1997 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1997 Toronto Argonauts season was the 108th 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 for the second consecutive year. The defending champion Argonauts defeated the Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern Final and qualified for the 85th Grey Cup to defend their title. Toronto defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders by a score of 47–23, winning their 14th Grey Cup championship, and repeated as Grey Cup champions.

1997 Toronto Argonauts season
General managerEric Tillman
Head coachDon Matthews[1]
Home fieldSkyDome[2]
Results
Record15–3
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup

Offseason

CFL draft

RdPickPlayerPositionSchool
11Chad FolkOLUtah
19Mathew DuBucSBTexas Tech
217Steve SalterOLOttawa
318Aldi HenryCBMichigan State
324Dave MudgeOTMichigan State
433Jayson HansenOLTexas Tech
541Mark GiardettiDEEvangel College
648Kris KershawQBSalisbury State

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft

Round Pick Player Pos
1 9 Sammie Brennan DB
2 17 Travis Anderson WR
3 25 Joe Mero CB

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Preseason

WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal scoreAttendanceRecord
A June 13 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 18 – 14 13,452 1–0
B June 18 @ Alouettes Olympic Stadium W 40 – 0 6,394 2–0

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Regular season

Season standings

East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts18153066032730
Montreal Alouettes18135050953226
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1841404435488
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1821603625494

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Regular season

WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal scoreAttendanceRecord
1 June 27 Blue Bombers SkyDome W 38 – 23 16,551 1–0
2 July 6 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 20 – 15 14,033 2–0
3 July 12 @ Roughriders Taylor Field L 27 – 23 22,956 2–1
4 July 17 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 27 – 20 17,222 3–1
5 July 24 @ Lions BC Place Stadium W 34 – 20 23,330 4–1
6 July 31 Alouettes SkyDome W 46 – 8 16,213 5–1
7 August 7 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium L 45 – 35 25,311 5–2
8 August 14 Eskimos SkyDome W 38 – 14 18,031 6–2
9 August 21 Roughriders SkyDome W 27 – 1 17,330 7–2
10 September 1 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 46 – 3 18,377 8–2
11 September 7 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium W 66 – 25 21,080 9–2
12 September 14 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 34 – 9 20,234 10–2
13 September 20 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium W 25 – 24 38,619 11–2
14 September 28 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium W 41 – 9 20,004 12–2
15 October 4 Lions SkyDome W 46 – 3 17,019 13–2
16 October 11 Alouettes SkyDome W 28 – 21 17,355 14–2
17 October 18 Stampeders SkyDome W 48 – 17 24,083 15–2
18 October 26 @ Alouettes Olympic Stadium L 43 – 38 10,801 15–3

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Postseason

RoundDateOpponentLocationFinal scoreAttendance
East FinalNovember 9AlouettesSkyDomeW 37–3032,085
Grey CupNovember 16RoughridersCommonwealth StadiumW 47–2360,431

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Grey Cup

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Toronto Argonauts71321647
Saskatchewan Roughriders3601423

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Awards and records

  • Doug Flutie, Most Outstanding Player Award[7]
  • Mike Kiselak, Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award [8]
  • Derrell Mitchell, Outstanding Rookie Award[9]

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1997 CFL All-Stars

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References

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  5. "1997 Regular Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
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  9. "Most Outstanding Rookie". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  10. 2010 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide (PDF). Toronto Argonauts. 2010. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
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