2000 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season explained

Team:	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Year:	2000
Record:	7–10–1
Division Place:	3rd, East
Coach:	Dave Ritchie
Stadium:	Winnipeg Stadium
Playoffs:	Lost East Final
Uniform:	Image:CFL WPG Jersey 1998.png
Shortnavlink:	Blue Bombers seasons

The 2000 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in third place in the East Division with a 7–10–1 record. They appeared in the East Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
1	2		DL	UBC
4	25		WR	Texas Southern
5	32		DE	Wilfrid Laurier
5	36		G	North Dakota
6	40		DL	Manitoba

Regular season

Season standings

East Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! PF !! PA !! Pts

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
	18	7	10	1	0	390	562	15

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record	Streak
1	July 5	at Montreal Alouettes	38–22	Loss	0–1	L1
2	July 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	42–38	Loss	0–2	L2
3	July 21	at Edmonton Eskimos	51–49	Loss	0–3	L3
4	July 28	vs. Montreal Alouettes	33–31	Loss	0–4	L4
5	August 4	vs. BC Lions	31–16	Win	1–4	W1
6	August 10	at Toronto Argonauts	41–41	Tie	1–4–1	T1
7	August 16	at Calgary Stampeders	37–16	Loss	1–5–1	L1
8	August 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	38–33	Win	2–5–1	W1
9	Sept 3	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–29	Loss	2–6–1	L1
10	Sept 9	vs. Toronto Argonauts	24–12	Loss	2–7–1	L2
11	Sept 16	vs. Montreal Alouettes	30–27	Win	3–7–1	W1
12	Sept 23	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	43–6	Loss	3–8–1	L1
13	Sept 29	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–30	Win	4–8–1	W1
14	Oct 9	at BC Lions	40–33	Win	5–8–1	W2
15	Oct 15	at Montreal Alouettes	36–30	Loss	5–9–1	L1
16	Oct 20	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–24	Win	6–9–1	W1
17	Oct 27	at Toronto Argonauts	32–31	Loss	6–10–1	L1
18	Nov 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	30–18	Win	7–10–1	W1

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Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	3	2	14	3	22
	3	8	0	9	20

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	13	3	1	7	24
	0	15	13	7	35

Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Albert Johnson III (WR)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award – Albert Johnson III (WR)

2000 CFL All-Stars

• SB – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star
• ST – Albert Johnson III, CFL All-Star

Eastern All-Star selections

• SB – Milt Stegall, CFL Eastern All-Star
• WR – Robert Gordon, CFL Eastern All-Star
• OT – Moe Elewonibi, CFL Eastern All-Star
• ST – Albert Johnson III, CFL Eastern All-Star
• LB – Antonio Armstrong, CFL Eastern All-Star

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics. 2009-10-25. 2009-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040717/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm. dead.