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Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–14 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

In spite of a 2–14 record, the Argonauts actually ended their season occupying the final playoff spot in the East (the crossover rule, intended to prevent such a weak third place team from making the playoffs, had not yet been implemented). Had the Montreal Alouettes lost their final regular season game against the

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, they would have also finished 2–14 in which case the Argonauts would have qualified has they had scored more points in head-to-head games. However, Montreal won their last game to finish 3–13 and in third place.

Standings

Schedule

Awards and honours

1981 CFL All-Stars

*''None''

1981 Eastern All-Stars

*RB – Cedric Minter, CFL Eastern All-Star *P –

Zenon Andrusyshyn Zenon Andrusyshyn (born February 25, 1947) is a German-Canadian former Canadian Football League punter (football position), punter and Placekicker, kicker from –, –, primarily for the Toronto Argonauts. He also was a member of the Kansas City ...

, CFL Eastern All-Star

References

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