2017 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2017 Toronto Argonauts season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 145th season overall. The Argonauts finished the season in first place in the East Division and finished with a 9–9 record.

2017 Toronto Argonauts season
General manager	Jim Popp
Head coach	Marc Trestman
Home stadium	BMO Field
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	1st, East
Playoffs	Won Grey Cup
Team MOP	Ricky Ray
Team MOC	Sean McEwen
Team MOR	James Wilder Jr.
Uniform
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The Argonauts improved upon their 5–13 record from 2016 with their sixth win after 13 games and clinched a playoff spot following a Hamilton Tiger-Cats loss on October 13, 2017.^[1] The team hosted their first playoff game since 2013, in which they defeated the crossover Saskatchewan Roughriders in the East Final by a score of 25–21. The Argonauts made their 23rd appearance in the Grey Cup championship game and won for the 17th time in the 105th Grey Cup game in Ottawa against the league-leading Calgary Stampeders by a score of 27–24. It was the third largest fourth-quarter comeback in Grey Cup history (eight-point deficit) and the Argos became the first team in Grey Cup history with two touchdowns of 100-plus yards.^[2]

With the 2018 Toronto Argonauts team failing to qualify for the playoffs, the 2017 Argonauts became the first championship team since the 1970 Montreal Alouettes to miss the playoffs in both the preceding and following years.

Going back to the beginning of the year, it was announced on February 28, 2017 that Jim Popp would assume the duties of general manager and Marc Trestman would take on head coaching duties.^[3] The end result, as noted above, was a stark contrast to their 2016 season, with people calling for the dismissal for Jim Barker and Scott Milanovich toward the latter portions of the 2016 Toronto Argonauts season.

Offseason

CFL draft

The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017.^[4] The Argonauts had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading the first overall pick for Drew Willy and their sixth-round pick for S. J. Green.^[5][6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team	Hometown
2	10	Mason Woods	OL	Idaho	Port Coquitlam, BC
3	19	Evan Foster	DL	Manitoba	Chilliwack, BC
4	27	Robert Woodson	DB	Calgary	Calgary, AB
5	36	Nakas Onyeka	LB	Wilfrid Laurier	Brampton, ON
7	54	Justin Herdman	LB	Simon Fraser	Winnipeg, MB
8	63	Matthew Carson	DL	Calgary	Calgary, AB

Preseason

The Toronto Argonauts won their first preseason game with a dominant defensive performance, returning two Montreal interceptions for touchdowns in the game.^[7] In the second preseason game, this time on the road, the Argos came back to win against their hated rivals Hamilton – while notably not giving any game reps to Grey Cup-winning quarterbacks Ricky Ray or Drew Willy.^[8]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Thurs, June 8	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 24–20	1–0	None	BMO Field	5,532	Recap
B	Fri, June 16	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 23–16	2–0	Ticats.ca	Tim Hortons Field		Recap

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 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	18	9	9	0	18	482	456	6–2	W2	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	8	9	1	17	495	452	5–3	W3	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	6	12	0	12	443	545	4–4	W1	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	3	15	0	6	314	580	1–7	L11	Details

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
1	Sun, June 25	4:00 p.m. EDT	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 32–15	1–0	TSN/ESPN2	BMO Field	13,583	Recap
2	Fri, June 30	7:00 p.m. EDT	BC Lions	L 15–28	1–1	TSN/ESPN2	BMO Field	11,219	Recap
3	Sat, July 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Ottawa Redblacks	W 26–25	2–1	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,347	Recap
4	Thurs, July 13	8:30 p.m. EDT	@ Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 25–33	2–2	TSN/RDS	Investors Group Field	25,085	Recap
5	Mon, July 24	7:30 p.m. EDT	Ottawa Redblacks	W 27–24	3–2	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BMO Field	15,801	Recap
6	Sat, July 29	6:30 p.m. EDT	@ Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 27–38	3–3	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	33,350	Recap
7	Thurs, Aug 3	7:30 p.m. EDT	Calgary Stampeders	L 24–41	3–4	TSN	BMO Field	11,616	Recap
8	Fri, Aug 11	7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Montreal Alouettes	L 9–21	3–5	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	19,712	Recap
9	Sat, Aug 19	4:00 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	W 38–6	4–5	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	16,326	Recap
10	Sat, Aug 26	9:00 p.m. EDT	@ Calgary Stampeders	L 7–23	4–6	TSN	McMahon Stadium	26,150	Recap
11	Mon, Sept 4	6:30 p.m. EDT	@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 22–24	4–7	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	23,926	Recap
12	Bye
13	Sat, Sept 16	4:00 p.m. EDT	Edmonton Eskimos	W 34–26	5–7	TSN	BMO Field	13,182	Recap
14	Sat, Sept 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	W 33–19	6–7	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	12,862	Recap
15	Sat, Sept 30	6:30 p.m. EDT	@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 43–35 (OT)	7–7	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	24,067	Recap
16	Sat, Oct 7	4:00 p.m. EDT	Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 24–27	7–8	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	15,102	Recap
17	Sat, Oct 14	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Edmonton Eskimos	L 27–30	7–9	TSN/RDS2	Commonwealth Stadium	26,738	Recap
18	Sat, Oct 21	4:00 p.m. EDT	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 29–28	8–9	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	15,532	Recap
19	Bye
20	Sat, Nov 4	10:00 p.m. EDT	@ BC Lions	W 40–13	9–9	TSN	BC Place	19,233	Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
East Semi-Final	Bye
East Final	Sun, Nov 19	1:00 p.m. EST	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 25–21	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPNews	BMO Field	24,929	Recap
[[105th Grey Cup]]	Sun, Nov 26	6:30 p.m. EST	Calgary Stampeders	W 27–24	2–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	TD Place Stadium	36,154	Recap

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

Team

Roster

Toronto Argonauts roster
Quarterbacks 14 McLeod Bethel-Thompson QB 17 Cody Fajardo QB  7 Jeff Mathews QB 15 Ricky Ray QB Running back  1 Anthony Coombs RB/SB 38 Declan Cross FB 30 Martese Jackson RB/KR 32 James Wilder Jr. RB Receivers 10 Armanti Edwards WR 19 S. J. Green SB 84 Llevi Noel WR 85 DeVier Posey WR 88 Jimmy Ralph WR 82 Malcolm Williams WR Offensive linemen 69 William Campbell OL 57 Tyler Holmes G 68 Chris Kolankowski OL 61 Sean McEwen C 54 Chris Van Zeyl T 59 Brandon Washington OL 56 Corey Watman OL		Defensive linemen 94 Victor Butler DE 49 Jeffrey Finley DL 93 Linden Gaydosh DT 90 Cleyon Laing DL 40 Shawn Lemon DE 24 Justin Tuggle DL 75 Cameron Walker DL 98 Dylan Wynn DL Linebackers  6 Marcus Ball LB 28 Akeem Jordan LB 41 Nakas Onyeka LB 47 Terrance Plummer LB 48 Bear Woods LB Defensive backs 39 Matt Black DB 21 Qudarius Ford DB  5 Jermaine Gabriel DB 20 Rico Murray DB  9 Akwasi Owusu-Ansah DB  0 Johnny Sears Jr. DB 26 Cassius Vaughn DB 25 Matt Webster DB 12 Mitchell White DB 23 Robert Woodson DB Special teams 70 Lirim Hajrullahu K/P 58 Jake Reinhart LS		1-Game Injured List 44 Khalil Bass LB 97 Ken Bishop DL 67 Jamal Campbell OL 91 Alan-Michael Cash DT 11 Alex Charette WR 33 Alden Darby DB 92 Troy Davis DL 64 J'Michael Deane OL  8 Jeff Fuller WR  4 Brandon Harris DB 52 Justin Herdman LB 16 Brian Jones WR 00 Ronnie Pfeffer K/P  2 Dakota Prukop QB/ST  3 Brandon Whitaker RB 63 Mason Woods OL 6-Game Injured List 29 Joshua Mitchell DB 99 Daryl Waud DL		Practice squad 43 Evan Foster DE 96 Jeff Luc DL 27 Cam McDaniel RB 45 Curtis Newton LB 65 D. J. Sackey OL 95 Sadat Sulleyman DL 18 Brian Tyms WR Suspended Italics indicate international player Roster updated 2017-11-26 Depth chart Transactions (argonauts.ca) Archived 2016-02-29 at the Wayback Machine Transactions (cfl.ca) 46 Active, 16 Injured, 2 Six-game 7 Practice Roster → More rosters

Coaching staff

Toronto Argonauts staff
	Front office and support staff Owner – Larry Tanenbaum / Bell Media President and ceo – Michael Copeland Special advisor – Michael Clemons General manager – Jim Popp Director of football operations – Ian Sanderson Director of player personnel – Chris Rukavina US scouting coordinator – Spencer Zimmerman Director canadian scouting – Vince Magri Consultant, Football Operations – Nick Volpe Equipment manager – Danny Webb Assistant equipment manager – Tom Bryce Head athletic therapist – Scott Shannon Assistant athletic therapist – Josh Shewell			Head coaches Head coach – Marc Trestman Assistant head coach – Corey Chamblin Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Marcus Brady Running backs – Josh Moore Receivers – Tommy Condell Offensive line – Mitch Browning Senior assistant – Steve Walsh Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Corey Chamblin Defensive line – Kerry Locklin Linebackers – Mike Archer Assistant defensive backs – Tyron Brackenridge Defensive quality control – Gavin Lake Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kevin Eiben Assistant special teams – Wendell Avery → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs