2012 Toronto Argonauts season


The 2012 Toronto Argonauts season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 140th season overall. The Argonauts finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a respectable 9–9 record, improving on their 6–12 record from 2011. The Argos hosted their first home playoff game since 2007 against the Edmonton Eskimos, the crossover team from the West, which the Argos won 42–26. Their next opponent was the Montreal Alouettes. In a close game, the Argonauts came out on top 27–20 and made it to the Grey Cup game. The Argonauts won the 100th Grey Cup 35–22 over the Calgary Stampeders.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012 live at 3:00 PM EDT. The Argonauts had six selections in the six-round draft, with no picks in the first and third rounds after completing trades for quarterbacks Ricky Ray and Steven Jyles respectively.
RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
29Cleyon LaingDEIowa State
424Herve Tonye-TonyeLBNorthern Colorado
428Quincy HurstWRManitoba
532Luke WillsonTERice Owls
640Aaron CrawfordLBSaint Mary's
641Shea PierreDBWindsor

Preseason

Regular season

With a 31-26 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 27, the Argonauts clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2010. It also ensured that the Argonauts would play at home in the playoffs, something Toronto had not accomplished since the club's 2007 season.

Season standings

Season schedule

Win
Loss
Tie
WeekDateOpponentLocationFinal ScoreAttendanceRecord
1June 30@ EskimosCommonwealth StadiumL 19 – 1535,5380–1
2July 7StampedersRogers CentreW 39 – 3620,6821–1
3July 14@ Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumL 36 – 2724,2641–2
4July 18Blue BombersRogers CentreW 25 – 2222,4852–2
5July 27@ AlouettesMolson StadiumW 23 – 2022,7733–2
6August 6LionsRogers CentreL 18 – 922,8413–3
7Bye3–3----
8August 18@ StampedersMcMahon StadiumW 22 – 1428,2464–3
9August 27EskimosRogers CentreL 26 – 1722,9124–4
10September 3@ Tiger-CatsIvor Wynne StadiumW 33 – 3031,0325–4
11September 8Tiger-CatsRogers CentreW 45 – 3123,0616–4
12September 15@ LionsBC PlaceL 28 – 2328,5266–5
13September 23@ AlouettesMolson StadiumL 31 – 1023,2096–6
14September 29@ Blue BombersCanad Inns StadiumW 29 – 1027,1697–6
15October 8RoughridersRogers CentreL 36 – 1025,1767–7
16October 14AlouettesRogers CentreL 24 – 1225,3487–8
17October 19Blue BombersRogers CentreL 44 – 3223,4197–9
18October 27@ RoughridersMosaic StadiumW 31 – 2629,7478–9
19November 1Tiger-CatsRogers CentreW 43 – 4027,2839–9

Roster

Coaching staff

Postseason

Schedule

Bracket

*-Team won in Overtime.

East Semi-Final

East Final

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