1970 Toronto Argonauts Statistics
Team Record: 8-6 16
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Leo Cahill (8-6)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1970 Toronto Argonauts Results
The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses for 16 points, finishing second in the CFL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Toronto moved the ball well, scoring 329 points, while the defensive squad allowed 290. Don Jonas tossed for 2,041 yards, and Tom Wilkinson took a significant amount of snaps, too. Jim Thorpe snagged 43 passes for 671 yards, while Mel Profit was targeted regularly as well.
Bill Symons carried the pigskin for a team-best 908 yards for the Argonauts, and Dave Raimey also aided the ground game.
Dick Aldridge intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Leo Cahill coached the team. The 1970 Toronto Argonauts lost in the Conference Semifinal.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Jonas | 256 | 124 | 48.4 | 2041 | 8.0 | 17 | 6.6 | 25 | 9.8 | 69 | 58.2 |
Tom Wilkinson | 137 | 80 | 58.4 | 1272 | 9.3 | 6 | 4.4 | 9 | 6.6 | 75 | 76.7 |
Mel Profit | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 75 | 95.8 |
Jim Henderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 118.8 |
Jim Thorpe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 118.8 |
Bill Symons | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 93.8 |
Dave Raimey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 404 | 210 | 52.0 | 3499 | 8.7 | 24 | 5.9 | 37 | 9.2 | 75 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Symons | 170 | 908 | 5.3 | 98 | 6 |
Dave Raimey | 142 | 839 | 5.9 | 39 | 2 |
Tom Wilkinson | 42 | 180 | 4.3 | 20 | 1 |
Don Jonas | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 19 | 3 |
Jim Thorpe | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Dick Thornton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Tony Moro | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 391 | 2114 | 5.4 | 98 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Thorpe | 43 | 671 | 15.6 | 75 | 6 |
Mel Profit | 39 | 649 | 16.6 | 47 | 2 |
Tom Bland | 29 | 480 | 16.6 | 45 | 5 |
Bill Symons | 26 | 329 | 12.7 | 75 | 2 |
Tony Moro | 22 | 452 | 20.5 | 62 | 3 |
Dave Raimey | 19 | 297 | 15.6 | 60 | 2 |
Bobby Taylor | 10 | 159 | 15.9 | 23 | 2 |
Billy Gambrell | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 69 | 0 |
Paul Markle | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 22 | 0 |
Jim Henderson | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 68 | 1 |
Dick Thornton | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 1 |
Gerry Sternberg | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
Charlie Bray | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Don Jonas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 210 | 3499 | 16.7 | 75 | 24 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Jonas | 38 | 33 | 86.8 | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |
Don Sutherin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 341 | 48.7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2472 | 57.5 | 80 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 38 | 33 | 86.8 | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 4 | 50 | 2813 | 56.3 | 80 | 0 | 82 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Sternberg | 65 | 307 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 |
Tom Bland | 22 | 174 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
Jim Tomlin | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 |
Dick Aldridge | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
Chip Barrett | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 119 | 641 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Symons | 14 | 342 | 24.4 | 50 | 0 |
Jim Tomlin | 14 | 319 | 22.8 | 40 | 0 |
Jim Thorpe | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 38 | 0 |
Tony Moro | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 25 | 0 |
Dave Raimey | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 |
Jim Henderson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
Dick Aldridge | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Gil Petmanis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Dave Mann | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Dick Thornton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Tom Bland | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mel Profit | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 51 | 1104 | 21.6 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Aldridge | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
Dick Thornton | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 38 | 0 |
Don Sutherin | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 1 |
Marv Luster | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 41 | 0 |
Gerry Sternberg | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
Chip Barrett | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 34 | 1 |
Mike Blum | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
Pete Martin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Jim Corrigall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Jim Tomlin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Arends | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 329 | 11.3 | 41 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Knechtel | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Aldridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tony Moro | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Corrigall | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Blum | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pete Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Wadsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marv Luster | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Ron Arends | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Roger Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 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 |
Don Jonas | 3 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 100 | ||||||||
Bill Symons | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Jim Thorpe | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Tom Bland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Dave Raimey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Tony Moro | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Dave Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
Mel Profit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Bobby Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jim Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tom Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Chip Barrett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dick Thornton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Totals | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 323 |