2001 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2001 Toronto Argonauts finished in 4th place in the East Division of the 2001 CFL season with a 7–11 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

2001 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Michael "Pinball" Clemons[1]
Home field	SkyDome[2]
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	4	Angus Reid	G	Simon Fraser
4	26	Kevin Eiben	S	Bucknell
5	34	Andre Talbot	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
5	39	Jermaine Romans	DB	Acadia
6	42	Matt McKnight	S	Waterloo

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Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance	Record
A	June 22	Tiger-Cats	SkyDome	L 29 – 16	20,456	0–1
B	June 27	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	L 38 – 10	23,078	0–2

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Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	14	4	0	0	509	383	28
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	11	7	0	0	440	420	22
Montreal Alouettes	18	9	9	0	0	454	419	18
Toronto Argonauts	18	7	11	0	1	432	455	15

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Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Attendance	Record
1	July 4	Alouettes	SkyDome	L 27 – 3	14,065	0–1–0–0
2	July 13	Blue Bombers	SkyDome	L 30 – 16	11,041	0–2–0–0
3	July 20	Tiger-Cats	SkyDome	L 24 – 18	16,252	0–3–0–0
4	July 28	@ Roughriders	Taylor Field	W 50 – 24	27,255	1–3–0–0
5	August 3	@ Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	W 36 – 35	32,605	2–3–0–0
6	August 10	@ Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	L 36 – 16	25,598	2–4–0–0
7	August 16	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 40 – 25	19,541	2–5–0–0
8	August 25	Roughriders	SkyDome	L 14 – 11	18,378	2–6–0–0
9	September 3	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	L 26 – 13	26,283	2–7–0–0
10	September 8	Lions	SkyDome	W 32 – 17	17,462	3–7–0–0
11	September 17 †	@ Alouettes	Molson Stadium	L 24 – 18	19,541	3–8–0–0
12	September 21	@ Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	L 23 – 22	28,687	3–9–0–0
13	September 28	Stampeders	SkyDome	W 33 – 31	15,387	4–9–0–0
14	October 6	@ Lions	BC Place Stadium	W 34 – 17	17,822	5–9–0–0
15	October 13	Alouettes	SkyDome	W 51 – 24	17,258	6–9–0–0
16	October 19	Eskimos	SkyDome	L 25 – 22 (OT)	15,438	6–10–0–1
17	October 26	Blue Bombers	SkyDome	W 12 – 7	16,782	7–10–0–1
18	November 3	@ Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	L 31 – 20	21,019	7–11–0–1

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• † Game rescheduled from September 16 due to the September 11 attacks.

Postseason

After finishing last in the East division, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Awards and records

2001 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Michael Jenkins
• DE – Elfrid Payton
• CB – Wayne Shaw

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Eastern Division All-Star Selections

• RB – Michael Jenkins
• SB – Derrell Mitchell
• WR – Ted Alford
• OG – Jude St. John
• DE – Elfrid Payton
• CB – Wayne Shaw

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References

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