# 2000 Montreal Alouettes season

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 |

## 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 :
| 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 |

### 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 |

### Roster
## 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 CFL Eastern All-Star Selections

* Anthony Calvillo – Quarterback
* Ben Cahoon – Slotback
* Mike pringle – Running Back
* Pierre vercheval – Offensive Guard
* Bryan chiu – Centre
* Swift Birch – Defensive End
* Irvin Smith – Cornerback
* Davis sanchez – Cornerback
* Barron miles – Defensive Back
* Lester Smith – Defensive Safety