The 1988 Toronto Argonauts finished in first place in the East Division with a 14–4 record. The Argos' appeared in the East Final but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–11. The 1988 season was the team's last season at Exhibition Stadium, they would move into their new stadium, SkyDome, the following year.

Offseason The Toronto Argonauts drafted the following players in the 1988 CFL draft. Round Pick Player Position School215Paul MasottiWRAcadia323Tommy KaneWRSyracuse431Floyd SalazarCB/HBMcGill539Chris MunfordSSimon Fraser647Tim KarbonickSB/TECalgary755Frank ParadisoILBYork863Jamie WilliamsonHBYork

Regular season

Standings

Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 16 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 24–29 0–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 13,157 2 2 July 20 vs. Rough Riders W 34–11 1–1 Exhibition Stadium 20,114 3 3 July 28 vs. BC Lions W 26–21 2–1 Exhibition Stadium 21,846 4 4 Aug 2 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 41–7 3–1 Lansdowne Park 24,322 5 5 Aug 11 at BC Lions W 24–12 4–1 BC Place 29,621 6 6 Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 19–5 5–1 Exhibition Stadium 25,103 7 7 Aug 26 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–21 6–1 Taylor Field 24,662 8 8 Aug 31 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–17 7–1 Exhibition Stadium 24,210 8 9 Sept 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 28–56 7–2 Ivor Wynne Stadium 18,300 9 10 Sept 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–14 7–3 Exhibition Stadium 23,498 10 11 Sept 18 at Edmonton Eskimos L 21–38 7–4 Commonwealth Stadium 33,549 11 12 Sept 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 35–22 8–4 Exhibition Stadium 24,104 12 13 Sept 30 at Calgary Stampeders W 42–25 9–4 McMahon Stadium 18,281 13 14 Oct 8 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 52–3 10–4 Lansdowne Park 18,527 14 15 Oct 14 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 49–7 11–4 Exhibition Stadium 21,713 15 16 Oct 23 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 36–13 12–4 Exhibition Stadium 23,324 16 17 Oct 30 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 22–16 13–4 Winnipeg Stadium 23,557 17 18 Nov 6 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 49–9 14–4 Exhibition Stadium 24,503

Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Final November 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 11–27 0–1 Exhibition Stadium 26,091

Roster 1988 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen G C G T T T G/C

Defensive linemen DE DT DT DT/DE DE DT

Special teams K P/KLinebackers

Defensive backs

Italics indicate International player

References