1978 Toronto Argonauts - Pro Football Archives

1978 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

4th place Eastern Conference 4-12-0 .250

Head Coach: Leo Cahill (3-6-0); Bud Riley (1-6-0)

Chuck Dickerson	Offensive Line
Tom Dimitroff	Offensive Coordinator
Lorne Richardson	Assistant Defensive
Bud Riley	Offensive Coordinator
Jim Rountree	Assistant Coach
Del Wigt	Defensive Line

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	6/17/1978	A	Edmonton Eskimos	14-16	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25007
Thu	6/22/1978	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35-4	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	37207
Thu	6/29/1978	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-11	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	38120
Tue	7/4/1978	A	Montreal Alouettes	24-27	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	34191
Wed	7/12/1978	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34-22	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	49950
Tue	7/18/1978	A	Montreal Alouettes	23-30	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	51388
Wed	7/26/1978	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	20-16	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	48159
Wed	8/2/1978	H	Montreal Alouettes	16-11	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	52308
Tue	8/8/1978	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	18-37	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	30723
Wed	8/16/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	3-40	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	49168
Sun	8/27/1978	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10-31	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19341
Mon	9/4/1978	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-19	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	31377
Sun	9/10/1978	H	Montreal Alouettes	2-27	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	46202
Sat	9/16/1978	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14-19	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27201
Sat	9/30/1978	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	3-24	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	45210
Sat	10/7/1978	A	Calgary Stampeders	16-22	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26190
Sat	10/14/1978	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-7	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	41250
Sat	10/21/1978	A	Montreal Alouettes	7-30	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	45547
Sun	10/29/1978	H	British Columbia Lions	15-31	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	40120
Sun	11/5/1978	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-23	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	310005

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	Steve Ackroyd	DB	6-1	175	22	Sheridan	2
	Tim Allan	OT	6-2	240	23	Toronto	5
12	Rodney Allison	QB	5-11	188	22	Texas Tech	15
	Wayne Allison	DB	5-11	185	29	Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier	5
65	Nick Bastaja	OT	6-2	255	25	Simon Fraser	16
20	Paul Bennett	DB	5-10	195	24	Wilfrid Laurier	16
	Dan Bovair	DB	6-1	185	25	Wilfrid Laurier	3
24	Mark Bragagnolo	RB	6-1	215	23	Toronto	14
	Larry Brame	LB	6-1	215	30	Western Kentucky	5
	Elton Brown	DE	6-2	254	27	San Diego CC; Utah State	2
	Ecomet Burley	DT	5-10	240	24	Texas Tech	1
	Kent Carter	LB	6-3	235	28	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	2
	Gene Clark	OT-OG	6-3	250	27	UCLA	7
13	Ken Clark	P	6-2	196	30	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	11
79	Jim Corrigall	DE	6-3	235	32	Kent State	12
	Brad Cousino	LB	6-0	215	25	Miami (Ohio)	4
	Tom Davis	OG	6-2	260	23	Nebraska	4
75	Anthony Dickerson	LB	6-2	222	21	Trinity Valley CC; Southern Methodist	1
59	Greg Dubinetz	OG	6-4	260	24	Yale	2
18	Chuck Ealey	QB	6-0	195	28	Toledo	12
33	Dwight Edwards	WR	5-10	170	24	Mississauga Raiders Jrs.	14
64	Bill Ellenbogen	OT	6-5	258	28	Buffalo; Virginia Tech	6
25	Terry Evanshen	WR	5-10	185	34	Utah State	8
	Greg Fairchild	OG	6-4	257	24	Tulsa	3
	John Foubert	T	6-6	255	25	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.	14
58	Stew Francis	C	6-1	231	29	Simon Fraser	14
30	Billy Hardee	DB	6-1	184	24	Virginia Tech	6
	Buddy Hardeman	RB	6-0	202	24	Iowa State	3
16	Eric Harris	DB	6-3	202	23	Memphis	16
7	M.L. Harris	SB	6-5	238	24	Tampa; Kansas State	12
	Dennis Heim	DT	6-4	248	22	Missouri State	2
34	Dwight Hicks	DB	6-1	190	22	Michigan	3
57	Ralph Hill	OG	6-1	245	29	Florida A&M	11
28	John Kinch	RB	6-1	205	24	Youngstown State	8
17	Gordie Knowlton	LB	5-11	214	29	Jacksonville State	16
	Rick Koswin	WR	6-2	201	24	Manitoba	2
	Rich Lewis	LB	6-2	223	28	Portland State	5
	Granville Liggins	DT	6-0	225	32	Oklahoma	7
	Neil Lumsden	RB	6-1	225	26	Ottawa	6
42	Doug MacIver	DE	6-3	245	25	Manitoba	16
15	Jim Marshall	DB	6-0	187	26	Jackson State	16
	Mark McDonald	WR	5-10	170	27	Wenatchee JC; Washington	1
21	Terry Metcalf	RB	5-10	185	27	Everett CC; Long Beach State	15
72	Peter Muller	TE	6-4	230	27	Western Illinois	16
69	Bill Norton	OG	6-2	244	24	Weber State	15
	Joel Parrish	OG	6-3	256	23	Georgia	6
	Darrell Penner	DB	6-0	190	25	Queen's	2
	Tom Poe	LB	6-0	215	26	Washington State	5
76	Harold Randolph	LB	6-2	215	22	East Carolina	5
	Rick Razzano	LB	5-11	227	23	Virginia Tech	8
	Doug Redl	OL	6-4	242	22	Saskatchewan	6
	Dave Rigg	DB	6-1	177	24	London Beefeaters Jrs.; Western Ontario	5
	Phil Rogers	RB	5-10	185	24	Virginia Tech	4
71	Al Romano	DT	6-3	225	24	Pittsburgh	6
61	Bruce Smith	DT	6-1	235	29	Colorado	16
	Marty Smith	DT	6-3	250	25	Louisville	2
77	Wayne Smith	DE	6-4	230	28	Halifax Buccaneers Srs.	12
73	Rick Sowieta	LB	6-3	215	24	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.; Richmond	12
9	Ian Sunter	K	6-0	215	26	Burlington Braves Jrs.	16	0
	David Thomas	DB	5-10	175	27	Texas Southern	8
	Ike Thomas	DB	6-2	193	31	Bishop	10
	Craig Thomson	LB	6-0	210	24	Ottawa	3
	Ira Watley	OT	6-6	267	27	San Diego State	1
	Gary Weinlein	DB	5-10	180	25	Hudson Valley CC	2
	Alvin White	QB	6-3	219	25	Orange Coast JC; Oregon State	5
	Mike Williams	DB	5-10	180	23	Texas A&M	2
74	Slade Willis	WR	6-1	180	28	Drake	16
	Morris Zubkewych	C	6-3	245	27	Simon Fraser	2

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Mark Brown	RB	Guelph
3	23	Jerry Gulyes	K	Wilfrid Laurier
4	32	John Greenough	DT	McMaster
5	41	Tim Jones	WR	Simon Fraser
6	50	Tim Jones	C	Simon Fraser
7	59	Clark Johnson	WR	Concordia (Quebec)
8	68	Stan Strecker	DB	Guelph

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	23	64	55	92
Opponents Totals	81	80	116	12

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		264	109	120	35	185	1455
Opponents Totals		271	108	137	26	164	1345

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Ian Sunter	0	22	22	100.0	0		16	33	48.5	13	0	83
Mark Bragagnolo	5	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	30
M.L. Harris	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	18
Terry Metcalf	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	18
Alvin White	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	18
Slade Willis	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	18
Tim Allan	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Chuck Ealey	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Dwight Edwards	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Terry Evanshen	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Neil Lumsden	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Peter Muller	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Ken Clark	0	0	0		0		0	0		5	0	5
(Team)	0	0	0		0		0	0		0	4	8
Team Totals	23	22	22	100.0	0	1	16	33	48.5	18	4	234
Opponents Totals	37	34			1		38	51	74.5	15	1	389

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Metcalf	169	669	4.0	26	2
Mark Bragagnolo	82	377	4.6	19	3
Chuck Ealey	52	373	7.2	37	1
Phil Rogers	25	105	4.2	15	0
John Kinch	21	82	3.9	13	0
Rodney Allison	13	49	3.8	23	0
Neil Lumsden	12	48	4.0	9	1
Alvin White	15	47	3.1	15	3
Dwight Edwards	4	24	6.0	8	0
M.L. Harris	5	16	3.2	11	0
Buddy Hardeman	7	13	1.9	4	0
Ken Clark	1	7	7.0	7	0
Peter Muller	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	407	1806	4.4		10
Opponents Totals	462	2016	4.4

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Chuck Ealey	206	112	54.4	88	1420	6.9	12.7	71	8	3.9	6	2.9	76.9
Alvin White	135	65	48.1	57	936	6.9	14.4	80	3	2.2	13	9.6	38.9
Rodney Allison	100	51	51.0	44	498	5.0	9.8	37	1	1.0	5	5.0	47.8
Ken Clark	1	1	100.0	0	27	27.0	27.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
Terry Metcalf	4	1	25.0	3	16	4.0	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	43.8
Ian Sunter	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	447	230	51.5	193	2897	6.5	12.6		12	2.7	24	5.4	58.5
Opponents Totals	382	220	57.6	149	2912	7.6	13.2				13	3.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Peter Muller	45	585	13.0	42	1
Slade Willis	38	587	15.4	37	3
M.L. Harris	32	496	15.5	43	3
Terry Metcalf	31	269	8.7	34	1
Mark Bragagnolo	25	160	6.4	30	2
Dwight Edwards	17	404	23.8	71	1
Phil Rogers	13	86	6.6	13	0
Terry Evanshen	11	136	12.4	30	1
John Kinch	8	14	1.8	12	0
Buddy Hardeman	4	37	9.3	22	0
Neil Lumsden	3	7	2.3	8	0
Ken Clark	1	80	80.0	80	0
Billy Hardee	1	27	27.0	27	0
David Thomas	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	230	2897	12.6		12
Opponents Totals	220	2912	13.2

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Eric Harris	3	27	9.0	14	0
Paul Bennett	2	72	36.0	41	0
Dwight Hicks	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Marshall	2	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Brame	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dave Rigg	1	3	3.0	3	0
Al Romano	1	3	3.0	3	0
Rick Razzano	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	13	119	9.2		0
Opponents Totals	24	552	23.0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ken Clark	98	4337	44.3	76	5
Ian Sunter	41	1599	39.0	89	1
Neil Lumsden	3	115	38.3	54	0
Team Totals	142	6051	42.6
Opponents Totals	137	5936	43.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Bennett	46	365	7.9	28	0
Terry Metcalf	27	239	8.9	35	0
David Thomas	15	113	7.5	30	0
Dwight Hicks	6	60	10.0	19	0
Mike Williams	6	40	6.7	15	0
Dave Rigg	1	31	31.0	31	0
Billy Hardee	5	25	5.0	10	0
Gordie Knowlton	2	9	4.5	7	0
Gary Weinlein	2	2	1.0	3	0
Team Totals	110	884	8.0		0
Opponents Totals	134	1495	11.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ian Sunter	43	2316	53.9	90	1
Team Totals	43	2316	53.9
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Bennett	32	757	23.7	47	0
Terry Metcalf	18	446	24.8	54	0
Dwight Edwards	6	104	17.3	24	0
Buddy Hardeman	3	85	28.3	42	0
Mike Williams	2	33	16.5	17	0
Neil Lumsden	1	29	29.0	29	0
Phil Rogers	1	21	21.0	21	0
M.L. Harris	1	20	20.0	20	0
Billy Hardee	2	18	9.0	10	0
Jim Marshall	1	17	17.0	17	0
David Thomas	1	17	17.0	17	0
Wayne Allison	1	15	15.0	15	0
Eric Harris	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	70	1562	22.3		0
Opponents Totals	39	752	19.3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Tim Allan	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Wayne Allison	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Nick Bastaja	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Bennett	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Bragagnolo	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Clark	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Cousino	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
Anthony Dickerson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Ealey	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Greg Fairchild	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stew Francis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Hardee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Hardeman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Harris	1	1	1	1	2	12	0
John Kinch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gordie Knowlton	0	0	0	3	3	2	0
Neil Lumsden	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Metcalf	9	5	1	0	1	0	0
Peter Muller	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Poe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Rick Razzano	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Rigg	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Phil Rogers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Smith	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Wayne Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Sowieta	0	0	2	4	6	18	0
David Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ike Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gary Weinlein	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alvin White	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Slade Willis	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	30	22	8	25	33	43	1
Opponents Totals		25		22	22