The 2001 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division of the 2001 CFL season with a 7–11 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 1 4 Angus Reid G Simon Fraser 4 26 Kevin Eiben S Bucknell 5 34 Andre Talbot WR Wilfrid Laurier 5 39 Jermaine Romans DB Acadia 6 42 Matt McKnight S Waterloo

Preseason Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record A June 22 Tiger-Cats SkyDome L 29 – 16 20,456 0–1 B June 27 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium L 38 – 10 23,078 0–2

Regular season

Season standings

Regular season Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record 1 July 4 Alouettes SkyDome L 27 – 3 14,065 0–1–0–0 2 July 13 Blue Bombers SkyDome L 30 – 16 11,041 0–2–0–0 3 July 20 Tiger-Cats SkyDome L 24 – 18 16,252 0–3–0–0 4 July 28 @ Roughriders Taylor Field W 50 – 24 27,255 1–3–0–0 5 August 3 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium W 36 – 35 32,605 2–3–0–0 6 August 10 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium L 36 – 16 25,598 2–4–0–0 7 August 16 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 40 – 25 19,541 2–5–0–0 8 August 25 Roughriders SkyDome L 14 – 11 18,378 2–6–0–0 9 September 3 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 26 – 13 26,283 2–7–0–0 10 September 8 Lions SkyDome W 32 – 17 17,462 3–7–0–0 11 September 17 † @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 24 – 18 19,541 3–8–0–0 12 September 21 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium L 23 – 22 28,687 3–9–0–0 13 September 28 Stampeders SkyDome W 33 – 31 15,387 4–9–0–0 14 October 6 @ Lions BC Place Stadium W 34 – 17 17,822 5–9–0–0 15 October 13 Alouettes SkyDome W 51 – 24 17,258 6–9–0–0 16 October 19 Eskimos SkyDome L 25 – 22 (OT) 15,438 6–10–0–1 17 October 26 Blue Bombers SkyDome W 12 – 7 16,782 7–10–0–1 18 November 3 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 31 – 20 21,019 7–11–0–1

† Game rescheduled from September 16 due to the September 11 attacks.

Postseason After finishing last in the East division, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs. Roster 2001 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen G/C G T T C G

Defensive linemen DE DT DE DT DT

Special teams K P/KLinebackers

Defensive backs

Injured list DB DE SB C T DE DT

Italics indicate International player

Awards and records

2001 CFL All-Stars RB – Michael Jenkins DE – Elfrid Payton CB – Wayne Shaw

Eastern Division All-Star Selections RB – Michael Jenkins SB – Derrell Mitchell WR – Ted Alford OG – Jude St. John DE – Elfrid Payton CB – Wayne Shaw

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