2000 Montreal Alouettes season

2000 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Charlie Taaffe
Home stadium	Molson Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	1st, East
Playoffs	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

The 2000 Montreal Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division with a 12–6 record. This was Anthony Calvillo's first season as the full-time starter, and he didn't disappoint, having an allstar year, first leading his team to the Grey Cup, by beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 35–24 in the East Final, as they appeared in the Grey Cup for the first time since 1979, but lost to the BC Lions, who were led by Damon Allen. Overall it was a great year for the Alouettes, even if they lost the Grey Cup.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
2	12	Mat Petz	DE	Wake Forest
3	16	Morgan Kane	RB	Wake Forest
3	19	Jason Gavadza	TE	Kent St.
4	27	Harvey Stables	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
5	35	Ian Hewitt	K/P	Minot State
6	43	Andre Clark	DB	SE Missouri State

^[1]

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 17	Toronto Argonauts	SkyDome	13–13 (*)	Tie	10,077	0–0–1
B	June 27	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	43–33	Win	16,688	1–0–1

* The Alouettes won this game in a pre-planned demonstration of the CFL's new overtime format 19–16.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	July 5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	38–22	Win	19,461	1–0	W1
2	July 11	Toronto Argonauts	SkyDome	45–6	Win	20,612	2–0	W2
3	July 20	Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	41–4	Win	19,461	3–0	W3
4	July 28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	33–31	Win	24,111	4–0	W4
5	Aug 3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Molson Stadium	62–7	Win	19,461	5–0	W5
6	Aug 11	Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	29–7	Loss	31,472	5–1	L1
7	Aug 18	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	37–26	Loss	20,720	5–2	L2
8	Aug 25	Calgary Stampeders	Molson Stadium	48–13	Win	19,461	6–2	W1
9	Aug 31	BC Lions	BC Place Stadium	35–25	Win	19,621	7–2	W2
10	Sept 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	15–9	Loss	19,461	7–3	L1
11	Sept 16	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	30–27	Loss	22,917	7–4	L2
12	Sept 24	BC Lions	Molson Stadium	29–28	Win	19,461	8–4	W1
13	Sept 30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	32–16	Win	21,212	9–4	W2
14	Oct 9	Edmonton Eskimos	Molson Stadium	45–15	Win	19,461	10–4	W3
15	Oct 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	36–30	Win	19,461	11–4	W4
16	Oct 22	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Taylor Field	39–22	Win	27,138	12–4	W5
17	Oct 29	Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	32–31	Loss	45,010	12–5	L1
18	Nov 5	Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	17–11	Loss	19,461	12–6	L2

^[2]

Roster

2000 Montreal Alouettes final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

68 Bryan Chiu C
62 Scott Flory G
66 Neal Fort T
65 Kevin Lefsrud C/G
53 Uzooma Okeke T
65 Mike Sutherland G/T
59 Pierre Vercheval G

Defensive linemen

90 Swift Burch DE
34 Tim Fleiszer DE
91 Mat Petz DE
58 Selvesta Miller DE
75 Ed Philion DT
93 Jason Richards DT

Linebackers

51 Sheldon Benoit
7 Tracy Gravely
47 Stefen Reid

Defensive backs

24 Dwight Henry
31 Barron Miles
29 Eric Riddick
37 Alphonso Roundtree
2 Davis Sanchez
21 Irvin Smith
36 Les Smith
23 Mark Washington
1 Kelly Wiltshire

Special teams

10 Terry Baker K/P

Injured list

6 Jamie Barnette QB
17 Alfonzo Browning SB
98 Steve Charbonneau DT
69 Tito Hannah DE
55 Chris Hoople LB
18 Will Loftus DB
53 Myron Newsome LB
11 Winston October DB

Suspended

Keith Crawford DB
David Miller-Johnston K/P
Eric Smith WR

Italics indicate American player

Playoffs

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	3	1	7	24
Montreal Alouettes	0	15	13	7	35

Grey Cup

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

Awards

2000 CFL All-Star Selections

Bryan Chiu – Centre
Barron Miles – Defensive Back
Mike Pringle – Running Back
Davis Sanchez – Cornerback
Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard

2000 Intergold CFLPA All-Star Selections

^[3]

References

"Draft Tracker | Prospect Central | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2009-10-01. 2000 CFL Canadian Draft
"2000 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
"CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-29.