The 1959 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's Chicago Cardinals in the inaugural game at the new Exhibition Stadium. 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 Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Wed, Aug 5 vs. Chicago Cardinals (NFL) L 26–55 0–1 Exhibition Stadium 27,770 B Wed, Aug 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 53–13 1–1 Exhibition Stadium 8,000
Regular season
Standings + Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 10 4 0 298 162 20 Ottawa Rough Riders 14 8 6 0 275 217 16 Montreal Alouettes 14 6 8 0 193 305 12 Toronto Argonauts 14 4 10 0 192 274 8
Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Tue, Aug 18 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–20 1–0 Landsdowne Park 20,675 1 2 Fri, Aug 21 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–16 1–1 Exhibition Stadium 27,554 2 3 Fri, Aug 28 at Montreal Alouettes L 6–24 1–2 Molson Stadium 23,927 3 4 Mon, Sept 7 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 3–37 1–3 Civic Stadium 24,245 4 5 Sun, Sept 13 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 19–6 2–3 Exhibition Stadium 25,849 5 6 Wed, Sept 16 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 1–28 2–4 Landsdowne Park 13,097 5 7 Sun, Sept 20 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 17–34 2–5 Exhibition Stadium 27,883 6 8 Sat, Sept 26 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 39–9 3–5 Exhibition Stadium 20,035 7 9 Sat, Oct 3 at Montreal Alouettes W 37–14 4–5 Molson Stadium 22,152 8 10 Sat, Oct 10 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–13 4–6 Exhibition Stadium 26,223 8 11 Mon, Oct 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–20 4–7 Civic Stadium 22,068 9 12 Sat, Oct 17 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 3–4 4–8 Exhibition Stadium 19,941 10 13 Sat, Oct 24 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 4–18 4–9 Landsdowne Park 14,996 11 14 Sat, Oct 31 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 21–31 4–10 Exhibition Stadium 19,465
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