1968 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

2nd place Eastern Conference 9-5-0 .643

Head Coach: Leo Cahill

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

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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Allen Ray Aldridge	MLB	6-6	240	23	Prairie View A&M	14
31	Dick Aldridge	LB	6-0	198	27	Waterloo	5
17	Ron Arends	RDH-S	6-1	167	23	none	14
64	Walt Balasiuk	DT	6-2	260	29		5
19	Bob Blakely	HB	5-11	197	33	Minnesota	1
70	Mike Blum	LLB	6-0	225	25	Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan	8
57	Charlie Bray	ROG	6-0	255	23	Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma	9
41	Ron Capham	C	6-2	240	25	none	14
30	Jim Copeland	HB	5-9	180	29	none	13
40	Ken Corbin	LB	6-1	225	23	Miami (Florida)	4
11	Jim Dillard	FB	6-2	210	30	Oklahoma State	14
10	Jimmy Dye	RCB-LDH	5-10	163	23	Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida)	14
32	Mike Eben	FL	6-1	185	22	Toronto	14
68	Bill Frank	LOT-ROT	6-5	255	30	Colorado	14
12	Wally Gabler	QB	6-2	195	24	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan	14
54	Ed Harrington	RDE	6-3	240	27	Langston	14
71	Al Irwin	LOE	6-4	220	25	McMaster	14
40	Gord Judges	C-DT	6-3	245	21	none	1
69	Dave Knechtel	LDT-RDT	6-3	247	23	Wilfrid Laurier	14
15	Ed Learn	S-RDH	6-0	175	33	none	14
52	Chuck Liebrock	OG	6-1	245	23	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale	14
27	Marv Luster	LCB-LB	6-1	195	31	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	14
16	Dave Mann	P	6-1	190	36	Oregon State	14	0
76	Paul Markle	OE	6-2	214	22	Wilfrid Laurier	14
77	Pete Martin	RLB	6-0	205	28	Western Ontario	14
77	Pete Martin	RLB	6-0	205	28	Western Ontario	14
31	Grant McKee	LB	6-1	195	29	Michigan	7
60	Danny Nykoluk	ROT0LOT	6-3	248	34	none	14
57	Bob Peterson	ROG	6-1	235	26	Hastings	5
34	Gil Petmanis	LDH	6-0	179	26	none	14
72	Bob Petrich	LDE	6-4	253	27	Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M	7
75	Mel Profit	ROE	6-5	226	27	UCLA	14
20	Neil Smith	ROH	6-0	195	22	Boston University	14
53	Bob Swift	LOG	6-1	233	25	Clemson	14
33	Bill Symons	LOH	6-0	200	25	Colorado	14
24	Bob Taylor	LDE	6-3	238	28	Maryland-Eastern Shore	10
24	Bobby Taylor	FL	5-10	190	27	none	14
25	Dick Thornton	LCB-RCB	6-0	185	29	Northwestern	14
59	Mike Wadsworth	RDT-LDT	6-3	258	25	Notre Dame	14
19	Tom Wilkinson	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
Team Totals	66	89	39	90
Opponents Totals	63	74	73	56

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
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
Paul Markle	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
(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
Paul Markle	2	30	15.0	21	1
Mike Eben	1	7	7.0	7	0
Dick Thornton	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bob Blakely	1	5	5.0	5	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