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	Score		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

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
	Harry Abofs	RB	6-1	207	24	Tennessee Tech	6
31	Dick Aldridge	LB	6-0	198	31	Waterloo	14
23	Eric Allen	RB	5-10	162	23	Michigan State	14
	Tim Anderson	DB	6-0	195	23	Ohio State	1
19	Zenon Andrusyshyn	K	6-2	210	24	UCLA	14	0
30	Chip Barrett	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
57	Charlie Bray	OG	6-0	255	27	Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma	14
8	Jim Chasey	QB	6-1	185	23	Dartmouth	6
79	Jim Corrigall	DE	6-3	235	26	Kent State	13
16	Dave Cranmer	RB	6-1	205	28	Bowling Green State	8
51	Doug Dersch	LB	6-1	240	26	Calgary	8
44	Paul Desjardins	C	6-3	255	29	Ottawa	14
10	Jimmy Dye	DB	5-10	163	27	Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida)	14
9	Mike Eben	FL	6-1	185	26	Toronto	14
58	Stew Francis	C	6-1	231	23	Simon Fraser	14
5	Wally Gabler	QB	6-2	195	28	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan	10
	Jim Henderson	SE	6-4	215	29	Simpson	3
56	Noah Jackson	OG	6-2	264	21	Tampa	14
65	Ellison Kelly	OT	6-1	231	37	Michigan State	14
69	Dave Knechtel	DT	6-3	247	27	Wilfrid Laurier	14
	Gary Kuzyk	SE	6-0	190	26	Otterbein	2
34	Ray Langcaster	RB	5-10	180	25	St. Francis Xavier	12
27	Marv Luster	DB	6-1	195	35	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	14
76	Gene Mack	LB	6-2	240	23	Texas-El Paso	14
20	Ivan MacMillan	K	5-8	157	20	none	9	0
	Pete Martin	LB	6-0	205	32	Western Ontario	6
24	Leon McQuay	RB	5-9	195	22	Tampa	14
62	Ron Mikolajczyk	OT	6-3	280	22	Marshall; Tampa	14
11	Tony Moro	TE	5-11	218	25	Dayton	14
17	Peter Paquette	DB	6-1	198	28	Iowa	14
14	Dave Raimey	DB	5-10	190	32	Michigan	13
	Roger Scales	OG	6-0	235	28	Wenatchee Valley JC; Brigham Young	4
12	Elmer Sprogis	DB	5-10	187	25	Trinity (Connecticut)	14
68	Jim Stillwagon	DT	6-0	239	23	Ohio State	14
33	Bill Symons	RB	6-0	200	29	Colorado	14
75	John Tanner	DE	6-4	237	27	Brevard JC; Tennessee Tech	9
	Joe Theismann	QB	6-0	195	23	Notre Dame	6
25	Dick Thornton	DB	6-0	185	33	Northwestern	4
64	John Trainor	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
Team Totals	69	73	53	59
Opponents Totals	50	81	63	104

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
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
Jim Chasey	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
(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%	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
Ray Langcaster	5	29	5.8	17	0
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
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	S
Zenon Andrusyshyn	125	5626	45.0	75	-
Wally Gabler	1	30	30.0	30	-
Dick Thornton	1	3	3.0	3	-
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