2004 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2004 Toronto Argonauts season was the 115th season for the professional Canadian football team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the East Division with a 10–7–1 record and qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year. The Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Semi-Final and then won the Eastern Final against the Montreal Alouettes. Toronto faced the BC Lions in the 92nd Grey Cup and won their 15th Grey Cup championship by a score of 27–19.

2004 Toronto Argonauts season
General managerAdam Rita
Head coachMichael "Pinball" Clemons[1]
Home fieldSkyDome[2]
Results
Record10–7–1
Division place2nd, East
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
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Offseason

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CFL draft

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Rd Pick Player Position School
1 4 Mark Moroz OL Wake Forest
1 6 Jean-Fredric Tremblay WR Laval
4 30 Frank Hoffmann DL York
5 39 Mike Mahoney LB McGill
6 48 Brandan Mahoney WR Simon Fraser

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Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record
A May 30 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 33 – 10 22,342 1–0
B June 5 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 31 – 23 11,214 2–0
C Bye

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Regular season

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Season standings

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Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 18 14 4 0 584 371 28 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 10 7 1 422 414 21 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 9 8 1 455 542 19 Details
Ottawa Renegades 18 5 13 0 401 560 10 Details

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Regular season

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Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record
1 June 15 Roughriders SkyDome W 21 – 10 26,821 1–0–0
2 June 24 @ Renegades Frank Clair Stadium L 20 – 10 20,241 1–1–0
3 July 3 Alouettes SkyDome L 19 – 9 23,923 1–2–0
4 July 10 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 34 – 6 27,664 2–2–0
5 July 16 @ Roughriders Taylor Field W 17 – 12 22,340 3–2–0
6 July 21 Renegades SkyDome W 28 – 25 24,209 4–2–0
7 Bye
8 August 8 Eskimos SkyDome W 39 – 14 23,897 5–2–0
9 August 12 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 22 – 10 20,202 5–3–0
10 August 17 Blue Bombers SkyDome W 14 – 6 24,246 6–3–0
11 August 27 @ Lions BC Place Stadium L 31 – 10 29,484 6–4–0
12 September 6 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium T 30 – 30 (2OT) 29,170 6–4–1
13 Bye
14 September 18 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium L 44 – 34 24,855 6–5–1
15 September 25 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium W 26 – 17 41,113 7–5–1
16 September 29 Stampeders SkyDome W 49 – 24 22,429 8–5–1
17 October 11 Lions SkyDome W 22 – 16 25,212 9–5–1
18 October 16 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium L 29 – 11 30,082 9–6–1
19 October 21 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 38 – 31 30,369 10–6–1
20 October 28 Alouettes SkyDome L 58 – 20 31,212 10–7–1

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Postseason

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Round Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance
East Semi-Final November 5 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 24–6 37,835
East Final November 14 @ Alouettes Olympic Stadium W 26–18 51,296
Grey Cup November 21 Lions Frank Clair Stadium W 27–19 51,242

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Grey Cup

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November 21 @ Frank Clair Stadium (Attendance: 51,242)

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Toronto Argonauts 0 17 7 3 27
BC Lions 7 3 3 6 19

Toronto Argonauts (27) – TDs, Damon Allen (2), Robert Baker; FGs Noel Prefontaine (2); cons., Prefontaine (3).

BC Lions (19) – TDs, Jason Clermont, Dave Dickenson; FGs Duncan O'Mahony (2); cons. O'Mahony (1).

First Quarter
BC—TD Clermont 12-yard pass from Dickenson (O'Mahony convert) 4:07

Second Quarter
TOR—FG Prefontaine 27-yard field goal 7:40
TOR—TD Allen 1-yard run (Prefontaine convert) 12:22
BC—FG O'Mahony 42-yard field goal 13:13
TOR—TD Baker 23-yard pass from Allen (Prefontaine convert) 14:37

Third Quarter
TOR—TD Allen 1-yard run (Prefontaine convert) 4:45
BC—FG O'Mahony 36-yard field goal 9:16

Fourth Quarter
BC—TD Dickenson 7-yard run (convert failed) 6:06
TOR—FG Prefontaine 16-yard field goal 12:19

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Awards and records

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2004 CFL All-Stars

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Eastern Division All-Star Selections

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time Coaching". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. ^ "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. ^ "All-Time Draft List". Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  4. ^ a b c "2004 Toronto Argonauts". Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  5. ^ "2004 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  6. ^ "2004 – Toronto Argonauts 27, B.C. Lions 19". Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  7. ^ a b 2010 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide (PDF). 2010. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.