1998 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
| 3rd place • East Division • 9-9-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Don Matthews |
| Jim Barker | Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line |
| Gregg Butler | Defensive Backfield |
| Daryl Edralin | Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 6/18/1998 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 21-18 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 12465 | |
| Wed | 6/24/1998 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14675 | |
| Fri | 7/3/1998 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-19 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21714 | |
| Thu | 7/9/1998 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19-22 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 15672 | |
| Thu | 7/16/1998 | A | British Columbia Lions | 30-15 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 15725 | |
| Thu | 7/23/1998 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 27-30 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 15106 | |
| Thu | 7/30/1998 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-14 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26061 | |
| Thu | 8/6/1998 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29-14 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 15712 | |
| Thu | 8/13/1998 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-24 | L | Montreal, QC | Percival Molson Stadium | 16399 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1998 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 42-6 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 23368 | |
| Thu | 8/27/1998 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 37-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20102 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1998 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-26 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 30065 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1998 | H | British Columbia Lions | 37-28 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 14218 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1998 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 46-22 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 13894 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1998 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-29 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 31923 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1998 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15-18 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 15272 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1998 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 40-13 | W | Montreal, QC | Percival Molson Stadium | 16268 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1998 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 28-38 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 24230 | |
| Fri | 10/23/1998 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-45 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 32717 | |
| Fri | 10/30/1998 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-31 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 33810 | |
| Eastern Division Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/8/1998 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 28-41 | L | Montreal, QC | Percival Molson Stadium | 17495 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Clifton Abraham | 3 | CB | 5-9 | 184 | 27 | Florida State | 10 | |
| Charles Assmann | 37 | LB | 6-2 | 221 | 26 | Guelph | 6 | |
| Jay Barker | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Alabama | 18 | |
| Andre Batson | 84 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | York | 16 | |
| Kerwin Bell | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 33 | Florida | 18 | |
| Arek Bigos | 5 | K | 5-9 | 178 | 25 | Waterloo | 12 | 0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 10 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi | 17 | |
| Anthony Bookman | 20 | RB | 5-7 | 190 | 22 | Stanford | 3 | |
| Fakhir Brown | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 193 | 21 | Grambling State | 6 | |
| Byron Capers | 16 | DB | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Florida State | 16 | |
| Michael Clemons | 31 | RB | 5-5 | 166 | 33 | William & Mary | 16 | |
| Terrence Cook | 90 | DT | 6-2 | 288 | 22 | Tulane | 1 | |
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 28 | SB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Saskatchewan | 18 | |
| Roger Dunbrack | 73 | DL | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Western Ontario | 13 | |
| James Dye | 82 | WR | 5-9 | 160 | 25 | Utah Valley State JC; Brigham Young | 1 | |
| Andrew English | 8 | SB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Chad Folk | 56 | C | 6-1 | 280 | 26 | Utah | 18 | |
| Chris Gioskos | 58 | OG | 6-2 | 274 | 31 | Ottawa | 18 | |
| Nealon Greene | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Clemson | 18 | |
| Jermaine Haley | 99 | DL | 6-4 | 315 | 25 | Butte CC | 16 | |
| Jayson Hansen | 53 | OL | 6-4 | 315 | 25 | Butte CC; Texas Tech | 10 | |
| Kato Hitson | 18 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Georgia Military JC; Murray State | 3 | |
| Eric Johnson | 27 | LB | 6-4 | 217 | 26 | Holmes CC; Idaho State | 18 | |
| Bobby Jurasin | 44 | DE | 6-1 | 250 | 34 | Northern Michigan | 2 | |
| Andre Kirwan | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Stanford | 9 | |
| Paul Masotti | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | Acadia | 18 | |
| Demetrious Maxie | 91 | DL | 6-2 | 265 | 25 | Long Beach CC; Texas-El Paso | 18 | |
| Toddrick McIntosh | 94 | DL | 6-3 | 277 | 26 | Florida State | 18 | |
| Maurice Miller | 97 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Wake Forest | 15 | |
| Derrell Mitchell | 87 | SB | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | Joliet JC; Texas Tech | 18 | |
| Dwayne Morgan | 62 | OT | 6-4 | 300 | 28 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Clemson | 16 | |
| George Nimako | 21 | S | 5-10 | 195 | 29 | Liberty | 18 | |
| Dexter Nottage | 90 | DL | 6-4 | 274 | 28 | Florida A&M | 2 | |
| Jeremy O'Day | 96 | OL-TE | 6-3 | 223 | 24 | Edinboro | 18 | 2 |
| Mike O'Shea | 50 | LB | 6-3 | 223 | 28 | Guelph | 18 | 18 |
| Pulu Poumele | 51 | OT | 6-3 | 315 | 26 | Arizona | 2 | |
| Noel Prefontaine | 1 | P-K | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Fullerton State; Arizona State; San Diego State | 18 | 0 |
| John Raposo | 41 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Toronto | 18 | |
| Brendan Rogers | 35 | LB | 6-1 | 237 | 30 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Eastern Washington | 18 | |
| Jude St. John | 66 | OG | 6-4 | 296 | 26 | Western Ontario | 18 | 18 |
| Steve Salter | 68 | OL | 6-4 | 300 | 26 | Ottawa | 10 | |
| Marcello Simmons | 9 | CB | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 15 | |
| Adrion Smith | 6 | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Missouri State | 8 | |
| Donald Smith | 19 | DB | 5-11 | 189 | 30 | Liberty | 18 | |
| Les Smith | 36 | S | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | The Citadel | 18 | |
| Sherman Smith | 25 | WR | 5-7 | 165 | 28 | Houston | 3 | |
| Steve Smith | 4 | WR | 5-8 | 170 | 24 | Independence CC; Chaffey JC; Utah State | 4 | |
| Tony Smith | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 214 | 28 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | |
| Terrence Warren | 83 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | Hampton | 2 | |
| Nigel Williams | 82 | WR | 6-4 | 206 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Willie Williams | 65 | OT | 6-6 | 300 | 31 | Louisiana State | 16 | |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 26 | DB | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Hudson Valley JC; James Madison | 18 | |
| Glen Young | 59 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Syracuse | 5 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | David Miller-Johnston | P-K | Concordia (Canada) |
| 2 | 12 | Roger Dunbrack | DL | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 20 | Jermaine Brown | RB | Winona State |
| 4 | 28 | Brian Mlachak | K | Calgary |
| 5 | 35 | Eric Shilts | WR | Toronto |
| 6 | 43 | Bill Mitoulas | LB | Notre Dame |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 128 | 93 | 153 | 0 | 452 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 140 | 85 | 134 | 410 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 394 | 87 | 274 | 33 | 176 | 1327 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 307 | 107 | 176 | 24 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrell Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
| Michael Clemons | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Jay Barker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Kato Hitson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Paul Masotti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Tony Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Kelly Wiltshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Antonious Bonner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Andre Kirwan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Marcello Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Arek Bigos | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 63.9 | 10 | 0 | 111 | |
| Noel Prefontaine | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 19 | 0 | 61 | |
| Nigel Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Andre Batson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Adrion Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 59 | 55.9 | 29 | 5 | 452 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 410 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Clemons | 148 | 610 | 4.1 | 25 | 3 |
| Jay Barker | 34 | 176 | 5.2 | 17 | 3 |
| Kerwin Bell | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Anthony Bookman | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Nealon Greene | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Smith | 23 | 26 | 1.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Derrell Mitchell | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Noel Prefontaine | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Demetrious Maxie | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 255 | 1050 | 4.1 | 26 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 1809 | 5.1 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Bell | 568 | 382 | 67.3 | 172 | 4991 | 8.8 | 13.1 | 66 | 27 | 4.8 | 14 | 2.5 | 100.3 | |||
| Jay Barker | 174 | 104 | 59.8 | 62 | 1276 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 46 | 3 | 1.7 | 8 | 4.6 | 69.0 | |||
| Nealon Greene | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 5 | 123 | 8.2 | 12.3 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 91.8 | ||
| Team Totals | 756 | 495 | 65.5 | 239 | 6390 | 8.5 | 12.9 | 66 | 30 | 4.0 | 22 | 2.9 | 65 | 93.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 583 | 328 | 56.3 | 236 | 4117 | 7.1 | 12.6 | 22 | 3.8 | 19 | 3.3 | 43 | 77.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrell Mitchell | 160 | 2000 | 12.5 | 46 | 10 |
| Michael Clemons | 93 | 995 | 10.7 | 41 | 6 |
| Paul Masotti | 66 | 897 | 13.6 | 66 | 2 |
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 47 | 651 | 13.9 | 47 | 3 |
| Andre Kirwan | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 31 | 1 |
| Tony Smith | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Terrence Warren | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jeremy O'Day | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nigel Williams | 61 | 1057 | 17.3 | 65 | 5 |
| Andrew English | 38 | 443 | 11.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Andre Batson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 495 | 6390 | 12.9 | 66 | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 328 | 4117 | 12.6 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Smith | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 58 | 1 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Donald Smith | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Adrion Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Miller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fakhir Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 213 | 11.2 | 58 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Prefontaine | 132 | 6169 | 46.7 | 86 | 10 | |
| Team Totals | 132 | 6169 | 46.7 | 856 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kato Hitson | 14 | 328 | 23.4 | 88 | 2 |
| Steve Smith | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Les Smith | 14 | 179 | 12.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Anthony Bookman | 17 | 122 | 7.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Smith | 17 | 116 | 6.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 10 | 74 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Michael Clemons | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| James Dye | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Marcello Simmons | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 110 | 1132 | 10.3 | 88 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arek Bigos | 43 | 2485 | 57.8 | 77 | 1 |
| Noel Prefontaine | 36 | 1923 | 53.4 | 70 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 79 | 4408 | 55.8 | 77 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Smith | 12 | 268 | 22.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 12 | 249 | 20.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Anthony Bookman | 7 | 187 | 26.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Kato Hitson | 7 | 169 | 24.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Michael Clemons | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Nigel Williams | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Les Smith | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
| James Dye | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Adrion Smith | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Jeremy O'Day | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Derrell Mitchell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 1422 | 21.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Demetrious Maxie | 8.0 | 51.0 |
| Jermaine Haley | 7.0 | 36.0 |
| Mike O'Shea | 6.0 | 58.0 |
| Toddrick McIntosh | 5.0 | 40.0 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 4.0 | 29.0 |
| Marcello Simmons | 4.0 | 29.0 |
| Maurice Miller | 4.0 | 18.0 |
| Eric Johnson | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Les Smith | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Roger Dunbrack | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 43.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Assmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Barker | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Batson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kerwin Bell | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Bookman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fakhir Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Byron Capers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Clemons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew English | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Folk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Gioskos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jermaine Haley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Masotti | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Demetrious Maxie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Toddrick McIntosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrell Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike O'Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Raposo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan Rogers | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Marcello Simmons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adrion Smith | 1 | 1 | 63 | 1 | |||
| Donald Smith | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Les Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nigel Williams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 4 | 4 | 36 | 1 | |||
| Glen Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 136 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 15 | 15 |
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