1987 Toronto Argonauts season

1987 Toronto Argonauts season
1987 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Bob O'Billovich
Home stadium	Exhibition Stadium
Results
Record	11–6–1
Division place	2nd, East
Playoffs	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform
	← 1986; Argonauts seasons; 1988 →;

The 1987 Toronto Argonauts finished in second place in the East Division with an 11–6–1 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup game but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos 38–36. As of 2024, this was the most recent season where the Argonauts lost in the Grey Cup, winning the next 8 Grey Cups they appeared in.

Head coachBob O'Billovich^[1]

Home stadiumExhibition Stadium^[2]

Record11–6–1

Division place2nd, East

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
3	21	Jake Vaughan	DB	Bishop's
4	31	Scott Lesperance	OL	Colgate
5	40	Veron Stiliadis	DL/LB	Wilfrid Laurier
6	49	Ron Klein	DB	Wilfrid Laurier
7	58	Rob Raycroft	OL	Toronto
8	67	Dave Kohler	LB	Wifrid Laurier

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Div	Stk
1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (C, Q)	18	12	6	0	554	409	145	24	5–2	L1
2	Toronto Argonauts (Q)	18	11	6	1	484	427	57	23	6–4	W1
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q)	18	7	11	0	470	509	−39	14	4–5	L2
4	Ottawa Rough Riders	18	3	15	0	377	598	−221	6	2–6	L1

Game	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	Bye
2	1	June 25	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 30–38	0–1	Exhibition Stadium	33,412
3	2	July 4	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	T 33–33 (OT)	0–1–1	Taylor Field	23,927
4	3	July 11	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 27–34	0–2–1	Landsdowne Park	19,699
5	4	July 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 30–27	1–2–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18,214
6	5	July 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 26–16	2–2–1	Exhibition Stadium	31,524
7	6	Aug 2	at Calgary Stampeders	W 32–13	3–2–1	McMahon Stadium	21,125
8	7	Aug 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 23–20	4–2–1	Exhibition Stadium	30,264
9	8	Aug 13	at BC Lions	L 23–30	4–3–1	BC Place	37,843
10	9	Aug 21	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 25–28	4–4–1	Exhibition Stadium	33,648
11	Bye
12	10	Sept 7	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 25–19	5–4–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	24,770
13	11	Sept 12	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–42	5–5–1	Commonwealth Stadium	40,486
14	13	Sept 20	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 39–29	6–5–1	Exhibition Stadium	26,619
15	Bye
16	13	Oct 4	vs. BC Lions	W 33–14	7–5–1	Exhibition Stadium	26,232
17	14	Oct 9	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 30–22	8–5–1	Lansdowne Park	16,541
18	15	Oct 16	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 20–17	9–5–1	Exhibition Stadium	21,127
19	16	Oct 23	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 25–3	10–5–1	Exhibition Stadium	22,329
20	17	Nov 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 23–24	10–6–1	Winnipeg Stadium	26,288
21	18	Nov 8	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 20–18	11–6–1	Exhibition Stadium	21,042

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 15	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 29–13	1–0	Exhibition Stadium	21,339
East Final	Sun, Nov 22	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 19–3	2–0	Winnipeg Stadium	32,946
Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 36–38	2–1	BC Place	59,478

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	3	21	3	9	36
Edmonton Eskimos	10	7	4	17	38

1987 Toronto Argonauts season

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1987 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Bob O'Billovich^[1]
Home stadium	Exhibition Stadium^[2]
Results
Record	11–6–1
Division place	2nd, East
Playoffs	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

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