# 2000 Toronto Argonauts season

The 2000 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division of the 2000 CFL season with a 7–10–1 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 4 | Donnavan Carter | S | Northern Illinois |
| 2 | 11 | Richard Clarke | WR | Weber State |
| 3 | 18 | Carson Souter | K | Montana State |
| 4 | 24 | Benoit Meloche | LB | Laval |
| 4 | 26 | Kojo Millington | DE | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 5 | 34 | Brad Coutts | WR | British Columbia |
| 6 | 42 | Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette | DB | Laval |

### Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Attendance | Record |
| A | June 17 † | Alouettes | SkyDome | L 19 – 13 (OT) | 10,077 | 0–0–1 |
| B | June 27 | @ Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | L 59 – 13 | 19,108 | 0–0–2 |
* † The CFL had scheduled a demonstration of the league's new overtime format following the game regardless of whether the score necessitated it.

## 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 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 390 | 562 | 15 |

### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Final score | Attendance | Record | Streak |
| 1 | July 6 | @ Roughriders | Taylor Field | W 36 – 28 | 20,995 | 1–0–0 | W1 |
| 2 | July 11 | Alouettes | SkyDome | L 45 – 6 | 20,612 | 1–1–0 | L1 |
| 3 | July 20 | @ Alouettes | Molson Stadium | L 41 – 4 | 19,461 | 1–2–0 | L2 |
| 4 | July 28 | Tiger-Cats | SkyDome | L 23 – 17 | 15,345 | 1–3–0 | L3 |
| 5 | August 4 | @ Stampeders | McMahon Stadium | L 37 – 17 | 33,783 | 1–4–0 | L4 |
| 6 | August 10 | Blue Bombers | SkyDome | T 41 – 41 (4OT) | 11,723 | 1–4–1 | T1 |
| 7 | August 17 | @ Lions | BC Place Stadium | L 36 – 26 | 19,858 | 1–5–1 | L1 |
| 8 | August 24 | Lions | SkyDome | L 51 – 4 | 11,350 | 1–6–1 | L2 |
| 9 | September 4 | @ Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | L 42 – 12 | 28,830 | 1–7–1 | L3 |
| 10 | September 9 | @ Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | W 24 – 12 | 24,064 | 2–7–1 | W1 |
| 11 | September 15 | Roughriders | SkyDome | L 44 – 17 | 28,724 | 2–8–1 | L1 |
| 12 | September 22 | @ Eskimos | Commonwealth Stadium | W 34 – 21 | 28,649 | 3–8–1 | W1 |
| 13 | September 28 | Stampeders | SkyDome | L 31 – 14 | 11,343 | 3–9–1 | L1 |
| 14 | October 7 | Tiger-Cats | SkyDome | W 29 – 12 | 20,729 | 4–9–1 | W1 |
| 15 | October 13 | @ Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | W 32 – 8 | 19,632 | 5–9–1 | W2 |
| 16 | October 21 | Eskimos | SkyDome | L 48 – 28 | 18,129 | 5–10–1 | L1 |
| 17 | October 27 | Blue Bombers | SkyDome | W 32 – 31 | 18,473 | 6–10–1 | W1 |
| 18 | November 5 | @ Alouettes | Molson Stadium | W 17 – 11 | 19,461 | 7–10–1 | W2 |

## Postseason

Despite a late season run (6–4–0) under interim coach Michael "Pinball" Clemons, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs.

## Awards and records
### 2000 CFL All-Stars

* SB – Derrell Mitchell
* P – Noel Prefontaine

### Eastern Division All-Star Selections

* SB – Derrell Mitchell
* DT – Johnny Scott
* LB – Mike O'Shea
* LB – Calvin Tiggle
* P – Noel Prefontaine