1960 Toronto Argonauts season

1960 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Lou Agase
Home field	Exhibition Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Finals

The 1960 Toronto Argonauts finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 10–4 record. Their first-place finish earned them a bye to the Eastern Finals. The Argonauts lost both games of the two-game, total point Finals to the eventual Grey Cup champion Ottawa Rough Riders.

Preseason

After playing (and losing to) the NFL Chicago Cardinals in 1959, the Argonauts hosted the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers at CNE Stadium on August 3 in the second of three interleague games hosted in Toronto and lost 43–16. Both teams used 12 players, with a handful of NFL rules (blocking, punt returns) blended into the Canadian game.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	July 27	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 51–30	1–0	Exhibition Stadium	12,692
B	August 3	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	L 16–43	1–1	Exhibition Stadium	23,570
C	August 10	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 14–7	2–1	Exhibition Stadium	10,282

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	370	265	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	9	5	0	400	283	18
Montreal Alouettes	14	5	9	0	340	458	10
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	4	10	0	273	377	8

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	August 16	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 21–7	1–0	Landsdowne Park	20,321
1	2	August 19	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 36–14	2–0	Exhibition Stadium	26,524
2	3	August 26	at Montreal Alouettes	W 29–28	3–0	Molson Stadium	24,533
3	4	September 5	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 32–21	4–0	Civic Stadium	26,253
4	5	September 11	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 16–12	5–0	Exhibition Stadium	30,863
5	6	September 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 12–21	5–1	Landsdowne Park	20,477
5	7	September 18	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 12–26	5–2	Exhibition Stadium	30,949
6	8	September 24	at Montreal Alouettes	W 21–9	6–2	Molson Stadium	23,452
7	9	October 1	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 50–15	7–2	Exhibition Stadium	24,145
8	10	October 7	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 24–14	8–2	Exhibition Stadium	27,494
9	11	October 10	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 16–20	8–3	Civic Stadium	25,873
10	12	October 16	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 37–13	9–3	Exhibition Stadium	32,896
11	13	October 22	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 1–38	9–4	Landsdowne Park	19,119
12	14	October 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 63–27	10–4	Exhibition Stadium	26,069

Playoffs

IRFU Finals

(two game, total point series)

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
IRFU Final Game 1	Nov 12	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 21–33	0–1	Landsdowne Park	18,385
IRFU Final Game 2	Nov 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 21–20	0–2	Exhibition Stadium	30,529

• Ottawa won the series 54–41. Ottawa advanced to play the Edmonton Eskimos in the Grey Cup.

Schenley Award Nominees

Player	Canadian	Lineman
Cookie Gilchrist	Bill Mitchell	Dick Fouts

• Cookie Gilchrist was the Eastern nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Player Schenley Award, but lost the award to Jackie Parker of the Edmonton Eskimos. Parker received 37 votes; Gilchrist received 33.