2000 CFL season | |
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Duration | July 5 – November 5, 2000 |
East champions | Montreal Alouettes |
West champions | BC Lions |
88th Grey Cup | |
Date | November 26, 2000 |
Venue | McMahon Stadium, Calgary |
Champions | BC Lions |
The 2000 CFL season is considered to be the 47th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 43rd Canadian Football League season.
The CFL ends the 20th century on a continued upward curve.
After the 1999 season, league attendance levels and television ratings continued to grow. Attendance around the league had an increase of 5.6%, which went over '98 season figures as 1,718,312 fans filled their teams' stadium. Meanwhile, TSN's television ratings also increased by 17.9% over their '98 season ratings. In 2000, CFL attendance and TSN television ratings continued to increase further going over the '99 season figures.
Both, acting Commissioner & Chairman, John Tory and President & COO, Jeff Giles resigned from their respective posts. On Wednesday, November 1, Michael Lysko was named as the tenth CFL Commissioner in league history.
Calgary hosted the Grey Cup game and was successful in their week-long festival to celebrate the 88th championship season. The Grey Cup game, itself ended with another classic finish as the BC Lions spoiled the Montreal Alouettes two-point convert attempt to hang on and win the Grey Cup, 28–26. Immediately following the game, BC Lions legendary kicker Lui Passaglia, who kicked the winning points, retired after 25 seasons.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PF | PA | Pts |
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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 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PF | PA | Pts |
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Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 594 | 379 | 24 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 470 | 446 | 20 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 539 | 596 | 16 |
Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 390 | 562 | 15 |
Main article: 88th Grey Cup |
The BC Lions are the 2000 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28–26, at Calgary's McMahon Stadium. The Lions became the first team with a losing record (8–10, 1 OTL) to win the Grey Cup. The Lions' Robert Drummond (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Sean Millington (FB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
November 12: Division Semifinals | November 19: Division Finals | November 26: 88th Grey Cup McMahon Stadium – Calgary, AB | ||||||||||||
E3 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24 | ||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 35 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 26 | ||||||||||||
W3 | BC Lions | 28 | ||||||||||||
W3 | BC Lions | 37 | ||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Calgary Stampeders | 23 | ||||||||||||
W3 | BC Lions | 34 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 32 |