The 1981 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–14 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Regular season In spite of a 2–14 record, the Argonauts actually ended their season occupying the final playoff spot in the East (the crossover rule, intended to prevent such a weak third place team from making the playoffs, had not yet been implemented). Had the Montreal Alouettes lost their final regular season game against the Ottawa Rough Riders, they would have also finished 2–14 in which case the Argonauts would have qualified has they had scored more points in head-to-head games. However, Montreal won their last game to finish 3–13 and in third place. Standings

Schedule Week Date Opponent Record Record Venue Attendance 1 July 2 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–19 0–1 Exhibition Stadium 33,243 2 July 10 at Montreal Alouettes L 22–23 0–2 Olympic Stadium 35,281 3 July 16 vs. BC Lions L 29–32 0–3 Exhibition Stadium 37,116 4 July 25 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 13–57 0–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 30,022 5 July 30 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 18–21 0–5 Exhibition Stadium 36,102 6 Aug 7 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 11–38 0–6 Lansdowne Park 22,658 7 Aug 13 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 12–22 0–7 Exhibition Stadium 38,268 8 Aug 23 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–38 0–8 Taylor Field 26,100 9 Bye 10 Sept 7 at Calgary Stampeders L 5–23 0–9 McMahon Stadium 30,381 11 Sept 13 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 6–23 0–10 Exhibition Stadium 30,340 12 Sept 19 at BC Lions L 14–45 0–11 Empire Stadium 20,196 13 Sept 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 29–26 1–11 Exhibition Stadium 28,634 14 Bye 15 Oct 11 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 12–43 1–12 Winnipeg Stadium 22,757 16 Oct 17 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 20–14 2–12 Exhibition Stadium 31,038 17 Oct 24 at Edmonton Eskimos L 7–61 2–13 Commonwealth Stadium 46,146 18 Oct 31 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 11–21 2–14 Exhibition Stadium 30,615 Roster 1981 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends Offensive linemen G G T G T T/G T G C T

Defensive linemen DE DE DT DT DE DT DELinebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P

Injured list WR

Italics indicate International player

Awards and honours

1981 CFL All-Stars None

1981 Eastern All-Stars RB – Cedric Minter, CFL Eastern All-Star P – Zenon Andrusyshyn, CFL Eastern All-Star

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