1981 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1981 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–14 record and failed to make the playoffs.

1981 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Willie Wood Tommy Hudspeth (interim)[1]
Home field	Exhibition Stadium[2]
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform
← 1980 Argonauts seasons 1982 →

Offseason

Regular season

In spite of a 2–14 record, the Argonauts actually ended their season occupying the final playoff spot in the East (the crossover rule, intended to prevent such a weak third place team from making the playoffs, had not yet been implemented). Had the Montreal Alouettes lost their final regular season game against the Ottawa Rough Riders, they would have also finished 2–14 in which case the Argonauts would have qualified has they had scored more points in head-to-head games. However, Montreal won their last game to finish 3–13 and in third place.

Standings

East Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	11	4	1	23	414	335	6–0	W1	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	5	11	0	10	306	446	3–3	L1	Details
Montreal Alouettes	16	3	13	0	6	267	518	2–4	W1	Details
Toronto Argonauts	16	2	14	0	4	241	506	1–5	L2	Details

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Record	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	July 2	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 18–19	0–1	Exhibition Stadium	33,243
2	July 10	at Montreal Alouettes	L 22–23	0–2	Olympic Stadium	35,281
3	July 16	vs. BC Lions	L 29–32	0–3	Exhibition Stadium	37,116
4	July 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 13–57	0–4	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30,022
5	July 30	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18–21	0–5	Exhibition Stadium	36,102
6	Aug 7	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 11–38	0–6	Lansdowne Park	22,658
7	Aug 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–22	0–7	Exhibition Stadium	38,268
8	Aug 23	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 14–38	0–8	Taylor Field	26,100
9	Bye
10	Sept 7	at Calgary Stampeders	L 5–23	0–9	McMahon Stadium	30,381
11	Sept 13	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 6–23	0–10	Exhibition Stadium	30,340
12	Sept 19	at BC Lions	L 14–45	0–11	Empire Stadium	20,196
13	Sept 27	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 29–26	1–11	Exhibition Stadium	28,634
14	Bye
15	Oct 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 12–43	1–12	Winnipeg Stadium	22,757
16	Oct 17	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 20–14	2–12	Exhibition Stadium	31,038
17	Oct 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 7–61	2–13	Commonwealth Stadium	46,146
18	Oct 31	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 11–21	2–14	Exhibition Stadium	30,615

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Awards and honours

1981 CFL All-Stars

• None

1981 Eastern All-Stars

• RB – Cedric Minter, CFL Eastern All-Star
• P – Zenon Andrusyshyn, CFL Eastern All-Star

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