2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
General manager	Neil Lumsden
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
Home stadium	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	9–9–0–2
Division place	2nd, East
Playoffs	Lost East Semi-Final
Team MOP	Joe Montford
Team MOC	Michael Philbrick
Team MOR	Willie Fells
Uniform

The 2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 43rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 51st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in second place in the East Division with a 9–9–0–2 record in the first CFL season that awarded points to overtime losses. The Tiger-Cats failed to defend their Grey Cup title when they lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the East Semi-Final.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
2	14	Mike Juhasz	WR	North Dakota
3	22	Paul Lambert	G	Western Michigan
4	30	Joe McCullum	OL	Utah
5	38	James MacLean	SB	Queen's
6	46	Doug Van Moorsel	OL	California, PA

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 21	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–27	Tie	0–0–1
B	June 27	at Montreal Alouettes	43–33	Loss	0–1–1

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Montreal Alouettes (C, Q)	18	12	6	0	0	594	379	+215	24
2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q)	18	9	7	0	2	470	446	+24	20
3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Q)	18	7	9	1	1	539	596	−57	16
4	Toronto Argonauts	18	7	10	1	0	390	562	−172	15

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

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record	Streak
1	July 7	vs. BC Lions	33–26	Loss	0–1	L1
2	July 14	at Edmonton Eskimos	28–21	Win	1–1	W1
3	July 21	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	40–34	Win	2–1	W2
4	July 28	at Toronto Argonauts	23–17	Win	3–1	W3
5	Aug 4	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	16–10	Loss	3–2	L1
6	Aug 11	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–23	Win	4–2	W1
7	Aug 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	37–26	Win	5–2	W2
8	Aug 25	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–33	Loss	5–3	L1
9	Sept 4	vs. Toronto Argonauts	42–12	Win	6–3	W1
10	Sept 10	at Montreal Alouettes	15–9	Win	7–3	W2
11	Sept 16	at Calgary Stampeders	41–38	Loss	7–4	L1
12	Sept 23	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43–6	Win	8–4	W1
13	Sept 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	32–16	Loss	8–5	L1
14	Oct 7	at Toronto Argonauts	29–12	Loss	8–6	L2
15	Oct 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–8	Loss	8–7	L3
16	Oct 20	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–24	Loss	8–8	L4
17	Oct 28	at BC Lions	28–22	Loss	8–9	L5
18	Nov 5	vs. Calgary Stampeders	24–22	Win	9–9	W1

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
East Semi-Final	Nov 12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–20	Loss

Roster

2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster
Quarterbacks 12 Billy Dicken 11 Cody Ledbetter 14 Danny McManus Running backs 33 Jeff Johnson 34 Jarrett Smith 24 Ronald Williams Receivers 81 Tony Akins  9 Archie Amerson 82 Darren Flutie  2 Corey Grant 89 Andrew Grigg 87 Mike Juhasz 18 Mike Morreale 86 Trevor Shaw		Offensive linemen 67 Gary Brown G 55 Chris Burns G 50 Pascal Cheron T 51 Carl Coulter C 64 Seth Dittman T 68 Dave Hack T 66 Mike Mihelic G 54 Mark Verbeek C Defensive linemen 99 Jeff Cummins DT 90 Gonzalo Floyd DE 53 Joe Montford DE 77 Mike Philbrick DT 93 Aaron Williams DT 97 Mark Word DE		Linebackers 47 Warren Muzika 59 Mike O'Shea 17 Sean Woodson Defensive backs 21 Kevin Brooks  4 Nick Harper 42 Rob Hitchcock 13 Clifford Ivory 30 Chris Shelling 22 Orlondo Steinauer 39 Gerald Vaughn  7 Kyle Walters Special teams  3 Paul Osbaldiston K/P		Injured list  5 Todd Bankhead QB 40 Willie Fells LB 15 Joe Hagins LB 19 Donald Smith DB 37 Jerry Urias DB Italics indicate American players

Awards and honours

2000 CFL All-Stars

• Joe Montford – Defensive End