The 1952 Toronto Argonauts season was the 63rd season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–4–1 record and qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year. The Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats two games to one in the IRFU Finals before winning the Eastern Final over the Sarnia Imperials. In the first ever Grey Cup between the current incarnation of the Edmonton Eskimos franchise, Toronto won their 10th Grey Cup championship by a score of 21–11. It was their second Grey Cup win in three years and their fifth championship in the previous eight years.
Preseason Week Date Opponent Location Final score Record A Aug 16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium L 11–7 0–1 B Aug 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Civic Stadium L 14–8 0–2
Regular season
Standings + Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tiger-Cats 12 9 2 1 268 162 19 Toronto Argonauts 12 7 4 1 265 191 15Ottawa Rough Riders 12 5 7 0 200 238 10 Montreal Alouettes 12 2 10 0 136 278 4
Schedule Week Date Opponent Location Final score Record 1 Sept 1 @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 33–13 1–0–0 2 Sept 6 Montreal Alouettes Varsity Stadium W 43–0 2–0–0 3 Sept 13 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium W 24–19 3–0–0 4 Sept 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Varsity Stadium T 13–13 3–0–1 5 Sept 28 @ Montreal Alouettes Delorimier Stadium W 12–6 4–0–1 6 Oct 4 @ Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park L 25–21 4–1–1 7 Oct 11 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Varsity Stadium L 27–18 4–2–1 7 Oct 13 @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 25–16 4–3–1 8 Oct 18 @ Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park W 25–6 5–3–1 9 Oct 25 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium W 20–14 6–3–1 10 Nov 2 @ Montreal Alouettes Delorimier Stadium W 29–18 7–3–1 11 Nov 8 Montreal Alouettes Varsity Stadium L 25–11 7–4–1
Postseason Game Date Opponent Location Final score IRFU Final Game 1 Nov 15 @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 22–6 IRFU Final Game 2 Nov 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Varsity Stadium L 27–11 IRFU Final Game 3 Nov 22 @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 12–7 Eastern Final Nov 26 Sarnia Imperials Varsity Stadium W 34–15 Grey Cup Nov 29 Edmonton Eskimos Varsity Stadium W 21–11
Grey Cup
November 29 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 27,391) Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 5 0 6 0 11Toronto Argonauts 0 15 0 6 21
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