1981 Toronto Argonauts season

1981 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Willie Wood Tommy Hudspeth (interim)
Home stadium	Exhibition Stadium
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Uniform

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Div	Stk
1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (C, Q)	16	11	4	1	414	335	79	23	6–0	W1
2	Ottawa Rough Riders (Q)	16	5	11	0	306	446	−140	10	3–3	L1
3	Montreal Alouettes (Q)	16	3	13	0	267	518	−251	6	2–4	W1
4	Toronto Argonauts	16	2	14	0	241	506	−265	4	1–5	L2

Source: "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

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

Roster

1981 Toronto Argonauts final roster
Quarterbacks  7 Condredge Holloway 14 Dan Manucci Running backs 34 John Kinch 35 Tony Lindsay 23 John Lowe 20 Cedric Minter 33 Hubert Simpson Wide receivers 31 Josh Borger 77 Jan Carinci  8 Martin Cox 32 Dave Newman 25 Paul Pearson 78 Don Ross Tight ends 72 Peter Muller		Offensive linemen 61 Rusty Brown G 69 Dan Ferrone G 56 John Foubert T 59 Bob Lubig G 63 John Malinosky T 57 Warner Miles T/G 66 Harold Norfleet T 58 George Schecterly G 53 Doug Smith C 50 Tom Trifaux T Defensive linemen 54 Bruce Clark DE 79 Jim Corrigall DE 45 Ron Engelson DT 75 Gord Judges DT 65 Reggie Lewis DE 64 Leon Lyszkiewicz DT 70 Brent Racette DE		Linebackers 74 Ben Apuna 42 Gord Elser 68 Ron Foxx 52 Duncan MacKinlay 76 John Martini 78 Tom Rusk 71 Ron Southwick Defensive backs 26 Steve Ackroyd 21 Marcellus Greene 12 Phil Jones 16 Zack Jones 28 Elbert Roberts  6 Donovan Rose Special teams 19 Zenon Andrusyshyn K/P Injured list 10 Terry Greer WR Italics indicate International player

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