1953 Toronto Argonauts season

1953 Toronto Argonauts season
Head coach	Frank Clair
Home field	Varsity Stadium
Results
Record	5–9
Division place	4th, IRFU
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1953 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 5–9 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	14	8	6	0	292	229	16
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	6	0	229	243	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	7	7	0	266	238	14
Toronto Argonauts	14	5	9	0	172	249	10

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final score	Attendance	Record
1	August 26	Alouettes	Varsity Stadium	W 11–9	18,500	1–0–0
2	September 2	@ Alouettes	Delorimier Stadium	L 15–7	13,276	1–1–0
2	September 7	@ Tiger-Cats	Civic Stadium	L 14–12	17,000	1–2–0
3	September 12	Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium	L 20–16	17,459	1–3–0
4	September 16	@ Tiger-Cats	Civic Stadium	W 21–20	14,000	2–3–0
4	September 19	Tiger-Cats	Varsity Stadium	L 12–9	20,382	2–4–0
5	September 26	@ Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	W 18–17	16,000	3–4–0
6	Bye
7	October 10	Tiger-Cats	Varsity Stadium	L 26–0	19,150	3–5–0
7	October 12	@ Tiger-Cats	Civic Stadium	W 30–12	19,069	4–5–0
8	October 18	@ Alouettes	Delorimier Stadium	L 39–11	19,603	4–6–0
9	October 24	Tiger-Cats	Varsity Stadium	W 17–5		5–6–0
10	October 31	Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium	L 20–8	20,187	5–7–0
11	November 7	@ Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	L 13–4		5–8–0
12	November 14	Alouettes	Varsity Stadium	L 27–8	16,153	5–9–0