1979 Toronto Argonauts Statistics
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Coach: Forrest Gregg (5-11)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1979 Toronto Argonauts Results
The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Eastern Conference.
Toronto labored to change the scoreboard with just 234 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 352. Tony Adams passed for 2,692 yards. Terry Metcalf paced pass catchers, snagging 55 passes, while Dwight Edwards accumulated 738 receiving yards, while M.L. Harris and Peter Muller were targeted regularly as well.
Terry Metcalf carried the ball for a team-best 691 yards for the Argonauts, while Mike McArthur also buoyed the ground attack.
Billy Hardee picked off 8 opponent throws.
Forrest Gregg coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Adams | 394 | 241 | 61.2 | 2692 | 6.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 18 | 4.6 | 50 | 73.5 |
Mark Jackson | 38 | 18 | 47.4 | 215 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.5 | 40 | 25.5 |
Terry Metcalf | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Ian Sunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 435 | 259 | 59.5 | 2907 | 6.7 | 13 | 3.0 | 22 | 5.1 | 50 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Metcalf | 141 | 691 | 4.9 | 30 | 2 |
Mike McArthur | 118 | 611 | 5.2 | 50 | 1 |
Tony Adams | 59 | 205 | 3.5 | 20 | 1 |
Mark Bragagnolo | 48 | 118 | 2.5 | 15 | 1 |
Dwight Edwards | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 36 | 0 |
Eddie Payton | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 10 | 2 |
Larry Poole | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
M.L. Harris | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerome Heavens | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Chester | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Totals | 411 | 1798 | 4.4 | 50 | 7 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Metcalf | 55 | 568 | 10.3 | 40 | 5 |
Peter Muller | 52 | 542 | 10.4 | 42 | 4 |
M.L. Harris | 46 | 530 | 11.5 | 35 | 1 |
Dwight Edwards | 43 | 738 | 17.2 | 50 | 1 |
Mike McArthur | 20 | 109 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
Paul Pearson | 11 | 208 | 18.9 | 42 | 1 |
Mark Bragagnolo | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 18 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 17 | 1 |
Vic Anonsen | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
Larry Poole | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
Eddie Payton | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
Al Chester | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
Slade Willis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 259 | 2907 | 11.2 | 50 | 13 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Sunter | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 10 | 44 | 2530 | 57.5 | 83 | 1 | 92 |
Totals | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 10 | 44 | 2530 | 57.5 | 83 | 1 | 92 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Sunter | 147 | 6123 | 41.7 | 66 | 6 |
Peter Muller | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 148 | 6135 | 41.5 | 66 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 54 | 465 | 8.6 | 43 | 0 |
Mike McArthur | 26 | 141 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 13 | 118 | 9.1 | 32 | 0 |
Terry Metcalf | 14 | 110 | 7.9 | 33 | 0 |
Eddie Payton | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 110 | 861 | 7.8 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 18 | 429 | 23.8 | 32 | 0 |
Mike McArthur | 13 | 318 | 24.5 | 59 | 0 |
Terry Metcalf | 9 | 205 | 22.8 | 32 | 0 |
Dwight Edwards | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 27 | 0 |
Eddie Payton | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 32 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 17 | 0 |
Jerome Heavens | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 |
Billy Hardee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 1244 | 22.6 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Hardee | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 45 | 0 |
Preston Young | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 |
Mike Kramer | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 32 | 1 |
Ron Southwick | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 55 | 0 |
Rick Razzano | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
Eric Harris | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
James Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Ackroyd | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 300 | 9.7 | 55 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rich Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rick Razzano | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Dan Huclack | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terry Metcalf | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Corrigall | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Ecomet Burley | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ron Southwick | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Billy Hardee | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vic Anonsen | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
James Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 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 |
Ian Sunter | 21 | 18 | 17 | 98 | ||||||||||
Terry Metcalf | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
Peter Muller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
Mark Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dan Huclack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Ecomet Burley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mike McArthur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Mark Bragagnolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mike Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
M.L. Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Paul Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tony Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dwight Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 232 |