2000 BC Lions season

2000 BC Lions season
Head coach	Greg Mohns Steve Buratto (Interim)
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 2000 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with an 8–10 record. After starting the season with a 5–9 record, the Lions won four of their last five regular season games and entered the post-season with heavy momentum. As such, they became the first team in CFL history with a losing record to win the Grey Cup. Long-time Lion Lui Passaglia retired following the championship, after a CFL record 25 seasons in the league.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	6	Adriano Belli	DT	Houston
3	20	Brent Johnson	DE	Ohio State
4	28	Loren Padelford	OL	Guelph
6	44	Fabian Rayne	RB	Western

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 21	Edmonton Eskimos	26–21	Win	1–0
B	June 27	Calgary Stampeders	32–20	Loss	1–1

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	5	1	0	604	495	25
Edmonton Eskimos	18	10	8	0	1	527	520	21
BC Lions	18	8	10	0	1	513	529	17
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	12	1	0	516	626	11

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record	Streak
1	July 7	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–26	Win	1–0	W1
2	July 13	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–28	Win	2–0	W2
3	July 20	at Calgary Stampeders	35–2	Loss	2–1	L1
4	July 26	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	29–13	Loss	2–2	L2
5	August 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–16	Loss	2–3	L3
6	August 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	47–26	Loss	2–4	L4
7	August 17	vs. Toronto Argonauts	36–26	Win	3–4	W1
8	August 24	at Toronto Argonauts	51–4	Win	4–4	W2
9	August 31	vs. Montreal Alouettes	35–25	Loss	4–5	L1
10	Sept 9	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–20	Loss	4–6	L2
11	Sept 15	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	26–14	Win	5–6	W1
12	Sept 24	at Montreal Alouettes	29–28	Loss	5–7	L1
13	Oct 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	49–42	Loss	5–8	L2
14	Oct 9	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	40–33	Loss	5–9	L3
15	Oct 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	39–15	Win	6–9	W1
16	Oct 22	at Calgary Stampeders	45–38	Loss	6–10	L1
17	Oct 28	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–20	Win	7–10	W1
18	Nov 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–26	Win	8–10	W2

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Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Sean Millington (RB)

2000 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Sean Millington, CFL All-Star
• OT – Chris Perez, CFL All-Star
• K – Lui Passaglia, CFL All-Star

Western Division All-Star Selections

• RB – Sean Millington, CFL Western All-Star
• SB – Alfred Jackson, CFL Western All-Star
• OT – Chris Perez, CFL Western All-Star
• K – Lui Passaglia, CFL Western All-Star
• DE – Herman Smith, CFL Western All-Star
• CB – Eric Carter, CFL Western All-Star

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	3	8	3	18	32
BC Lions	14	3	14	3	34

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	1	10	0	12	23
BC Lions	4	20	10	3	37

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	8	4	0	16	28
Montreal Alouettes	3	0	7	16	26

References

1. http://www.cfl.ca/standings/2000/reg
2. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/archive/
3. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.