The
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 4–10 record and failed to make the playoffs.
Preseason
The Argonauts hosted an
interleague exhibition game on August 5 against the
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
's
Chicago Cardinals in the inaugural game at the new
Exhibition Stadium
Canadian National Exhibition Stadium (commonly known as Exhibition Stadium or CNE Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium that formerly stood on the Exhibition Place grounds, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally built for Canadian National Exhi ...
. The game was the first to involve an
NFL team played in Toronto. It was also the first
NFL-CFL interleague exhibition match held since the establishment of the
Canadian Football League in 1958. The Argos lost 55–26.
Schedule
Regular season
Standings
Schedule
References
Toronto Argonauts seasons
1959 Canadian Football League season by team
1959 in sports in Ontario
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