1947 Toronto Argonauts season

1947 Toronto Argonauts season
Head Coach	Teddy Morris
Home Field	Varsity Stadium
Results
Record	7–4–1
Place	2nd, IRFU
Playoff Finish	Won 35th Grey Cup
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1946	1948

The 1947 Toronto Argonauts season was the 58th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–4–1 record and qualified for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season. The Argonauts defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders in a two-game total-points IRFU Final series before winning the Eastern Final over the Ottawa Trojans. The two-time defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts faced the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the third time in a row in the Grey Cup game. Toronto won their eighth Grey Cup championship by a score of 10-9 for the first three-peat in franchise history.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Record
B	Aug 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Osborne Stadium	W 16–9	1–0
B	Sept 1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Osborne Stadium	W 11–0	2–0

Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	8	4	0	170	103	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	4	1	140	122	15
Montreal Alouettes	12	6	6	0	164	164	12
Hamilton Tigers	12	2	9	1	119	204	5

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score	Record
1	Sept 6	@ Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	L 23–6	0–1–0
2	Sept 13	Montreal Alouettes	Varsity Stadium	L 15–7	0–2–0
3	Sept 17	@ Hamilton Tigers	Civic Stadium	W 34–25	1–2–0
3	Sept 20	Hamilton Tigers	Varsity Stadium	W 2–0	2–2–0
4	Sept 27	Ottawa Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium	W 8–0	3–2–0
5	Oct 4	@ Montreal Alouettes	Delorimier Stadium	W 10–6	4–2–0
6	Oct 11	@ Hamilton Tigers	Civic Stadium	W 13–1	5–2–0
6	Oct 13	Hamilton Tigers	Varsity Stadium	T 6–6	5–2–1
7	Oct 18	Montreal Alouettes	Varsity Stadium	W 25–3	6–2–1
8	Oct 25	@ Montreal Alouettes	Delorimier Stadium	L 17–12	6–3–1
9	Nov 1	Ottawa Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium	L 15–5	6–4–1
10	Nov 8	@ Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	W 12–11	7–4–1

Postseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Final Score
IRFU Final Game 1	Nov 11	@ Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	W 3–0
IRFU Final Game 2	Nov 15	Ottawa Rough Riders	Varsity Stadium	W 21–0
Eastern Final	Nov 22	Ottawa Trojans	Varsity Stadium	W 22–1
Grey Cup	Nov 29	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Varsity Stadium	W 10–9

Grey Cup

Main article: 35th Grey Cup

November 29 @ Varsity Stadium (Attendance: 18,885)

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6	3	0	0	9
Toronto Argonauts	0	1	6	3	10