The 2012 Toronto Argonauts season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 140th season overall. The Argonauts finished in second place in the East Division with a respectable 9–9 record, improving on their 6–12 record from 2011. The Argos hosted their first home playoff game since 2007 against the Edmonton Eskimos, the crossover team from the West, which the Argos won 42–26. Their next opponent was the Montreal Alouettes. In a close game, the Argonauts came out on top 27–20 and made it to the Grey Cup game. The Argonauts won the 100th Grey Cup 35–22 over the Calgary Stampeders.
Offseason
CFL draft The 2012 CFL draft took place on May 3, 2012 live at 3:00 PM EDT. The Argonauts had six selections in the six-round draft, with no picks in the first and third rounds after completing trades for quarterbacks Ricky Ray and Steven Jyles respectively.
Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 2 9 Cleyon Laing DE Iowa State 4 24 Herve Tonye-Tonye LB Northern Colorado 4 28 Quincy Hurst WR Manitoba 5 32 Luke Willson TE Rice Owls 6 40 Aaron Crawford LB Saint Mary's 6 41 Shea Pierre DB Windsor
Preseason Week Date Opponent Location Final Score Attendance Record A June 13 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 29 – 24 27,585 1–0 B June 19 Alouettes Rogers Centre W 25 – 20 36,214 2–0
Regular season
With a 31-26 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 27, the Argonauts clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2010. It also ensured that the Argonauts would play at home in the playoffs, something Toronto had not accomplished since the club's 2007 season.
Season standings
Season schedule Win Loss Tie Week Date Opponent Location Final Score Attendance Record 1 June 30 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium L 19 – 15 35,538 0–1 2 July 7 Stampeders Rogers Centre W 39 – 36 20,682 1–1 3 July 14 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 36 – 27 24,264 1–2 4 July 18 Blue Bombers Rogers Centre W 25 – 22 22,485 2–2 5 July 27 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium W 23 – 20 22,773 3–2 6 August 6 Lions Rogers Centre L 18 – 9 22,841 3–3 7 Bye 3–3 8 August 18 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium W 22 – 14 28,246 4–3 9 August 27 Eskimos Rogers Centre L 26 – 17 22,912 4–4 10 September 3 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 33 – 30 31,032 5–4 11 September 8 Tiger-Cats Rogers Centre W 45 – 31 23,061 6–4 12 September 15 @ Lions BC Place L 28 – 23 28,526 6–5 13 September 23 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 31 – 10 23,209 6–6 14 September 29 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium W 29 – 10 27,169 7–6 15 October 8 Roughriders Rogers Centre L 36 – 10 25,176 7–7 16 October 14 Alouettes Rogers Centre L 24 – 12 25,348 7–8 17 October 19 Blue Bombers Rogers Centre L 44 – 32 23,419 7–9 18 October 27 @ Roughriders Mosaic Stadium W 31 – 26 29,747 8–9 19 November 1 Tiger-Cats Rogers Centre W 43 – 40 27,283 9–9
Roster 2012 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
LS Offensive linemen G/T G C G T T T
Defensive linemen DT DT DE/DT DE DT DE DE DE Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/P K/PReserve roster LB LB RB
Practice roster K/P T DB SB WR DE WR
Injured list QB (1 Game) WR (1 Game) G (9 Game) WR (9 Game) SB (1 Game) G/T (1 Game) CB (1 Game)
Italics indicates American player Roster updated 2026-05-12 Depth Chart Transactions (argonauts.ca) Transactions (cfl.ca)
Coaching staff 2012 Toronto Argonauts staff Front office Owner – David Braley President and ceo – Chris Rudge Vice-Chair – Michael Clemons General manager – Jim Barker Assistant general manager and football operations – Ian Sanderson Assistant general manager – Chris Jones Director of player personnel – Mike Hagen Football operations consultant – Nick Volpe
Head coaches Head coach – Scott Milanovich Assistant head coach – Chris Jones
Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Jason Maas Receivers – Kez McCorvey Offensive line – Stephen McAdoo Running Backs - Anthony Ierullo Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Chris Jones Defensive line – Cory Stone Secondary – Orlondo Steinauer Linebackers - James Stanley
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mike O'Shea
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Postseason
Schedule Round Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance East Semi-Final November 11 Eskimos Rogers Centre W 42 – 26 25,792 East Final November 18 @ Alouettes Olympic Stadium W 27 – 20 50,112 Grey Cup November 25 Stampeders Rogers Centre W 35 – 22 53,208
Bracket
*-Team won in Overtime.
East Semi-Final
East Final
Grey Cup
References
External links 2012 Toronto Argonauts at Official Site