2010 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2010 Toronto Argonauts season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 138th overall. The Argonauts improved upon their 3–15 record from 2009 and their 4–14 record from 2008 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2007. After upsetting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Semi-Final, they were defeated in the East Final by the hosting Montreal Alouettes.

2010 Toronto Argonauts season
General manager	Adam Rita
Head coach	Jim Barker
Home field	Rogers Centre
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Uniform

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Joe Eppele	OT	Washington State
1	3	Cory Greenwood	LB	Concordia
2	11	Grant Shaw	DB/K	Saskatchewan
3	18	Spencer Watt	WR	Simon Fraser
4	26	Joel Reinders	OT	Waterloo
4	30	Steven Turner	WR	Bishop's
5	32	Michael Warner	OL	Waterloo
6	40	Nasser Jamal	OL	Louisiana-Lafayette
6	44	Conor Elliott	LB	Western

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance	Record
A	June 13	Tiger-Cats	Rogers Centre	W 13 – 10	12,514	1–0
B	June 19	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 31 – 23	23,112	1–1

Regular season

Season standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	12	6	0	521	475	24	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	481	450	18	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	9	9	0	373	442	18	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	4	14	0	464	485	8	Details

Season schedule

  Win   Loss   Tie

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance	Record
1	July 1	@ Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	L 30 – 16	29,333	0–1
2	July 9	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	W 36 – 34	28,009	1–1
3	July 14	Stampeders	Rogers Centre	W 27 – 24	20,242	2–1
4	July 23	Lions	Rogers Centre	W 24 – 20	19,709	3–1
5	July 29	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 41 – 10	25,012	3–2
6	August 6	@ Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	W 29 – 28	31,888	4–2
7	August 14	Alouettes	Rogers Centre	W 37 – 22	22,311	5–2
8	August 20	Tiger-Cats	Rogers Centre	L 16 – 12	24,493	5–3
9	Bye					5–3
10	September 6	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	L 28 – 13	30,319	5–4
11	September 11	@ Lions	Empire Field	L 37 – 16	22,703	5–5
12	September 19	Blue Bombers	Rogers Centre	W 17 – 13	19,662	6–5
13	September 26	Eskimos	Moncton Stadium	L 24 – 6	20,725	6–6
14	October 2	Roughriders	Rogers Centre	L 27 – 16	23,873	6–7
15	October 9	@ Roughriders	Mosaic Stadium	W 24 – 19	30,048	7–7
16	October 15	Tiger-Cats	Rogers Centre	L 30 – 3	25,181	7–8
17	October 23	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	W 27 – 8	23,446	8–8
18	October 29	Alouettes	Rogers Centre	L 37 – 30	22,427	8–9
19	November 7	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	W 30 – 4	25,012	9–9

Roster

2010 Toronto Argonauts roster
Quarterbacks 12 Dalton Bell  6 Danny Brannagan  1 Cleo Lemon Running backs  3 Cory Boyd 40 Bryan Crawford 32 Andre Durie RB/SB 44 Peter Quinney FB 34 Dwayne Wright 33 Jeff Johnson RB Wide receivers 88 Mike Bradwell 18 Ryan Christian RB/SB 15 Reggie McNeal  2 Chad Owens WR/KR 89 Spencer Watt Slotbacks 80 Jeremaine Copeland 82 Chad Rempel SB/LS 83 Brandon Rideau		Offensive linemen 63 Shannon Boatman OT 59 Joe Eppele OT 61 Cedric Gagné-Marcoux OL 67 Jeff Keeping G 56 Rob Murphy OT 64 Dominic Picard C 65 Taylor Robertson G 66 Jonathan St-Pierre G 54 Chris Van Zeyl OL Defensive linemen 78 Adriano Belli DT 96 Alex Buzbee DE 99 Ronald Flemons DE  9 Ricky Foley DE 94 Kevin Huntley DT 95 E. J. Kuale DE 79 Eric Taylor DT		Linebackers  5 Tristan Black LB 35 Kevin Eiben OLB 46 Jason Pottinger ILB 13 Grant Shaw LB 37 Jeremy Unertl LB/DB 26 Jordan Younger LB/CB Defensive backs 39 Matt Black DB 17 Michael Grant DB 24 Evan McCollough DB 28 Byron Parker CB 10 Willie Pile S 21 Lin-J Shell DB 25 Sean Smalls DB Special teams  7 Noel Prefontaine P/K		Inactive List  8 Joshua Abrams DB (1 Game) 41 Tang Bacheyie S/LB (9 Game) 30 Jamie Boreham P (9 Game) 11 Delroy Clarke CB (1 Game) 90 Adrian Davis DT (9 Game) 14 Ken Dorsey QB (1 Game) 91 Ben Ishola DE (1 Game) 33 Jeff Johnson RB (1 Game) 23 Willie Middlebrooks CB (1 Game)  4 James Robinson WR (1 Game) Suspended Practice Roster 20 Anthony Alridge RB 92 Matthias Askew DT 69 Andre Barbour OL 87 D. J. Boldin WR 85 Keith Godding WR 36 Alphonso Hodge DB Italics indicates Import player Roster updated 2010-11-21 Depth Chart Transactions (argonauts.ca) Transactions (cfl.ca) 46 Active, 6 Inactive, 8 PR → More rosters

Awards and records

CFL Eastern All-Stars

• RB – Cory Boyd, CFL Eastern All-Star
• OT – Rob Murphy, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DT – Kevin Huntley, CFL Eastern All-Star
• LB – Kevin Eiben, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DB – Lin-J Shell, CFL Eastern All-Star
• S – Willie Pile, CFL Eastern All-Star
• ST – Chad Owens, CFL Eastern All-Star

Playoffs

Schedule

Round	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance
East Semi-Final	November 14	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	W 16 – 13	27,828
East Final	November 21	@ Alouettes	Olympic Stadium	L 48 – 17	58,021

Bracket

November 14: Division Semi-Finals

November 21: Division Finals

November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton

E3

Toronto Argonauts

17

E3

Toronto Argonauts

16

E1

Montreal Alouettes

48

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

13

E1

Montreal Alouettes

21

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

18

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

20

W3

BC Lions

38

W1

Calgary Stampeders

16

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

41*

*-Team won in Overtime.

East Semi-Final

Toronto at Hamilton

1 2 3 4 Total • Argonauts 3 0 10 3 16 Tiger-Cats 0 6 0 7 13 Date: November 14 Location: Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton, ON Game start: 1:00 PM EST Game attendance: 27,828 TV announcers (TSN): Rod Black (Play by Play), Duane Forde (Colour)

East Final

Toronto at Montreal

1 2 3 4 Total Argonauts 0 6 3 8 17 • Alouettes 17 10 7 14 48 Date: November 21 Location: Olympic Stadium Montreal, QC Game start: 1:00 PM EST Game attendance: 58,021 Game weather: None (Closed Stadium) Referee: Jake Ireland TV announcers (TSN): Rod Black (Play by Play), Duane Forde (Colour), Sara Orlesky (Sideline)