1933 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1933 Toronto Argonauts season was the club's 47th season since its inception in 1873 and its 24th season in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished tied with the Montreal Football Club for first place in the IRFU with an identical record of four wins and two losses, resulting in a two-game, total-points tiebreaker series which the Argos won by an aggregate score of 20-9. By virtue of this victory, the club secured its 7th IRFU championship and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1922. The ten-year drought was, and continues to be, the longest playoff drought in franchise history.

1933 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coachLew Hayman[1]
Home fieldVarsity Stadium[2]
Results
Record4–2
Division place2nd, IRFU
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup

In the playoffs, the Argonauts won the Grey Cup Semi-Final 13–0 over the Western Canada champion Winnipeg 'Pegs. The Argonauts progressed to face the Ontario Rugby Football Union champion Sarnia Imperials in the 21st Grey Cup game, which was the first, and thus far only, Canadian championship game to be played in Sarnia, Ontario. The Argonauts won the championship and the club's third Grey Cup by a score of 4–3, which ties for the lowest scoring Grey Cup game ever.

Preseason

In the third annual City Championship preseason competition, the Argos reached the final and defeated the University of Toronto to claim the Reg DeGruchy Memorial Trophy for the second straight year.

DateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
September 23 St. Michael's College W 24–0 1–0 Varsity Stadium 10,000
September 30 University of Toronto W 25–1 2–0 Varsity Stadium 12,000

Regular season

Prior to the 1933 season the league recognized that the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association had ended its involvement in the ownership and management of Montreal's Big Four club, thus consigning the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers to history.

Standings
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Montreal Football Club642067558
Toronto Argonauts642086548
Ottawa Rough Riders633061756
Hamilton Tigers615043732

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Schedule
WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1 Oct 7 vs. Montreal FC L 14–18 0–1 Varsity Stadium 11,000
2 Oct 14 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 0–14 0–2 Lansdowne Park 8,000
3 Oct 21 at Hamilton Tigers W 21–2 1–2 Hamilton AAA Grounds 7,000
4 Oct 28 vs. Hamilton Tigers W 11–5 2–2 Varsity Stadium 9,000
5 Nov 4 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–4 3–2 Varsity Stadium 15,000
6 Nov 11 at Montreal FC W 11–10 4–2 Stade Percival-Molson 4,000

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Postseason

The Argonauts were obliged to relocate their home playoff game on November 18 to Hamilton due to the unavailability of Varsity Stadium, where the University of Toronto were hosting Queen's University in the 1933 intercollegiate football final.

GameDateOpponentResultVenueAttendance
IRFU tie-break Game 1 Nov 18 vs. Montreal FC W 5–4 Hamilton AAA Grounds 3,500
IRFU tie-break Game 2 Nov 25 at Montreal FC W 15–5 Stade Percival-Molson 1,000
Grey Cup Semi-Final Dec 2 vs. Winnipegs W 13–0 Varsity Stadium 10,000
Grey Cup Dec 9 at Sarnia Imperials W 4–3 Davis Field 4,500

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Grey Cup
Main article: 21st Grey Cup

December 9 @ Davis Field (Attendance: 2,751)[6]

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Toronto Argonauts00314
Sarnia Imperials01113

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.293
  4. "1933". cflapedia.com. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  5. "The Toronto Argonauts' 1933 Season". Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. "1933 Grey Cup Recap". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
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