The team finished in first place in the East Division with a 13–5 record and qualified for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

The Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Eastern Final and qualified for the 79th Grey Cup.

In February 1991, the Argonauts were purchased by Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy.

[3] In April 1991, the Argonauts signed Raghib Ismail to a four-year contract worth 18 million dollars.

The rest was a personal services contract with the intention that Ismail would become an ambassador for Canadian football.