2008 Toronto Argonauts season The 2008 Toronto Argonauts season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 136th season overall . The Argonauts attempted to win their 16th Grey Cup , but they failed to make the playoffs ending the season on a nine game losing streak . Offseason . CFL Draft . In the 2008 CFL Draft , 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country , as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA . The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN . ca with host Rod Black . Rosters . Pre - season roster . " As of June 10 , 2008 " Regular season . Toronto started the season off well , winning against the Blue Bombers 23 – 16 , but after that they compiled a 2 – 5 record the next 7 games . After the Bye week , everything went downhill , they won only one game and lost 9 start to finsh the season 4 – 14 and missed the playoffs . A raucous Labour Day crowd of 25 , 911 at Ivor Wynne Stadium witnessed a game that ended with a 34 – 31 Argo victory , the team ' s first win against the Ti - cats of the season . Argo head coach Rich Stubler ' s job was rumoured to be on the line . Argos receiver Arland Bruce III found time for a little theatrics , celebrating an 11 - yard TD catch by donning a Spiderman mask produced from his pants . Several days later , the Canadian Football League fined the Argonauts receiver an undisclosed amount for his touchdown celebration against the Hamilton Tiger - Cats by donning a Spider - Man mask . Game officials had handed Bruce an objectionable conduct penalty after the incident . Bruce went on to have his best game of the season , catching 10 passes for a game - high 149 yards . On September 9 , Rich Stubler was released as head coach of the Argonauts after posting a 4 – 6 record . There was the belief he couldn ' t get along with those he worked with . The Argos hired Don Matthews , the head coach with the most wins in CFL history and head coach during Toronto ' s back - to - back Grey Cup victories in 1996 and 1997 , to return to the club as head coach for the third time in his coaching career . During the teams next game on September 12 at Rogers Centre , Winnipeg Blue Bombers slotback Milt Stegall became the most prolific receiver in the history of the CFL . The slotback caught a 92 - yard pass at 9 : 02 in the second quarter to raise his career total to 14 , 983 , breaking the mark of 14 , 891 yards previously held by former Stampeders receiver Allen Pitts . Stegall took a pass from Kevin Glenn and scored a touchdown , his second of the game . It put the Bombers ahead 28 – 3 . On October 31 , Don Matthews resigned from the Argonauts a day after the conclusion of the Argonauts 2008 regular season , which saw the Argos fail to win a game in the eight games under his leadership and finishing out of the playoffs for the first time since the 2001 CFL season . Postseason . The Argos finished third in the East Division with a record of 4 wins and 14 losses . The Edmonton Eskimos , who finished fourth in the West , had a better record of 10 and 8 , and under the cross - over rule eliminated Toronto from the playoffs and play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the East semi - final .