The 2015 Toronto Argonauts season was the 58th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 143rd season overall. The Argonauts finished with a 10–8 record, but lost the East-Semi Final to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
The Argonauts spent much of the 2015 season as a traveling team due to a litany of schedule conflicts between the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays season; in the latter case, the Argonauts' attempt to backload their schedule with home games backfired when the Blue Jays unexpectedly made the playoffs and advanced to the American League Championship Series, forcing last-minute relocations for the Argonauts as the Blue Jays held priority on use of the Rogers Centre. For the third consecutive season, the Argonauts' home pre-season game was played at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. The team played their regular season opener at SMS Equipment Stadium in Fort McMurray as the designated home team against the Edmonton Eskimos.No joke, CFL schedule takes turn for bizarre in 2015 This made the Argonauts the first CFL franchise to host regular season games in three different provinces (including New Brunswick for Touchdown Atlantic in 2010). In effect, the Argonauts played on the road for their first five games, with their home opener coming in week 7 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, playing only 5 games in their host market during the regular season.
The team later had to shift their October 6 home game against Ottawa to TD Place Stadium, home of the Redblacks, and their October 17 and 23 home games were moved to Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton. If the Jays had advanced to the 2015 World Series, further Argonauts home games would have had to be relocated. The Argos did not fare well in the Hamilton "home" games; they lost both contests (knocking them out of contention to win the East division) and drew a combined attendance of 7,142.
The November 6 contest against Winnipeg (which drew 17,511) was their last game at Rogers Centre. Renovations to BMO Field were completed in time for the Argonauts to relocate to their new venue for the 2016 CFL season.
Offseason
CFL draft The 2015 CFL draft took place on May 12, 2015. The Argonauts had seven selections in the seven-round draft. They traded their sixth-round pick for Dwight Anderson and received a seventh-round pick for Josh Portis.Blue Bombers pick up backup QB Portis in trade with Argos
Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 3 Sean McEwen OL Calgary 2 12 Daryl Waud DL Western 3 21 Cameron Walker DL Guelph 4 30 Matt Norzil WR Laval 5 39 Dillon Campbell RB Wilfrid Laurier 7 55 Kevin Bradfield WR Toronto 7 56 Dan MacDonald LS Guelph
Preseason Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record A ByeB Tues, June 9 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 27–34 0–1 None Varsity Stadium 5,000 RecapC Thurs, June 18 7:30 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes W 30–10 1–1 TSN2/RDS Molson Stadium 16,325 Recap
Games played with white uniforms.
Regular season
Standings
Schedule Win Loss Tie
Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record1 Sat, June 27 5:00 p.m. EDT Edmonton Eskimos W 26–11 1–0 TSN SMS Equipment Stadium (in Fort McMurray) 4,900 Recap2 Sun, July 5 3:30 p.m. EDT @ Saskatchewan Roughriders W 42–40 (2OT) 2–0 TSN/RDS2 Mosaic Stadium 31,907 Recap3 Mon, July 13 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Calgary Stampeders L 20–25 2–1 TSN/RDS2 McMahon Stadium 26,741 Recap 4 Bye5 Fri, July 24 10:00 p.m. EDT @ BC Lions W 30–27 3–1 TSN/RDS2 BC Place 20,085 Recap6 Mon, Aug 3 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 18–34 3–2 TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 24,135 Recap7 Sat, Aug 8 7:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–26 4–2 TSN Rogers Centre 20,642 Recap8 Fri, Aug 14 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–20 5–2 TSN Investors Group Field 27,246 Recap9 Sun, Aug 23 4:00 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks W 30–24 6–2 TSN Rogers Centre 14,748 Recap10 Fri, Aug 28 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Eskimos L 15–38 6–3 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 31,573 Recap11 Mon, Sept 7 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 12–42 6–4 TSN Tim Hortons Field 24,390 Recap12 Fri, Sept 11 7:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 27–35 6–5 TSN/RDS2 Rogers Centre 17,694 Recap 13 Bye14 Sat, Sept 26 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 35–26 7–5 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 24,586 Recap 15 Bye16 Tues, Oct 6 7:30 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks W 38–35 8–5 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium1 15,011 Recap16 Mon, Oct 12 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Montreal Alouettes W 25–17 9–5 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 21,536 Recap17 Sat, Oct 17 4:00 p.m. EDT Calgary Stampeders L 15–27 9–6 TSN Tim Hortons Field1 3,401 Recap18 Fri, Oct 23 7:00 p.m. EDT Montreal Alouettes L 2–34 9–7 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field1 3,741 Recap19 Fri, Oct 30 7:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 25–27 9–8 TSN Rogers Centre 14,236 Recap20 Fri, Nov 6 7:30 p.m. EST Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 21–11 10–8 TSN/RDS2 Rogers Centre 17,511 Recap
1 Originally scheduled for the Rogers Centre but relocated due to schedule conflicts.
Games played with colour uniforms. Games played with white uniforms. Games played with alternate uniforms.
Post-season
Schedule Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score RecordEast Semi-Final Sun, Nov 15 1:00 p.m. EST @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 22–25 0–1 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 24,029 Recap
Games played with white uniforms.
Roster 2015 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
P/K Offensive linemen T G C G/C G T/G/C T
Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DE DT DE Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/P LS P/K
Reserve roster WR T
Practice roster LB G QB RB T DB DB LB LB LS Injured list P/K SB SB SB G DB QB T SB T/G SB DB RB LB DE DE
Suspended T DT DB Italics indicate international player Transactions (argonauts.ca) Transactions (cfl.ca)
Coaching staff 2015 Toronto Argonauts staff Front Office and Support staff Owner – David Braley President and ceo – Chris Rudge Vice-Chair – Michael Clemons General manager – Jim Barker Director of football operations – Ian Sanderson Director of player personnel – Chris Rossetti US scouting coordinator – Demetri Betzios Consultant, Football Operations – Nick Volpe Equipment manager – Danny Webb Assistant equipment manager – Tom Bryce Head athletic therapist – Scott Shannon Assistant athletic therapist – Josh Shewell
Head coaches Head coach – Scott Milanovich
Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Marcus Brady Running backs – Anthony Ierullo Receivers – Jaime Elizondo Offensive line / assistant head coach – Jonathan Himebauch Assistant offensive line – Mike Preston Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Casey Creehan Inside linebackers – Peter Kuharchek Outside linebackers – D.J. Wingate Defensive backs – Jordan Younger
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Scott Downing Assistant special teams – Mike Preston
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