1997 Toronto Argonauts - Pro Football Archives

1997 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

1st place East Division 15-3-0 .833

Jim Barker	Offensive Line
Bill Bradley	Defensive Coordinator
Daryl Edralin	Linebackers/Special Teams
Gary Etcheverry	Defensive Line
John Jenkins	Offensive Coordinator

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	6/13/1997	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18-14	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	13452
Wed	6/18/1997	A	Montreal Alouettes	40-0	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	6394
Fri	6/27/1997	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38-23	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	16551
Sun	7/6/1997	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20-15	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	14033
Sat	7/12/1997	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-27	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	22956
Thu	7/17/1997	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27-20	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	17222
Thu	7/24/1997	A	British Columbia Lions	34-20	W	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	23330
Thu	7/31/1997	H	Montreal Alouettes	46-8	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	16213
Thu	8/7/1997	A	Calgary Stampeders	35-45	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	25311
Thu	8/14/1997	H	Edmonton Eskimos	38-14	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	18031
Thu	8/21/1997	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27-1	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	17330
Mon	9/1/1997	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	46-3	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18377
Sun	9/7/1997	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	66-25	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21080
Sun	9/14/1997	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34-9	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	20234
Sat	9/20/1997	A	Edmonton Eskimos	25-24	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	38619
Sun	9/28/1997	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	41-9	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20004
Sat	10/4/1997	H	British Columbia Lions	46-3	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	17019
Sat	10/11/1997	H	Montreal Alouettes	28-21	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	17355
Sat	10/18/1997	H	Calgary Stampeders	48-17	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	24083
Sun	10/26/1997	A	Montreal Alouettes	38-43	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	10801
Sun	11/9/1997	H	Montreal Alouettes	37-30	W	Toronto, ON	SkyDome	30085	Eastern Division Final
Sun	11/16/1997	N	Saskatchewan Roughriders	47-23	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	60431	Grey Cup

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
3	Charles Anthony	DH	6-2	195	29	Nevada-Las Vegas	9
37	Ken Benson	LB	6-2	220	28	Butler CC; Arkansas	18
10	Antonious Bonner	LB	6-1	200	25	Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi	8
51	Noah Cantor	NT	6-3	210	26	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	18
80	Norm Casola	SB	6-3	225	28	Windsor	18
31	Michael Clemons	RB	5-5	166	32	William & Mary	18
28	Duane Dmytryshyn	SB	6-1	210	26	Saskatchewan	18
29	Robert Drummond	FB	6-1	205	30	Syracuse	15
24	Matt DuBuc	RB	5-7	175	24	Texas Tech	16
2	Doug Flutie	QB	5-10	178	35	Boston College	18	18
56	Chad Folk	C	6-1	280	25	Utah	18
94	Oscar Giles	DL	6-2	250	29	Texas	5
58	Chris Gioskos	OT	6-2	274	30	Ottawa	17
38	Reggie Givens	LB	6-0	234	26	Penn State	18
7	Johnnie Harris	DH	6-2	211	25	San Bernardino Valley JC; Mississippi State	18
97	Jim Hoffman	DT	6-4	280	25	Arizona	1
85	Jack Jackson	WR	5-8	174	25	Florida	3
27	Eric Johnson	LB	6-4	217	25	Holmes CC; Idaho State	6
81	Andre Kirwan	WR	6-1	180	23	Stanford	18
63	Mike Kiselak	C	6-3	300	30	Maryland	18
5	Jimmy Lee	WR	5-8	170	25	Rice	2
85	Felman Malveaux	WR	6-0	179	24	Michigan	3
88	Paul Masotti	WR	6-0	185	32	Acadia	18
91	Demetrious Maxie	DE	6-2	265	24	Long Beach CC; Texas-El Paso	18
87	Derrell Mitchell	SB	5-9	190	26	Joliet JC; Texas Tech	18
89	Denis Montana	SB	6-1	200	25	Concordia	3
21	George Nimako	S	5-10	195	28	Liberty	18
54	Jeremy O'Day	OT	6-3	223	23	Edinboro	18
50	Mike O'Shea	LB	6-3	223	27	Guelph	18
66	Roosevelt Patterson	OL	6-3	310	27	Alabama	1
57	Dan Payne	OG	6-7	294	31	Simon Fraser	18
61	John Raposo	DE	6-4	245	26	Toronto	18
35	Brendan Rogers	LB	6-1	237	29	Wenatchee Valley JC; Eastern Washington	18
68	Steve Salter	OL	6-4	300	25	Ottawa	1
32	Mike Saunders	RB	5-11	205	28	Iowa	7
9	Marcello Simmons	LB	6-1	180	26	Southern Methodist	18
12	Adrion Smith	CB	5-10	185	26	Missouri State	18
19	Donald Smith	CB	5-11	189	29	Liberty	14
36	Les Smith	S	5-10	180	27	The Citadel	18
73	Andrew Stewart	NT	6-5	265	32	Fresno CC; Cincinnati	18
13	Mike Vanderjagt	K-P	6-5	211	27	Allan Hancock JC; West Virginia	18	0
59	Pierre Vercheval	OG	6-1	275	33	Western Ontario	18
92	Rob Waldrop	DT	6-1	276	26	Arizona	17
11	Andre Ware	QB	6-2	205	29	Houston	18
65	Willie Williams	OT	6-6	300	30	Louisiana State	17
26	Kelly Wiltshire	DH	5-11	192	25	Hudson Valley JC; James Madison	18

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	1	Chad Folk	OL	Utah	from OTT
1	9	Matt DuBuc	SB	Texas Tech
2	17	Steve Salter	OL	Ottawa
3	18	Aldi Henry	CB	Michigan State	from WPG/SAS
3	24	Dave Mudge	OT	Michigan State
4	33	Jayson Hansen	OL	Texas Tech
5	41	Mark Giardetti	DE	Evangel
6	48	Kris Kershaw	QB	Salisbury State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		433	147	260	26	160	1183
Opponents Totals		268	84	158	26

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Mike Vanderjagt	0	77	77	100.0	0	0	33	43	76.7	14	0	190
Robert Drummond	18	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	108
Derrell Mitchell	17	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	102
Michael Clemons	15	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	0	92
Doug Flutie	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	30
Paul Masotti	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	30
Duane Dmytryshyn	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	18
Mike Saunders	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	18
Reggie Givens	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Jack Jackson	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Adrion Smith	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Andre Kirwan	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Felman Malveaux	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Jeremy O'Day	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Marcello Simmons	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Les Smith	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Andre Ware	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	78	77	77	100.0	1	1	33	43	76.7	14	0	660
Opponents Totals	33	28	28	100.0	3	5	28			7	2	327

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Robert Drummond	181	1134	6.3	78	12
Doug Flutie	92	542	5.9	34	5
Michael Clemons	50	315	6.3	47	4
Andre Ware	6	60	10.0	39	1
Mike Vanderjagt	2	25	12.5	13	0
Derrell Mitchell	1	6	6.0	6	0
Matt DuBuc	2	4	2.0	5	0
Mike Saunders	1	2	2.0	0	0
Team Totals	335	2088	6.2	78	22
Opponents Totals	310	1468	4.7		8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	RTG
Doug Flutie	673	430	63.9	219	5505	8.2	12.8	78	47	7.0	24	3.6		97.8
Andre Ware	26	15	57.7	11	193	7.4	12.9	71	2	7.7	0	0.0		106.7
Michael Clemons	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		79.2
Robert Drummond	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Mike Saunders	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Mike Vanderjagt	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Team Totals	703	447	63.6	232	5698	8.1	12.7	78	49	7.0	24	3.4	19	97.9
Opponents Totals	574	320	55.7	225	3721	6.5	11.6		19	3.3	29	5.1	49	65.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Michael Clemons	122	1085	8.9	56	10
Robert Drummond	85	840	9.9	75	6
Derrell Mitchell	77	1457	18.9	71	17
Paul Masotti	77	1011	13.1	51	5
Duane Dmytryshyn	22	468	21.3	78	3
Andre Kirwan	21	416	19.8	59	1
Mike Saunders	14	173	12.4	27	3
Jack Jackson	12	130	10.8	35	2
Felman Malveaux	9	88	9.8	30	1
Jeremy O'Day	2	21	10.5	16	1
Norm Casola	2	17	8.5	10	0
Matt DuBuc	2	5	2.5	4	0
Doug Flutie	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Kiselak	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	447	5708	12.8	78	49
Opponents Totals	320	3721	11.6		19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Les Smith	6	104	17.3	42	1
Adrion Smith	5	73	14.6	37	1
Johnnie Harris	5	72	14.4	53	0
Donald Smith	4	36	9.0	37	0
Charles Anthony	2	41	20.5	29	0
Kelly Wiltshire	2	14	7.0	13	0
Antonious Bonner	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike O'Shea	1	13	13.0	13	0
Reggie Givens	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ken Benson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	359	12.4	53	2
Opponents Totals	24

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS	NYDS
1997 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)	118	5303	44.9	80	-		886
Team Totals	118	5303	44.9	80	-
Opponents Totals					-	1126

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Michael Clemons	111	1070	9.6	65	1
Adrion Smith	7	51	7.3	25	0
Mike Saunders	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	119	1126	9.5	65	1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Mike Vanderjagt	113	6650	58.8	88	2
Team Totals	113	6650	58.8	88	2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Michael Clemons	49	1117	22.8	62	0
Les Smith	5	94	18.8	31	0
Felman Malveaux	3	65	21.7	30	0
Jimmy Lee	1	41	41.0	41	0
Kelly Wiltshire	3	27	9.0	14	0
Mike Saunders	1	26	26.0	26	0
Derrell Mitchell	1	17	17.0	17	0
Norm Casola	1	13	13.0	13	0
Donald Smith	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	65	1410	21.7	62	0
Opponents Totals

SACKS	NO	YDS
Andrew Stewart	8.0	45.0
Demetrious Maxie	7.0	53.0
Reggie Givens	6.0	57.0
Mike O'Shea	5.0	36.0
Les Smith	5.0	34.0
Rob Waldrop	5.0	27.0
Marcello Simmons	4.0	25.0
Ken Benson	4.0	23.0
Kelly Wiltshire	2.0	17.0
Antonious Bonner	1.0	8.0
Brendan Rogers	1.0	7.0
Noah Cantor	1.0	3.0
Team Totals	49.0
Opponents Totals	19.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Charles Anthony	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Benson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonious Bonner	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Noah Cantor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Casola	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Michael Clemons	6	5	1	0	0	0	0
Robert Drummond	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Flutie	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Givens	0	0	0	2	2	182	2
Johnnie Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Paul Masotti	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Demetrious Maxie	0	0	0	0	0
George Nimako	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike O'Shea	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brendan Rogers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marcello Simmons	0	0	0	1	1	65	1
Adrion Smith	0	0	0	2	2	22	1
Donald Smith	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Les Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Vanderjagt	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Vercheval	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Andre Ware	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Wiltshire	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	17	15	2	16	18	277	4
Opponents Totals		16		15	15

DEFENSE	TKL	DT	STT	FF	PD	TFL	TFLY
Mike O'Shea	74	44	30	2	1	3	4
Ken Benson	73	58	15	1	3	3	4
Adrion Smith	70	59	11	1	13	1	1
Johnnie Harris	61	54	7	2	8	2	8
Reggie Givens	59	56	3	3	6	4	14
Donald Smith	56	44	12	0	6	5	11
Marcello Simmons	52	49	3	0	2	1	1
Les Smith	47	41	6	1	3	1	4
Kelly Wiltshire	37	24	13	0	0	1	1
Demetrious Maxie	29	29	0	2	1	6	11
Rob Waldrop	25	25	0		0	2	4
Antonious Bonner	25	21	4	1	3	0	0
Charles Anthony	21	18	3	0	1	0	0
Noah Cantor	21	9	12	2	0	0	0
Brendan Rogers	20	7	13	0	1	0	0
Andrew Stewart	19	19	0		1	2	3
Eric Johnson	16	8	8	0	0	0	0
Oscar Giles	15	14	1		3	2	3
John Raposo	14	3	11		0	1	1
Norm Casola	13	0	13	0	0	0	0
Duane Dmytryshyn	11	2	9		0	1	2
George Nimako	11	0	11	0	0	0	0
Michael Clemons	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Drummond	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
Doug Flutie	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Vanderjagt	4	0	4	0	0	0	0
Derrell Mitchell	3	3	0		0	0	0
Paul Masotti	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Vercheval	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kiselak	2	2	0		0	0	0
Denis Montana	2	0	2		0	0	0
Chad Folk	1	1	0		0	0	0
Chris Gioskos	1	1	0		0	0	0
Andre Kirwan	1	1	0		0	0	0
Felman Malveaux	1	1	0		0	0	0
Dan Payne	1	1	0		0	0	0
Willie Williams	1	1	0		0	0	0
Matt DuBuc	1	0	1		0	0	0
Jeremy O'Day	1	0	1		0	0	0
Mike Saunders	1	0	1		0	0	0
Andre Ware	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hoffman	0	0	0		0	0	0
Jack Jackson	0	0	0		0	0	0
Jimmy Lee	0	0	0		0	0	0
Roosevelt Patterson	0	0	0		0	0	0
Steve Salter	0	0	0		0	0	0
Team Totals
Opponents Totals