1901 Toronto Argonauts season

1901 Toronto Argonauts season
1901 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Ernest "Pud" Kent (captain)
Home field	Varsity Athletic Field and Rosedale Field
Results
Record	5–1
Division place	1st, ORFU senior series
Playoff finish	Lost Dominion Championship
	← 1900; Argonauts seasons; 1902 →;

The 1901 Toronto Argonauts season was the Argonaut Football Club's fourth season of organized league play since joining the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1898. The team won the first league championship in club history, finishing in first place in the senior series of the ORFU with five wins and one loss. The Argos also defeated the University of Toronto, that season's intercollegiate champions, in a two-game series for the city championship.

In their first trip to the Dominion championship the Argonauts were beaten 18-3 in Montreal by Ottawa College, champions of the Quebec Rugby Football Union, seven days after the two teams had played to a 12–12 tie.

Regular season

Standings

**Ontario Rugby Football Union (senior series)**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	6	5	1	64	27	10
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	4	2	111	33	8
Hamilton Tigers	6	2	4	39	72	4
Kingston Granites	6	1	5	8	89	2

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance	Record
1	Oct 5	@ Hamilton Tigers	Hamilton AAA Grounds	W 8–6	1,000	1–0–0
2	Oct 12	@ Kingston Granites	Kingston AAA Grounds	L 2–0	?	1–1–0
3	Oct 19	University of Toronto	Varsity Athletic Field	W 18-12	1,500	City Championship (Game 1)
4	Oct 26	Kingston Granites	Varsity Athletic Field	W 23–1	1,500	2–1–0
5	Nov 2	Ottawa Rough Riders	Rosedale Field	W 13–10	1,800	3–1–0
6	Nov 9	Hamilton Tigers	Varsity Athletic Field	W 19–8	?	4–1–0
7	Nov 16	@ Ottawa Rough Riders	Varsity Oval	W 2–1	2,500	5–1–0
9	Nov 28	University of Toronto	Rosedale Field	W 5–1	2,000	City Championship (Game 2)

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Postseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance
CRU Dominion Championship	Nov 23	Ottawa College	Montreal AAA Grounds	T 12–12	2,500
CRU Dominion Championship (replay)	Nov 30	Ottawa College	Montreal AAA Grounds	L 18–3	2,000

References

^ Toronto Globe, Nov. 18, 1901, p. 8
^ Results compiled from the Toronto Daily Star on the following dates: Oct. 7, 1901; Oct. 14, 1901; Oct. 28, 1901; Nov. 4, 1901; Nov. 11, 1901; and from the Toronto Globe, Nov. 18, 1901.

[1] Toronto Globe, Nov. 18, 1901, p. 8

[2] Results compiled from the Toronto Daily Star on the following dates: Oct. 7, 1901; Oct. 14, 1901; Oct. 28, 1901; Nov. 4, 1901; Nov. 11, 1901; and from the Toronto Globe, Nov. 18, 1901.

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