1977 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

3rd place Eastern Conference 6-10-0 .375

Head Coach: Leo Cahill

Chuck Dickerson	Assistant Coach
Lamar Leachman	Assistant Coach
George Mira	Assistant Coach
Jim Rountree	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	6/14/1977	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	7-7	T	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16877
Wed	6/22/1977	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12-21	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20061
Wed	6/29/1977	H	Montreal Alouettes	6-20	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	39103
Wed	7/7/1977	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	28-6	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	39804
Tue	7/12/1977	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20-21	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27502
Wed	7/20/1977	H	Montreal Alouettes	10-16	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	47320
Wed	7/27/1977	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	17-1	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	45540
Wed	8/3/1977	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	11-41	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	27643
Wed	8/10/1977	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22-1	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	48120
Wed	8/17/1977	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	26-27	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	49714
Tue	8/23/1977	A	British Columbia Lions	0-30	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	24873
Tue	9/6/1977	A	Montreal Alouettes	20-14	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	69093
Sat	9/10/1977	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12-25	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	47498
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Montreal Alouettes	19-13	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	47138
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Montreal Alouettes	18-6	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	62832
Mon	10/10/1977	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	43-2	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	34390
Sun	10/16/1977	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10-29	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	49242
Sun	10/23/1977	A	Edmonton Eskimos	12-16	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25388
Sun	10/30/1977	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	4-14	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	31365
Sat	11/5/1977	H	Calgary Stampeders	7-10	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	40747
Eastern Semi-Final
Sun	11/13/1977	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	16-21	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	24875

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

Game Score Notes
7/7/1977	Ottawa Rough Riders	Postponed from 7/6

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	Wayne Allison	DB	5-11	185	28	Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier	5
19	Zenon Andrusyshyn	K-P	6-2	210	29	UCLA	16	0
65	Nick Bastaja	OT	6-2	255	24	Simon Fraser	13
20	Paul Bennett	DB	5-10	195	23	Wilfrid Laurier	16
24	Mark Bragagnolo	RB	6-1	215	22	Toronto	18
44	Larry Brame	LB	6-1	215	29	Western Kentucky	6
62	Ecomet Burley	DT	5-10	240	23	Texas Tech	16
50	Gene Clark	OG-OT	6-3	250	26	UCLA	13
	Lewis Cook	DB	5-11	180	31	Arizona Western JC; Idaho State	2
79	Jim Corrigall	DE	6-3	235	31	Kent State	15
18	Chuck Ealey	QB	6-0	195	27	Toledo	16
9	Mike Eben	WR	6-1	185	31	Toronto	4
	Ron Foxx	LB	6-3	220	26	Alabama A&M	8
58	Stew Francis	C	6-1	231	28	Simon Fraser	10
	Dennis Franklin	QB-WR	6-1	185	24	Michigan	7
	Peter Gabriel	FL	6-1	187	23	McMaster	3
16	Eric Harris	DB	6-3	202	22	Memphis	16
	Wally Highsmith	OT-OG	6-4	238	34	Florida A&M	5
	Tony Hill	RB	6-2	229	27	Stetson	8
	Richard Holmes	RB	5-10	222	25	Edinboro	3
	Andre Johnson	DB	5-10	180	25	Fisk	2
14	Kelvin Kirk	WR	5-10	181	23	Dayton	16
17	Gordie Knowlton	LB-SB	5-11	214	28	Jacksonville State	14
35	Rich Lewis	LB	6-2	223	27	Portland State	1
51	Granville Liggins	DT-OG	6-0	225	31	Oklahoma	7
	Rudy Linterman	SB	5-11	205	30	Idaho	10
	Mike Logan	DB	6-2	198	27	Eastern Michigan	5
12	Clint Longley	QB	6-1	193	25	Abilene Christian	6
32	Neil Lumsden	RB	6-1	225	25	Ottawa	16
42	Doug MacIver	DT-DE	6-3	245	24	Manitoba	16
52	Alan MacLean	C-OG	6-2	245	22	Bishop's	15
15	Jim Marshall	DB	6-0	187	25	Jackson State	13
	Donnie McGraw	RB	5-10	176	24	Trinity Valley CC; Houston	6
	Bryan McLaughlin	C	6-2	245	23	Simon Fraser	1
23	Leon McQuay	HB	5-9	195	27	Tampa	7
	George Mira	QB	5-11	190	35	Miami (Florida)	6
	Tony Moro	TE	5-11	218	30	Dayton	7
	Alex Morris	DB	6-0	186	25	Queen's	2
72	Peter Muller	TE	6-4	230	26	Western Illinois	15
57	Ray Nettles	LB	6-2	220	28	Tennessee	16
54	Joel Parrish	OG	6-3	256	22	Georgia	16
	Matthew Reed	QB	6-4	225	26	Grambling State	2
27	Lorne Richardson	DB	6-0	188	27	Colorado	16
	Rudy Sims	DT	6-0	255	29	Florida A&M	3
	Bruce Smith	DE-DT	6-1	235	28	Colorado	3
	Kerry Smith	WR	5-10	168	23	none	2
6	Ward Smith	DB	5-10	186	30	Colorado State; Walla Walla CC	10
77	Wayne Smith	DE	6-4	230	27	none	16
68	Peter Sorenson	OT	6-5	243	26	Bishop's	13
73	Rick Sowieta	LB-TE	6-3	215	23	Richmond	16
	David Thomas	DB	5-10	175	26	Texas Southern	2
26	Ike Thomas	DB	6-2	193	30	Bishop	11
	Cornelius Walker	DE	6-2	250	24	Rice	4
21	Slade Willis	SB	6-1	180	27	Drake	6
66	Mike Wilson	OT	6-5	280	22	Georgia	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Paul Bennett	DB	Wilfrid Laurier
Mark Bragagnolo	RB	Toronto

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Rick Sowieta	LB	Richmond
2	11	Cliff Pelham	DB	Dalhousie
3	20	Alan MacLean	G	Bishop's
4	29	Brian Anderson	C	Guelph
5	38	David Bossey	LB	Notre Dame
6	47	Hugh Fraser	WR	Ottawa
7	56	Greg Mosher	DB	Dalhousie
8	65	Tom Arnott	DT	Guelph
9	74	Sam Sinopoli	WR	Toronto
10	83	John Vernon	LB	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	57	65	77	52
Opponents Totals	66	81	50	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		269	145	102	22	198	1529
Opponents Totals		279	91	142	46	183	1637

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Zenon Andrusyshyn	0	22	22	100.0	0	0	23	37	62.2	15	0	106
Chuck Ealey	4	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	0	26
Neil Lumsden	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	0	25
Kelvin Kirk	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	18
Donnie McGraw	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Mark Bragagnolo	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Mike Eben	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Eric Harris	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Richard Holmes	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Gordie Knowlton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Rich Lewis	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Rudy Linterman	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Leon McQuay	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Ike Thomas	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Slade Willis	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	23	22	22	100.0	1	1	23	37	62.2	16	2	251
Opponents Totals	24	23			1		29	49	59.2	10	0	266

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Neil Lumsden	145	677	4.7	33	3
Chuck Ealey	99	663	6.7	30	4
Donnie McGraw	89	360	4.0	25	1
Leon McQuay	76	307	4.0	16	0
Mark Bragagnolo	52	261	5.0	23	0
Richard Holmes	31	151	4.9	28	1
Dennis Franklin	7	47	6.7	17	0
Matthew Reed	5	46	9.2	18	0
Rudy Linterman	3	17	5.7	10	0
George Mira	1	15	15.0	15	0
Clint Longley	7	8	1.1	5	0
Team Totals	515	2552	5.0		9
Opponents Totals	429	1747	4.1

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Chuck Ealey	240	135	56.3	94	1653	6.9	12.2	62	8	3.3	11	4.6	69.7
Clint Longley	56	30	53.6	20	373	6.7	12.4	45	2	3.6	6	10.7	46.8
George Mira	13	4	30.8	8	48	3.7	12.0	24	0	0.0	1	7.7	11.1
Matthew Reed	18	4	22.2	12	48	2.7	12.0	20	0	0.0	2	11.1	0.0
Dennis Franklin	8	2	25.0	4	34	4.3	17.0	22	0	0.0	2	25.0	5.2
Neil Lumsden	2	1	50.0	1	10	5.0	10.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	64.6
Wayne Allison	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Zenon Andrusyshyn	2	1	50.0	1	-4	-2.0	-4.0	-4	0	0.0	0	0.0	56.3
Team Totals	340	177	52.1	141	2162	6.4	12.2		10	2.9	22	6.5	54.8
Opponents Totals	440	242	55.0	175	2963	6.7	12.2				23	5.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Peter Muller	43	475	11.0	35	0
Kelvin Kirk	32	577	18.0	62	3
Neil Lumsden	20	144	7.2	24	1
Leon McQuay	13	139	10.7	35	1
Donnie McGraw	11	109	9.9	57	1
Tony Hill	8	105	13.1	24	0
Rudy Linterman	8	99	12.4	18	1
Dennis Franklin	8	78	9.8	18	0
Richard Holmes	8	46	5.8	13	0
Slade Willis	7	98	14.0	29	1
Tony Moro	4	61	15.3	20	0
Gordie Knowlton	3	55	18.3	22	0
Mark Bragagnolo	3	49	16.3	21	1
Peter Gabriel	3	47	15.7	21	0
Mike Eben	3	42	14.0	20	1
Mike Wilson	1	15	15.0	15	0
Wayne Allison	1	14	14.0	14	0
Alex Morris	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	177	2162	12.2		10
Opponents Totals	242	2963	12.2

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Eric Harris	7	166	23.7	115	1
Paul Bennett	4	82	20.5	37	0
Jim Marshall	3	42	14.0	37	0
Ike Thomas	2	44	22.0	28	1
David Thomas	2	27	13.5	27	0
Gordie Knowlton	2	21	10.5	20	0
Ward Smith	1	16	16.0	16	0
Larry Brame	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lorne Richardson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	398	17.3		2
Opponents Totals	22	488	22.2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Zenon Andrusyshyn	128	5788	45.2	108	-
Neil Lumsden	8	465	58.1	86	-
Team Totals	136	6253	46.0		-
Opponents Totals	162	7220	44.6		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Bennett	75	965	12.9	59	0
Kelvin Kirk	30	213	7.1	36	0
Rudy Linterman	12	77	6.4	14	0
Ward Smith	3	5	1.7	7	0
Jim Marshall	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	121	1260	10.4		0
Opponents Totals	110	1287	11.7

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Zenon Andrusyshyn	43	2360	54.9	85	2
Team Totals	43	2360	54.9
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Bennett	14	375	26.8	49	0
Kelvin Kirk	12	265	22.1	34	0
Leon McQuay	5	114	22.8	33	0
Richard Holmes	2	48	24.0	31	0
Mark Bragagnolo	1	38	38.0	38	0
Neil Lumsden	2	33	16.5	17	0
Ron Foxx	2	29	14.5	15	0
Donnie McGraw	1	10	10.0	10	0
Gordie Knowlton	1	8	8.0	8	0
Ward Smith	2	6	3.0	5	0
Eric Harris	3	0	0.0	0	0
Peter Muller	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	47	926	19.7		0
Opponents Totals	40	805	20.1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Zenon Andrusyshyn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Bastaja	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Bennett	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Bragagnolo	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Ecomet Burley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Corrigall	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
Chuck Ealey	7	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Eben	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Foxx	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stew Francis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Franklin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Harris	1	0	1	3	4	2	0
Richard Holmes	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kelvin Kirk	4	2	1	0	1	0	0
Gordie Knowlton	1	1	1	1	2	17	1
Rich Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Clint Longley	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Lumsden	6	5	2	0	2	0	0
Donnie McGraw	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Leon McQuay	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Mira	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Nettles	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Joel Parrish	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Matthew Reed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lorne Richardson	0	0	0	1	1	19	0
Ward Smith	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Smith	0	0	0	3	3	15	0
Rick Sowieta	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Slade Willis	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
Mike Wilson	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	46	31	15	16	31	63	2
Opponents Totals		16		31	31