The

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Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

season was the 61st season for the team in the

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and their 146th season overall. The Argonauts failed to improve upon their 9–9 record from 2017, losing their tenth game of the season to the

Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-old ...

on September 28. Following their week 17 loss to the

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on October 6, 2018, the Argonauts were the first team eliminated from post-season contention. They became the first team since the 2006 Edmonton Eskimos to fail to qualify for the playoffs in the year after winning the

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. This was the second season with

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and

Marc Trestman Marc Marlyn Trestman (born January 15, 1956) is an American football and Canadian football coach. He led the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach ...

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. It was announced the day following the Argonauts 24-9 loss to the

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) ( French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Startin ...

on November 2 that Trestman would be relieved of his coaching duties for the Toronto Argonauts football team, following a 4-14 season with minimal success in Ricky Ray's absence. Ricky Ray was also indecisive about retirement at the end of the 2018 CFL regular season after sustaining a season-ending injury in the Argonauts 41-7 loss to the

on June 23 though he ultimately retired prior to the start of the

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Offseason

CFL Draft

The

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took place on May 3, 2018. The Argonauts had the last selection in each round of the draft by virtue of winning the

105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017, between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In a re-match of the 100th Grey Cup, the Argonauts won the game 27–24, winning their 17th cham ...

, less any traded picks. The Argos traded their third-round pick to the

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in a trade for

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, but got Edmonton's when the Argos traded Mason Woods for James Franklin.Blue Bombers ship Willy to Argos; acquire Glenn in trade with Als
/ref>Argos acquire rights to QB James Franklin in trade with Eskimos
/ref> The Argonauts also made two conditional trades, one of which was fulfilled; they lost their sixth-round selection to

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after acquiring

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and he had a successful season.Double Blue acquire SB SJ Green in trade with Als
/ref>

Preseason

The Argonauts played their home pre-season game in

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due to field maintenance for the grass at their usual home stadium,

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. 2018 Schedule
/ref> : Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

The Toronto Argonauts lost their starting quarterback,

Ricky Ray Ricky Ray (born October 22, 1979) is an American former professional Canadian football quarterback. Ray spent the majority of his professional career with the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He also ...

, due to a serious neck injury in the team's 41–7 loss to the

in the second week of the season. He was subsequently discharged from a Toronto hospital several days later. At the time of discharge, it was announced that Ray would miss a significant, but undisclosed, amount of time from on-field responsibilities. At the time of injury, commentators suggested that the team bench Ray in favor of their newly acquired backup quarterback, James Franklin.

Standings

Schedule

: Games played with colour uniforms. : Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

External links

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