1961 Toronto Argonauts season
Introduction The '''1961 Toronto Argonauts''' finished in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–6–1 record. They appeared in the Eastern Finals.
Preseason The Argonauts hosted the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals at CNE Stadium on August 2 in the third of three interleague games hosted in Toronto and lost 36–7.Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Thu, July 20 vs. BC Lions W 28–17 1–0 Exhibition Stadium 22,150 B Tue, July 25 at Calgary Stampeders W 28–17 2–0 McMahon Stadium 11,000 B Thu, July 27 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 18–20 2–1 Winnipeg Stadium 19,660 C Wed, Aug 2 vs. St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) L 7–36 2–2 Exhibition Stadium 24,376
Regular season ===Standings===+ '''Eastern Football Conference''' Team  GP  W  L  T  PF  PA  Pts'''Hamilton Tiger-Cats'''  14  10  4  0  340  293  20     '''Ottawa Rough Riders'''  14  8  6  0  359  285  16        '''Toronto Argonauts'''  14  7  6  1  255  258  15Montreal Alouettes  14  4  9  1  213  225  9  ===Schedule=== Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Aug 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 13–14 0–1 Exhibition Stadium 27,189 2 2 Aug 20 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 24–28 0–2 Exhibition Stadium 27,809 3 3 Aug 25 at Montreal Alouettes W 15–10 1–2 Molson Stadium 18,522 4 4 Sept 4 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 19–21 1–3 Civic Stadium 26,533 5 5 Sept 10 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 27–7 2–3 Exhibition Stadium 24,047 6 6 Sept 16 at Edmonton Eskimos T 8–8 2–3–1 Clarke Stadium 21,510 6 7 Sept 18 at BC Lions W 15–7 3–3–1 Empire Stadium 24,428 7 8 Sept 24 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 10–29 3–4–1 Exhibition Stadium 30,648 8 9 Sept 29 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 22–19 4–4–1 Exhibition Stadium 23,546 9 10 Oct 7 at Montreal Alouettes W 33–27 5–4–1 Molson Stadium 19,075 10 11 Oct 15 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 10–37 5–5–1 Exhibition Stadium 29,553 11 12 Oct 21 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–7 6–5–1 Lansdowne Park 18,821 12 13 Oct 29 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 15–9 7–5–1 Exhibition Stadium 23,316 13 14 Nov 4 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 23–35 7–6–1 Lansdowne Park 17,144
Postseason  Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Nov 11 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 43–19 1–0 Lansdowne Park 19,151 East Final Game 1 Nov 19 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 25–7 2–0 Exhibition Stadium 33,135 East Final Game 2 Nov 25 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 2–48  2–1 Civic Stadium 22,671
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