2001 Toronto Argonauts season

2001 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Michael "Pinball" Clemons
Home stadium	SkyDome
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify

The 2001 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division of the 2001 CFL season with a 7–11 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	4	Angus Reid	G	Simon Fraser
4	26	Kevin Eiben	S	Bucknell
5	34	Andre Talbot	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
5	39	Jermaine Romans	DB	Acadia
6	42	Matt McKnight	S	Waterloo

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance	Record
A	June 22	Tiger-Cats	SkyDome	L 29 – 16	20,456	0–1
B	June 27	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	L 38 – 10	23,078	0–2

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (C, Q)	18	14	4	0	0	509	383	+126	28
2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q)	18	11	7	0	0	440	420	+20	22
3	Montreal Alouettes (Q)	18	9	9	0	0	454	419	+35	18
4	Toronto Argonauts	18	7	10	0	1	432	455	−23	15

Source: "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance	Record
1	July 4	Alouettes	SkyDome	L 27 – 3	14,065	0–1–0–0
2	July 13	Blue Bombers	SkyDome	L 30 – 16	11,041	0–2–0–0
3	July 20	Tiger-Cats	SkyDome	L 24 – 18	16,252	0–3–0–0
4	July 28	@ Roughriders	Taylor Field	W 50 – 24	27,255	1–3–0–0
5	August 3	@ Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	W 36 – 35	32,605	2–3–0–0
6	August 10	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	L 36 – 16	25,598	2–4–0–0
7	August 16	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 40 – 25	19,541	2–5–0–0
8	August 25	Roughriders	SkyDome	L 14 – 11	18,378	2–6–0–0
9	September 3	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	L 26 – 13	26,283	2–7–0–0
10	September 8	Lions	SkyDome	W 32 – 17	17,462	3–7–0–0
11	September 17 †	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 24 – 18	19,541	3–8–0–0
12	September 21	@ Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	L 23 – 22	28,687	3–9–0–0
13	September 28	Stampeders	SkyDome	W 33 – 31	15,387	4–9–0–0
14	October 6	@ Lions	BC Place Stadium	W 34 – 17	17,822	5–9–0–0
15	October 13	Alouettes	SkyDome	W 51 – 24	17,258	6–9–0–0
16	October 19	Eskimos	SkyDome	L 25 – 22 (OT)	15,438	6–10–0–1
17	October 26	Blue Bombers	SkyDome	W 12 – 7	16,782	7–10–0–1
18	November 3	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	L 31 – 20	21,019	7–11–0–1

• † Game rescheduled from September 16 due to the September 11 attacks.

Postseason

After finishing last in the East division, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Roster

2001 Toronto Argonauts final roster
Quarterbacks 14 Kerwin Bell 16 Stanley Jackson 15 Jimmy Kemp Running backs 27 Mike Jenkins 20 Darren Joseph Receivers 82 Ted Alford 83 Tyrone Brown 81 Andre Kirwan 87 Derrell Mitchell 25 Jacquay Nunnally 85 Grayson Shillingford 84 Andre Talbot 86 Nigel Williams		Offensive linemen 65 Sandy Annunziata G/C 51 Samir Chahine G 62 Dwayne Morgan T 68 Juan Roque T 58 Earl Scott C 66 Jude St. John G Defensive linemen 89 Leroy Blugh DE 98 Kelvin Kinney DT 99 Elfrid Payton DE 91 Tyrone Rodgers DT 75 Glen Scrivener DT Special teams  4 Dan Giancola K  1 Noel Prefontaine P/K		Linebackers 37 Orlando Bowen 59 Michel Dupuis 35 Kevin Eiben 50 Mike O'Shea 73 Calvin Tiggle Defensive backs  2 Donnavan Carter  3 Brad Elberg 23 Chuck Levy 18 Kris Neal  9 Wayne Shaw 11 Marcello Simmons 12 Adrion Smith 21 Orlondo Steinauer 19 Rio Wells		Injured list 10 Antonious Bonner DB 70 Roger Dunbrack DE  8 Andrew English SB 56 Chad Folk C 69 Chris Gilbert T 95 Joe Jackson DE 72 Johnny Scott DT Italics indicate International player

Awards and records

2001 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Michael Jenkins
• DE – Elfrid Payton
• CB – Wayne Shaw

Eastern Division All-Star Selections

• RB – Michael Jenkins
• SB – Derrell Mitchell
• WR – Ted Alford
• OG – Jude St. John
• DE – Elfrid Payton
• CB – Wayne Shaw