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-15 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28107 | |
| Sun | 6/28/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 25-24 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 9700 | |
| Thu | 7/7/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 45-30 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 25124 | |
| Thu | 7/14/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17-14 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 39437 | |
| Sat | 7/23/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 28-13 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35490 | |
| Fri | 7/29/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 40-21 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 25541 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18-31 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 43568 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-32 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27796 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 30006 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 36-15 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35414 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 32-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 52656 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 50-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25128 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 20-49 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35679 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 30-17 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20046 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-15 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 37746 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-20 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 36526 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-15 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 53577 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33-9 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32921 | |
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/20/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 41-36 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 54530 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/27/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 18-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59345 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Ackroyd | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 175 | 27 | Sheridan | 16 | |
| Joe Adams | QB | 6-3 | 190 | 35 | Tennessee State | 1 | ||
| Tony Antunovic | 54 | OG-C | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
| Joe Barnes | 17 | QB | 5-11 | 196 | 32 | Texas Tech | 16 | |
| Ian Beckstead | OL | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Richmond | 2 | ||
| Carl Brazley | 2 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Western Kentucky | 7 | |
| Bob Bronk | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Queen's | 5 | ||
| Norm Brown | 28 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Compton JC; Fullerton State | 3 | |
| Jan Carinci | 27 | RB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | |
| James Curry | 74 | DE | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 2 | |
| Steve Del Col | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| Gord Elser | 35 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Calgary | 16 | |
| Dan Ferrone | 69 | OG | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Rob Forbes | FB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Drake | 4 | ||
| Marcellus Greene | 21 | CB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Arizona | 12 | |
| Terry Greer | 10 | WR | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Alabama State | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Hall | WR | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Guelph | 1 | ||
| Mike Hameluck | 44 | OG-C | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Zac Henderson | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Oklahoma | 1 | ||
| Condredge Holloway | 7 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Tennessee | 15 | |
| Greg Holmes | 71 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Carroll (Wisconsin) | 13 | |
| Hank Ilesic | 8 | P-K | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | none | 16 | 0 |
| Franklin King | 61 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 26 | Kansas | 16 | |
| Tony Lawson | 77 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | McGill | 10 | |
| Terry Lehne | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Saskatchewan | 2 | ||
| John Malinosky | 63 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Michigan State | 15 | |
| Roland Mangold | 59 | OG | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Truman State | 8 | |
| Ken McEachern | 24 | DB | 6-1 | 187 | 30 | Weber State | 15 | |
| Scott McGhee | WR | 5-9 | 172 | 24 | Eastern Illinois | 3 | ||
| Lamont Meacham | 18 | CB | 6-0 | 170 | 22 | Western Kentucky | 9 | |
| Cedric Minter | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Boise State | 14 | |
| William Mitchell | 39 | LB | 6-0 | 213 | 24 | Long Beach State | 12 | |
| Don Moen | 36 | LB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Rick Mohr | 76 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | UC Davis | 16 | |
| Ron Morehouse | 37 | LB | 5-11 | 215 | 30 | San Diego State | 9 | |
| Darrell Nicholson | 72 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | North Carolina | 16 | |
| Bill Norton | 68 | OG | 6-2 | 244 | 29 | Weber State | 6 | |
| John Palazeti | 31 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | Richmond | 11 | |
| Alonzo Patterson | RB | 5-9 | 183 | 22 | Wagner | 2 | ||
| Leroy Paul | 4 | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Texas Southern | 16 | |
| Paul Pearson | 25 | SB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Kelvin Pruenster | 66 | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 23 | Cal Poly (Pomona) | 11 | |
| Donovan Rose | CB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Hampton | 5 | ||
| Ken Taylor | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | San Jose State | 2 | ||
| Matthew Teague | 79 | DE | 6-5 | 240 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 8 | |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 19 | SB | 5-9 | 182 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Geoff Townsend | 30 | SB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Boston College | 16 | |
| Tom Trifaux | 50 | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Calgary | 15 | |
| Darrell Wilson | 13 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Connecticut | 16 | |
| Earl Wilson | 58 | DT | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Kentucky | 16 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | DE | 6-7 | 240 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 6 | ||
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Kelvin Pruenster | OT | Cal Poly (Pomona) |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 26 | Kevin Adams | DB | Waterloo |
| 4 | 35 | Boyd Young | DL | Ottawa |
| 5 | 44 | Bryan Black | OG | Guelph |
| 6 | 53 | Joey Tynes | RB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 7 | 62 | Dave Waud | LB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 8 | 71 | Rick Van Maanen | DL | Western Ontario |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 99 | 117 | 152 | 452 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 106 | 67 | 86 | 328 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 345 | 97 | 230 | 18 | 124 | 952 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 330 | 100 | 218 | 12 | 112 | 990 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Ilesic | 0 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 0 | - | 26 | 39 | 66.7 | 30 | 0 | 148 | |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| Terry Greer | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Cedric Minter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Condredge Holloway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Paul Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Joe Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||
| Jan Carinci | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Bob Bronk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Donovan Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Greg Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Alonzo Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Leroy Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Darrell Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Carl Brazley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 49 | 42 | 43 | 97.7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 39 | 66.7 | 30 | 0 | 452 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 27 | 2 | 28 | 42 | 66.7 | 21 | 0 | 328 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Minter | 107 | 599 | 5.6 | 25 | 5 |
| Condredge Holloway | 56 | 271 | 4.8 | 19 | 4 |
| Joe Barnes | 38 | 231 | 6.1 | 24 | 3 |
| Bob Bronk | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Alonzo Patterson | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Jan Carinci | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Hank Ilesic | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Terry Greer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Geoff Townsend | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Pearson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| John Palazeti | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rob Forbes | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Holmes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Trifaux | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Scott McGhee | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 255 | 1369 | 5.4 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 277 | 1478 | 5.3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condredge Holloway | 372 | 210 | 56.5 | 157 | 3184 | 8.6 | 15.2 | 80 | 18 | 4.8 | 5 | 1.3 | 95.3 | |||
| Joe Barnes | 271 | 149 | 55.0 | 114 | 2274 | 8.4 | 15.3 | 87 | 11 | 4.1 | 8 | 3.0 | 84.1 | |||
| Terry Greer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Hank Ilesic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 646 | 360 | 55.7 | 272 | 5497 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 30 | 4.6 | 14 | 2.2 | 90.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 649 | 321 | 49.5 | 303 | 4532 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 25 | 3.9 | 39 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Greer | 113 | 2003 | 17.7 | 12 | 8 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 70 | 1225 | 17.5 | 80 | 11 |
| Paul Pearson | 54 | 804 | 14.9 | 46 | 4 |
| Cedric Minter | 38 | 444 | 11.7 | 31 | 3 |
| Jan Carinci | 32 | 357 | 11.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Bob Bronk | 14 | 144 | 10.3 | 27 | 2 |
| Geoff Townsend | 12 | 231 | 19.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Scott McGhee | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Alonzo Patterson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Holmes | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 87t | 1 |
| Ken Taylor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roland Mangold | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| John Palazeti | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Brown | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 360 | 5497 | 15.3 | 30 | |
| Opponents Totals | 321 | 4532 | 14.1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McEachern | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Darrell Wilson | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 55 | 1 |
| Leroy Paul | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Donovan Rose | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 61 | 1 |
| William Mitchell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Ackroyd | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Greene | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brazley | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Ron Morehouse | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Darrell Nicholson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lamont Meacham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 350 | 14.0 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 229 | 16.4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Ilesic | 137 | 6094 | 44.5 | 90 | 11 | |
| Jan Carinci | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 139 | 6177 | 44.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 154 | 6902 | 44.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Carinci | 46 | 380 | 8.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Carl Brazley | 26 | 165 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Greg Holmes | 20 | 129 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Marcellus Greene | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott McGhee | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Ackroyd | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Geoff Townsend | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 120 | 846 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 796 | 7.4 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Ilesic | 68 | 4269 | 62.8 | 90 | 9 |
| Jan Carinci | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 4383 | 62.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Townsend | 18 | 425 | 23.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Marcellus Greene | 14 | 292 | 20.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Carl Brazley | 8 | 177 | 22.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Scott McGhee | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Alonzo Patterson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jan Carinci | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Ferrone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Greer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Palazeti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1033 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1427 | 24.6 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Mohr | 15.5 | |
| Earl Wilson | 7.5 | |
| Franklin King | 4.0 | |
| Matthew Teague | 3.0 | |
| Darrell Nicholson | 2.0 | |
| James Curry | 1.5 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 1.0 | |
| Darrell Wilson | 1.0 | |
| Don Moen | 1.0 | |
| William Mitchell | 1.0 | |
| Ken McEachern | 1.0 | |
| Ron Morehouse | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 39.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ackroyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bronk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Carinci | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Ferrone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Greene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Greer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hameluck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Condredge Holloway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Holmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Ilesic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Malinosky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland Mangold | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott McGhee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Minter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Moen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Mohr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Nicholson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alonzo Patterson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| Paul Pearson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Matthew Teague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Trifaux | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 49 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 14 | 14 |
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