1971 Toronto Argonauts Statistics
Team Record: 10-4 20
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-1-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Leo Cahill (10-4)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1971 Toronto Argonauts Results
The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses for 20 points, finishing first in the CFL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1-1.
Leo Cahill coached the team. The 1971 Toronto Argonauts lost in the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Joe Theismann | 278 | 148 | 53.2 | 2440 | 8.8 | 17 | 6.1 | 21 | 7.6 | 94 | 71.9 | Greg Barton | 92 | 55 | 59.8 | 682 | 7.4 | 4 | 4.3 | 6 | 6.5 | 49 | 70.1 | Mel Profit | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 118.8 | Harry Abofs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Leon McQuay | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Dick Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 375 | 204 | 54.4 | 3168 | 8.4 | 21 | 5.6 | 28 | 7.5 | 94 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Leon McQuay | 138 | 977 | 7.1 | 81 | 5 | Joe Theismann | 81 | 564 | 7.0 | 84 | 1 | Bill Symons | 103 | 418 | 4.1 | 43 | 2 | Harry Abofs | 22 | 106 | 4.8 | 26 | 1 | Dave Cranmer | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | Mike Eben | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Greg Barton | 7 | -1 | -0.1 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 367 | 2121 | 5.8 | 84 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mel Profit | 39 | 725 | 18.6 | 75 | 5 | Mike Eben | 36 | 572 | 15.9 | 77 | 3 | Bill Symons | 30 | 325 | 10.8 | 47 | 1 | Dave Cranmer | 27 | 506 | 18.7 | 94 | 2 | Leon McQuay | 26 | 429 | 16.5 | 81 | 4 | Jim Henderson | 18 | 273 | 15.2 | 41 | 2 | Dick Thornton | 13 | 195 | 15.0 | 45 | 1 | Harry Abofs | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 34 | 1 | Tony Moro | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 32 | 2 |
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| Totals | 204 | 3168 | 15.5 | 94 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Ivan MacMillan | 30 | 26 | 86.7 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | 66 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 48 | 2712 | 56.5 | 78 | 0 | 1 | Joe Theismann | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 34 | 28 | 82.4 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 4 | 49 | 2758 | 56.3 | 78 | 0 | 68 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 122 | 5346 | 43.8 | 68 | 8 | Joe Theismann | 3 | 182 | 60.7 | 69 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 125 | 5528 | 44.2 | 69 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Peter Paquette | 67 | 445 | 6.6 | 30 | 0 | Harry Abofs | 57 | 227 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | Joe Theismann | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Dick Thornton | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | Chip Barrett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 129 | 682 | 5.3 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Symons | 13 | 368 | 28.3 | 43 | 0 | Jim Tomlin | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | Leon McQuay | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 40 | 0 | Harry Abofs | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 25 | 0 | Dave Raimey | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | Dick Thornton | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 | Dave Cranmer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Mel Profit | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Paul Desjardins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Moro | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Eben | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 786 | 19.6 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dick Thornton | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 43 | 2 | Marv Luster | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 25 | 0 | Dave Raimey | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 | William Anderson | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 49 | 0 | Chip Barrett | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | Dick Aldridge | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 | Gene Mack | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 1 | Pete Martin | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 | Gerry Sternberg | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Jim Tomlin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 30 | 388 | 12.9 | 49 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Joe Vijuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | Dick Aldridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | Dave Knechtel | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jim Corrigall | 2 | 0 | 0 | George Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | Marv Luster | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gene Mack | 1 | 6 | 0 | Charlie Bray | 1 | 38 | 0 | Larry Brame | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mel Profit | 1 | 0 | 0 | Chip Barrett | 1 | 2 | 0 | William Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Ivan MacMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 66 | Leon McQuay | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Mel Profit | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dick Thornton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bill Symons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mike Eben | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tony Moro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Harry Abofs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Henderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dave Cranmer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | Joe Theismann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Dave Raimey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gene Mack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 281 |
