1908 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1908 Toronto Argonauts season was the Argonaut Football Club's 11th season of organized league play since joining the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1898, and its second season in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished in last place in the "Big Four" league with one win and five losses and failed to qualify for the Dominion playoffs.

1908 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachFred Russell/Art Kent[1]
Home fieldRosedale Field[2]
Results
Record1–5
Division place4th, IRFU
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Soon after the end of the 1907 season all but three of the Argos' regulars abandoned the Double Blue, along with manager Billy Hewitt and coach Billy Wood, to become founding members of the new Toronto Amateur Athletic Club. Following the example of the influential Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the TAAC established a new football team, the Toronto Crimson, with a roster that Hewitt built by raiding the Argos and other local clubs. In September the Crimson applied for Big Four membership and challenged the severely weakened Argos to a "test match" for the right to represent Toronto in the league. When the application was rejected the TAAC team joined the ORFU.

Bringing back former manager Fred Thompson to manage the club and naming centre Fred "Banty" Russell as player-coach, the Argos devoted the 1908 season to intensive rebuilding efforts. On Thanksgiving Day (November 9) they met the Crimson in a challenge match for the city championship billed as the Battle of Rosedale, which finished in a 15-15 tie.

Regular season

Standings
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders65101144110
Hamilton Tigers65101314210
Montreal Football Club6150491012
Toronto Argonauts6150501602

[3]

Schedule
WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal scoreRecord
1Oct 3@ Hamilton TigersHamilton AAA GroundsL 42–20–1–0
2Oct 10Ottawa Rough RidersRosedale FieldL 45–110–2–0
3Oct 17@ Montreal Football ClubMontreal AAA GroundsW 19–131–2–0
4Oct 24@ Ottawa Rough RidersVarsity OvalL 21–21–3–0
5Oct 31Hamilton TigersRosedale FieldL 28–91–4–0
6Nov 7Montreal Football ClubRosedale FieldL 13–71–5–0

[4]

References
  1. "All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  2. "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  3. 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
  4. "The Toronto Argonauts' 1908 Season". stats.cfldb.ca.
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