The 2004 Toronto Argonauts season was the 115th season for the professional Canadian football team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the East Division with a 10–7–1 record and qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year. The Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Semi-Final and then won the Eastern Final against the Montreal Alouettes. Toronto faced the BC Lions in the 92nd Grey Cup and won their 15th Grey Cup championship by a score of 27–19.
Offseason
CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 1 4 Mark Moroz OL Wake Forest 1 6 Jean-Fredric Tremblay WR Laval 4 30 Frank Hoffmann DL York 5 39 Mike Mahoney LB McGill 6 48 Brandan Mahoney WR Simon Fraser
Preseason Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record A May 30 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 33 – 10 22,342 1–0 B June 5 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 31 – 23 11,214 2–0 C Bye
Regular season
Season standings
Regular season Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record 1 June 15 Roughriders SkyDome W 21 – 10 26,821 1–0–0 2 June 24 @ Renegades Frank Clair Stadium L 20 – 10 20,241 1–1–0 3 July 3 Alouettes SkyDome L 19 – 9 23,923 1–2–0 4 July 10 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 34 – 6 27,664 2–2–0 5 July 16 @ Roughriders Taylor Field W 17 – 12 22,340 3–2–0 6 July 21 Renegades SkyDome W 28 – 25 24,209 4–2–0 7 Bye 8 August 8 Eskimos SkyDome W 39 – 14 23,897 5–2–0 9 August 12 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 22 – 10 20,202 5–3–0 10 August 17 Blue Bombers SkyDome W 14 – 6 24,246 6–3–0 11 August 27 @ Lions BC Place Stadium L 31 – 10 29,484 6–4–0 12 September 6 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium T 30 – 30 (2OT) 29,170 6–4–1 13 Bye 14 September 18 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium L 44 – 34 24,855 6–5–1 15 September 25 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium W 26 – 17 41,113 7–5–1 16 September 29 Stampeders SkyDome W 49 – 24 22,429 8–5–1 17 October 11 Lions SkyDome W 22 – 16 25,212 9–5–1 18 October 16 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium L 29 – 11 30,082 9–6–1 19 October 21 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 38 – 31 30,369 10–6–1 20 October 28 Alouettes SkyDome L 58 – 20 31,212 10–7–1
Postseason Round Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance East Semi-Final November 5 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 24–6 37,835 East Final November 14 @ Alouettes Olympic Stadium W 26–18 51,296 Grey Cup November 21 Lions Frank Clair Stadium W 27–19 51,242
Grey Cup
November 21 @ Frank Clair Stadium (Attendance: 51,242) Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalToronto Argonauts 0 17 7 3 27BC Lions 7 3 3 6 19 Toronto Argonauts (27) – TDs, Damon Allen (2), Robert Baker; FGs Noel Prefontaine (2); cons., Prefontaine (3).
BC Lions (19) – TDs, Jason Clermont, Dave Dickenson; FGs Duncan O'Mahony (2); cons. O'Mahony (1).
First quarter BC—TD Clermont 12-yard pass from Dickenson (O'Mahony convert) 4:07
Second quarter TOR—FG Prefontaine 27-yard field goal 7:40 TOR—TD Allen 1-yard run (Prefontaine convert) 12:22 BC—FG O'Mahony 42-yard field goal 13:13 TOR—TD Baker 23-yard pass from Allen (Prefontaine convert) 14:37
Third quarter TOR—TD Allen 1-yard run (Prefontaine convert) 4:45 BC—FG O'Mahony 36-yard field goal 9:16
Fourth quarter BC—TD Dickenson 7-yard run (convert failed) 6:06 TOR—FG Prefontaine 16-yard field goal 12:19
Roster 2004 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen G T C T G G T
Defensive linemen DE DT DT DE DE/DT
Special teams K/PLinebackers
Defensive backs
P
Injured list DB DB T RB QB DE G WR DB DE WR
Italics indicate International player
Awards and records
2004 CFL All-Stars Noel Prefontaine, P – CFL All-Star Noah Cantor, DT – CFL All-Star Kevin Eiben, LB – CFL All-Star Clifford Ivory, DB – CFL All-Star Orlondo Steinauer, DS – CFL All-Star
Eastern Division All-Star Selections Noel Prefontaine, K/P – CFL Eastern All-Star Bashir Levingston, ST – CFL Eastern All-Star Noah Cantor, DT – CFL Eastern All-Star Kevin Eiben, LB – CFL Eastern All-Star Clifford Ivory, DB – CFL Eastern All-Star Orlondo Steinauer, DS – CFL Eastern All-Star
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