2000 BC Lions season

2000 BC Lions season
General manager	Adam Rita
Head coach	Greg Mohns Steve Buratto (Interim)
Home stadium	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, West
Playoffs	Won Grey Cup

The 2000 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with an 8–10 record. With the team sitting at 3–4, head coach Greg Mohns resigned allowing for receivers coach Steve Buratto to take over the team on an interim basis. 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Calgary Stampeders (C, Q)	18	12	5	1	0	604	495	+109	25
2	Edmonton Eskimos (Q)	18	10	7	0	1	527	520	+7	21
3	BC Lions (Q)	18	8	9	0	1	513	529	−16	17
4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	12	1	0	516	626	−110	11

Source: "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

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

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

Roster

2000 BC Lions final roster
Quarterbacks  9 Damon Allen 13 Doug Nussmeier  1 Nate Sparks Running backs 32 Simon Baffoe 29 Robert Drummond 23 Chuck Levy DB 19 Mike Maurer 25 Sean Millington Receivers  8 Bret Anderson K 20 Don Blair 10 Jason Crumb 21 Jimmy Cunningham 88 Sean Graham  7 Alfred Jackson 89 Denis Montana 85 Jimmy Oliver		Offensive linemen 66 Bob Beveridge G 61 Steve Hardin T 59 Craig Hendrickson G 68 Cory Mantyka G 57 Dan Payne T 62 Chris Perez T 60 Jamie Taras G/C Defensive linemen 92 Noah Cantor DT 95 Cameron Legault DT 91 Herman Smith DE 98 Marvin Thomas DE Linebackers 56 Daved Benefield 12 Damon Cogdell 33 Kelly Lochbaum 31 Roger Reinson		Defensive backs  2 Eric Carter 37 Mike Crumb  6 Michael Fletcher 26 Carl Kidd 17 Bo Lewis 34 Central McClellion Special teams  5 Lui Passaglia K/P Injured list 27 Raphaol Ball DB 96 Eric England DE 22 Michael Jordan DB 49 Jason Kralt LB Suspended  6 Greg Bearman DB 63 Scott Hendrickson C Italics indicate International player