# 2005 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2005 Toronto Argonauts season was the 48th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 133rd season overall. The Argonauts finished the regular season 11–7 and finished in first place in the East Division.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 9 | Toronto Argonauts | Nick Kaczur | OL | Toledo |
| 11 | Toronto Argonauts | Raymond Fontaine | LB | Kentucky |
| 14 | Toronto Argonauts | Phillipe Audet | DL | Laval |
| 18 | Toronto Argonauts | Jeff Keeping | OT | Western Ontario |
| 35 | Toronto Argonauts | Tye Smith | OL | Manitoba |
| 44 | Toronto Argonauts | Bryan Crawford | RB | Queen's |
| 53 | Toronto Argonauts | Ian Forde | RB | Waterloo |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Attendance | Record |
| A | June 11 | Tiger-Cats | Huskies Stadium | T 16 – 16 | 11,148 | 0–0–1 |
| B | June 17 | @ Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | W 34 – 31 | 24,582 | 1–0–1 |

## Regular season
### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | June 25 | Lions | Rogers Centre | L 27 – 20 | 30,712 | 0–1 |
| 2 | July 1 | @ Stampeders | McMahon Stadium | W 22 – 16 | 34,102 | 1–1 |
| 3 | July 9 | Roughriders | Rogers Centre | W 27 – 26 | 26,218 | 2–1 |
| 4 | July 15 | @ Lions | BC Place Stadium | L 30 – 22 | 29,217 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 6 | July 28 | @ Alouettes | Molson Stadium | W 36 – 24 | 20,202 | 3–2 |
| 6 | August 1 | Blue Bombers | Rogers Centre | W 34 – 27 | 27,214 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 8 | August 12 | Alouettes | Rogers Centre | L 18 – 10 | 31,621 | 4–3 |
| 9 | August 20 | @ Eskimos | Commonwealth Stadium | W 22 – 18 | 38,927 | 5–3 |
| 10 | August 24 | Stampeders | Rogers Centre | W 25 – 16 | 24,637 | 6–3 |
| 11 | September 5 | @ Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | L 33 – 30 | 29,600 | 6–4 |
| 12 | September 10 | Tiger-Cats | Rogers Centre | W 48 – 0 | 32,274 | 7–4 |
| 13 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 14 | September 23 | @ Roughriders | Taylor Field | L 24 – 13 | 22,779 | 7–5 |
| 15 | September 28 | Renegades | Rogers Centre | W 29 – 18 | 24,886 | 8–5 |
| 16 | October 10 | Eskimos | Rogers Centre | L 17 – 13 | 34,116 | 8–6 |
| 17 | October 16 | @ Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | W 35 – 32 | 22,323 | 9–6 |
| 18 | October 22 | @ Alouettes | Olympic Stadium | W 49 – 23 | 51,269 | 10–6 |
| 19 | October 27 | Tiger-Cats | Rogers Centre | W 34 – 11 | 40,085 | 11–6 |
| 20 | November 5 | @ Renegades | Frank Clair Stadium | L 27 – 17 | 16,504 | 11–7 |

### Season standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 486 | 387 | 22 | Details |
| Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 592 | 519 | 20 | Details |
| Ottawa Renegades | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 458 | 578 | 14 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 383 | 583 | 10 | Details |

## Postseason

| Round | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Attendance |
| East Final | November 20 | Alouettes | Rogers Centre | L 33–17 | 44,211 |

## Awards and records

* Damon Allen, CFL Outstanding Player Award
* Michael Fletcher, James P. McCaffrey Trophy

### CFL All-Stars: Offence

* QB – Damon Allen

### CFL All-Stars: Defence

* DE – Jonathan Brown
* LB – Michael Fletcher
* LB – Kevin Eiben
* CB – Jordan Younger

### CFL Eastern All-Stars: Offence

* QB – Damon Allen
* SB – Arland Bruce III
* OG – Jude St. John
* OT – Bernard Williams

### CFL Eastern All-Stars: Defence

* DE – Jonathan Brown
* LB – Michael Fletcher
* LB – Kevin Eiben
* CB – Adrion Smith
* CB – Jordan Younger
* DB – Kenny Wheaton

### CFL Eastern All-Stars: Special teams

* P – Noel Prefontaine
* K – Noel Prefontaine