1997 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
| 1st place • East Division • 15-3-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Don Matthews |
| Jim Barker | Offensive Line |
| Bill Bradley | Defensive Coordinator |
| Daryl Edralin | Linebackers/Special Teams |
| Gary Etcheverry | Defensive Line |
| John Jenkins | Offensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 6/13/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18-14 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 13452 | |
| Wed | 6/18/1997 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 40-0 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 6394 | |
| Fri | 6/27/1997 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 38-23 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 16551 | |
| Sun | 7/6/1997 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20-15 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14033 | |
| Sat | 7/12/1997 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22956 | |
| Thu | 7/17/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-20 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 17222 | |
| Thu | 7/24/1997 | A | British Columbia Lions | 34-20 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 23330 | |
| Thu | 7/31/1997 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 46-8 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 16213 | |
| Thu | 8/7/1997 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 35-45 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 25311 | |
| Thu | 8/14/1997 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 38-14 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 18031 | |
| Thu | 8/21/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-1 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 17330 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1997 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 46-3 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18377 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1997 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 66-25 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21080 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-9 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 20234 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1997 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-24 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 38619 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1997 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 41-9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20004 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1997 | H | British Columbia Lions | 46-3 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 17019 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1997 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 28-21 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 17355 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1997 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 48-17 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 24083 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1997 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 38-43 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10801 | |
| Eastern Division Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/9/1997 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 37-30 | W | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 30085 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/16/1997 | N | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 47-23 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 60431 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Charles Anthony | 3 | DH | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 9 | |
| Ken Benson | 37 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Butler CC; Arkansas | 18 | |
| Antonious Bonner | 10 | LB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi | 8 | |
| Noah Cantor | 51 | NT | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 18 | |
| Norm Casola | 80 | SB | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Windsor | 18 | |
| Michael Clemons | 31 | RB | 5-5 | 166 | 32 | William & Mary | 18 | |
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 28 | SB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Saskatchewan | 18 | |
| Robert Drummond | 29 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | Syracuse | 15 | |
| Matt DuBuc | 24 | RB | 5-7 | 175 | 24 | Texas Tech | 16 | |
| Doug Flutie | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 178 | 35 | Boston College | 18 | 18 |
| Chad Folk | 56 | C | 6-1 | 280 | 25 | Utah | 18 | |
| Oscar Giles | 94 | DL | 6-2 | 250 | 29 | Texas | 5 | |
| Chris Gioskos | 58 | OT | 6-2 | 274 | 30 | Ottawa | 17 | |
| Reggie Givens | 38 | LB | 6-0 | 234 | 26 | Penn State | 18 | |
| Johnnie Harris | 7 | DH | 6-2 | 211 | 25 | San Bernardino Valley JC; Mississippi State | 18 | |
| Jim Hoffman | 97 | DT | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Arizona | 1 | |
| Jack Jackson | 85 | WR | 5-8 | 174 | 25 | Florida | 3 | |
| Eric Johnson | 27 | LB | 6-4 | 217 | 25 | Holmes CC; Idaho State | 6 | |
| Andre Kirwan | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Stanford | 18 | |
| Mike Kiselak | 63 | C | 6-3 | 300 | 30 | Maryland | 18 | |
| Jimmy Lee | 5 | WR | 5-8 | 170 | 25 | Rice | 2 | |
| Felman Malveaux | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 179 | 24 | Michigan | 3 | |
| Paul Masotti | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Acadia | 18 | |
| Demetrious Maxie | 91 | DE | 6-2 | 265 | 24 | Long Beach CC; Texas-El Paso | 18 | |
| Derrell Mitchell | 87 | SB | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Joliet JC; Texas Tech | 18 | |
| Denis Montana | 89 | SB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Concordia (Quebec) | 3 | |
| George Nimako | 21 | S | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Liberty | 18 | |
| Jeremy O'Day | 54 | OT-TE | 6-3 | 223 | 23 | Edinboro | 18 | 2 |
| Mike O'Shea | 50 | LB | 6-3 | 223 | 27 | Guelph | 18 | |
| Roosevelt Patterson | 66 | OL | 6-3 | 310 | 27 | Alabama | 1 | |
| Dan Payne | 57 | OG | 6-7 | 294 | 31 | Simon Fraser | 18 | |
| John Raposo | 61 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Toronto | 18 | |
| Brendan Rogers | 35 | LB | 6-1 | 237 | 29 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Eastern Washington | 18 | |
| Steve Salter | 68 | OL | 6-4 | 300 | 25 | Ottawa | 1 | |
| Mike Saunders | 32 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Iowa | 7 | |
| Marcello Simmons | 9 | LB | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 18 | |
| Adrion Smith | 12 | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Missouri State | 18 | |
| Donald Smith | 19 | CB | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | Liberty | 14 | |
| Les Smith | 36 | S | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | The Citadel | 18 | |
| Andrew Stewart | 73 | NT | 6-5 | 265 | 32 | Fresno CC; Cincinnati | 18 | |
| Mike Vanderjagt | 13 | K-P | 6-5 | 211 | 27 | Allan Hancock JC; West Virginia | 18 | 0 |
| Pierre Vercheval | 59 | OG | 6-1 | 275 | 33 | Western Ontario | 18 | |
| Rob Waldrop | 92 | DT | 6-1 | 276 | 26 | Arizona | 17 | |
| Andre Ware | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Houston | 18 | |
| Willie Williams | 65 | OT | 6-6 | 300 | 30 | Louisiana State | 17 | |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 26 | DH | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Hudson Valley JC; James Madison | 18 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Chad Folk | OL | Utah |
| 1 | 9 | Matt DuBuc | SB | Texas Tech |
| 2 | 17 | Steve Salter | OL | Ottawa |
| 3 | 18 | Aldi Henry | CB | Michigan State |
| 3 | 24 | Dave Mudge | OT | Michigan State |
| 4 | 33 | Jayson Hansen | OL | Texas Tech |
| 5 | 41 | Mark Giardetti | DE | Evangel |
| 6 | 48 | Kris Kershaw | QB | Salisbury |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 148 | 215 | 132 | 165 | 19 | 660 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 77 | 66 | 120 | 327 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 433 | 147 | 260 | 26 | 160 | 1183 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 268 | 84 | 158 | 26 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vanderjagt | 0 | 77 | 77 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 43 | 76.7 | 14 | 0 | 190 |
| Robert Drummond | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | ||
| Derrell Mitchell | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||
| Michael Clemons | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | ||
| Doug Flutie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Paul Masotti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Reggie Givens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Adrion Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Felman Malveaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marcello Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Les Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andre Ware | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Saunders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Andre Kirwan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeremy O'Day | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 78 | 77 | 77 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 43 | 76.7 | 14 | 0 | 660 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 327 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Drummond | 181 | 1134 | 6.3 | 78 | 12 |
| Doug Flutie | 92 | 542 | 5.9 | 34 | 5 |
| Michael Clemons | 50 | 315 | 6.3 | 47 | 4 |
| Andre Ware | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Mike Vanderjagt | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Derrell Mitchell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt DuBuc | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Saunders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 335 | 2088 | 6.2 | 78 | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 310 | 1468 | 4.7 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 673 | 430 | 63.9 | 219 | 5505 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 78 | 47 | 7.0 | 24 | 3.6 | 97.8 | |||
| Andre Ware | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 11 | 193 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 71 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 106.7 | |||
| Michael Clemons | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
| Robert Drummond | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Mike Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Mike Vanderjagt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 703 | 447 | 63.6 | 232 | 5698 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 78 | 49 | 7.0 | 24 | 3.4 | 19 | 97.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 574 | 320 | 55.7 | 225 | 3721 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 19 | 3.3 | 29 | 5.1 | 49 | 65.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Clemons | 122 | 1085 | 8.9 | 56 | 10 |
| Robert Drummond | 85 | 840 | 9.9 | 75 | 6 |
| Derrell Mitchell | 77 | 1457 | 18.9 | 71 | 17 |
| Paul Masotti | 77 | 1011 | 13.1 | 51 | 5 |
| Duane Dmytryshyn | 22 | 468 | 21.3 | 78 | 3 |
| Felman Malveaux | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Norm Casola | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Flutie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kiselak | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Andre Kirwan | 21 | 416 | 19.8 | 59 | 1 |
| Mike Saunders | 14 | 173 | 12.4 | 27 | 3 |
| Jack Jackson | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 35 | 2 |
| Jeremy O'Day | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Matt DuBuc | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 447 | 5708 | 12.8 | 78 | 49 |
| Opponents Totals | 320 | 3721 | 11.6 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Smith | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Adrion Smith | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 37 | 1 |
| Johnnie Harris | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 53 | 0 |
| Donald Smith | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Charles Anthony | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'Shea | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Reggie Givens | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Benson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 359 | 12.4 | 53 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vanderjagt | 118 | 5303 | 44.9 | 80 | 7 | |
| Team Totals | 118 | 5303 | 44.9 | 80 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Clemons | 111 | 1070 | 9.6 | 65 | 1 |
| Adrion Smith | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Saunders | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 119 | 1126 | 9.5 | 65 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vanderjagt | 113 | 6650 | 58.8 | 88 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 6650 | 58.8 | 88 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Clemons | 49 | 1117 | 22.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Les Smith | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Felman Malveaux | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Jimmy Lee | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Saunders | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Derrell Mitchell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Norm Casola | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Donald Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 1410 | 21.7 | 62 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Stewart | 8.0 | 45.0 |
| Demetrious Maxie | 7.0 | 53.0 |
| Reggie Givens | 6.0 | 57.0 |
| Mike O'Shea | 5.0 | 36.0 |
| Les Smith | 5.0 | 34.0 |
| Rob Waldrop | 5.0 | 27.0 |
| Marcello Simmons | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| Ken Benson | 4.0 | 23.0 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Brendan Rogers | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Noah Cantor | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Team Totals | 49.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Anthony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonious Bonner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Cantor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Casola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Clemons | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Drummond | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Flutie | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Givens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 182 | 2 |
| Johnnie Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Masotti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrious Maxie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Nimako | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcello Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 1 |
| Adrion Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| Donald Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Les Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vanderjagt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Vercheval | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Ware | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Wiltshire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 277 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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