1911 Toronto Argonauts season

1911 Toronto Argonauts season
1911 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Joe Lee (pre-season); Billy Foulds (league season)
Home field	Rosedale Field
Results
Record	5–1
Division place	1st, IRFU
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
	← 1910; Argonauts seasons; 1912 →;

The 1911 Toronto Argonauts season was the 28th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in first place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 5–1 record and qualified for the playoffs. After defeating the Hamilton Alerts in the Eastern Final, the Argonauts lost the 3rd Grey Cup to the Toronto Varsity Blues.

Coach Joe Lee unexpectedly resigned on October 4, two days before the first league game, and was replaced the next day by ex-University of Toronto quarterback Billy Foulds.^[3]

Pre-season and Exhibition

Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance	Record
Sept 30	@ Queen's University	University Athletic Field	W 15-1	?	1–0–0
Oct 30	Toronto Amateur Athletic Club	Rosedale Field	W 12-8	3,000	2–0–0

Regular season

Standings

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	6	5	1	56	31	10
Hamilton Tigers	6	3	3	83	57	6
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	3	3	61	83	6
Montreal Football Club	6	1	5	49	78	2

^[4]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance	Record
1	Oct 7	Hamilton Tigers	Rosedale Field	W 12–8	"a large crowd"	1–0–0
2	Oct 14	@ Montreal Football Club	Montreal AAA Grounds	W 7–1	?	2–0–0
3	Oct 21	Ottawa Rough Riders	Rosedale Field	W 7–4	4,000	3–0–0
4	Oct 28	Montreal Football Club	Rosedale Field	W 14–8	4,000	4–0–0
5	Nov 4	@ Hamilton Tigers	Hamilton AAA Grounds	L 9–8	?	4–1–0
6	Nov 11	@ Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	W 8–1	7,000	5–1–0

^[5]

Postseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance
Dominion Semi-Final	Nov 18	Hamilton Alerts	Rosedale Field	W 9–2	5,000
Grey Cup	Nov 25	Toronto Varsity Blues	Varsity Stadium	L 14–7	13,687

^[5]

Grey Cup

November 25 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 13,687)^[6]

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	1	0	2	4	7
Toronto Varsity Blues	0	6	7	1	14

References

^ "All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
^ "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
^ Toronto Daily Star, Oct. 5, 1914, p.16; Toronto Daily Star, Oct. 6, 1914, p. 20
^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
^ ^a ^b "The Toronto Argonauts' 1911 Season". stats.cfldb.ca.
^ "1911 Grey Cup Recap". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-20.