CFL team season
1996 Toronto Argonauts season Head coach Don Matthews [1] Home field SkyDome [2] Record 15–3 Division place 1st, East Playoff finish Won Grey Cup
The 1996 Toronto Argonauts season was the 107th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in first place in the East Division with a 15–3 record and qualified for the playoffs after missing out during the previous season when they finished 4–14. The 11 win improvement was the greatest single-season turnaround in franchise history and the team's 15 regular season wins was the most ever recorded by an Argonaut team. In the playoffs, the Argonauts defeated the newly relocated Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern Final and qualified for the 84th Grey Cup . Toronto defeated the Edmonton Eskimos by a score of 43–37, the second highest scoring Grey Cup game in history, and won their 13th Grey Cup championship .
Offseason [ ]
CFL Draft [ ]
Rd
Pick
Player
Position
School
1
2
Kelly Wiltshire
CB
James Madison
3
20
WR
Humboldt State
4
36
DE
Toronto
6
46
Tim Biakabutuka
RB
Michigan
7
55
WR
Windsor
[3]
Preseason [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Location
Final Score
Attendance
Record
A
June 13
Tiger-Cats
SkyDome
L 27 – 37 (OT)
13,247
0–1
B
June 19
@ Rough Riders
Frank Clair Stadium
W 34 – 6
14,024
1–1
[4]
Regular season [ ]
Season standings [ ]
East Division
Team
GP
W
L
T
PF
PA
Pts
Toronto Argonauts
18
15
3
0
556
359
30
Montreal Alouettes
18
12
6
0
536
467
24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
18
8
10
0
426
576
16
Ottawa Rough Riders
18
3
15
0
352
524
6
[5]
Regular season [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Location
Final Score
Attendance
Record
1
June 27
@ Alouettes
Olympic Stadium
W 27 – 24
24,653
1–0
2
July 4
Tiger-Cats
SkyDome
L 36 – 38
26,333
1–1
3
July 11
@ Blue Bombers
Canad Inns Stadium
W 35 – 14
24,882
2–1
4
July 17
Rough Riders
SkyDome
W 34 – 4
17,288
3–1
5
July 26
@ Roughriders
Taylor Field
W 40 – 16
24,902
4–1
6
August 1
Alouettes
SkyDome
W 40 – 31
20,302
5–1
7
August 8
Eskimos
SkyDome
W 24 – 21
20,030
6–1
8
August 15
@ Rough Riders
Frank Clair Stadium
W 42 – 19
15,220
7–1
9
August 24
Rough Riders
SkyDome
W 28 – 21
17,186
8–1
10
September 2
@ Tiger-Cats
Ivor Wynne Stadium
W 38 – 7
27,517
9–1
11
September 8
Roughriders
SkyDome
W 31 – 13
17,576
10–1
12
September 14
@ Lions
BC Place Stadium
L 11 – 35
15,323
10–2
13
September 21
Stampeders
SkyDome
W 23 – 22
27,209
11–2
14
Bye
15
October 5
Blue Bombers
SkyDome
W 28 – 12
17,310
12–2
16
October 14
@ Stampeders
McMahon Stadium
L 23 – 30
27,436
12–3
17
October 20
@ Eskimos
Commonwealth Stadium
W 24 – 17
27,567
13–3
18
October 27
Lions
SkyDome
W 25 – 21
20,657
14–3
19
November 2
@ Tiger-Cats
Ivor Wynne Stadium
W 47 – 14
23,001
15–3
[4]
Postseason [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Location
Final Score
Attendance
East Final
November 17
Alouettes
SkyDome
W 43–7
28,390
Grey Cup
November 24
Eskimos
Ivor Wynne Stadium
W 43–37
38,595
[4]
Awards and records [ ]
[8]
1996 CFL All-Stars [ ]
WR- Terrance Lawrence
[8]
References [ ]
Bold indicates Grey Cup victory
Toronto Argonauts
Founded in 1873
Based in Toronto, Ontario
Franchise Stadiums Culture and lore Important figures Retired numbers Key personnel Radio
English
TSN 1050
CFRB 1010
French
CHOQ FM 105,1
Grey Cup Championships (17) Eastern Division/IRFU Championships (24) Current league affiliations
League: Canadian Football League
Division: East