# 2000 BC Lions season

The 2000 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with an 8–10 record. With the team sitting at 3–4, head coach Greg Mohns resigned allowing for receivers coach Steve Buratto to take over the team on an interim basis. The Lions won four of their last five regular season games and entered the post-season with heavy momentum. As such, they became the first team in CFL history with a losing record to win the Grey Cup. Long-time Lion Lui Passaglia retired following the championship, after a CFL record 25 seasons in the league.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 6 | Adriano Belli | DT | Houston |
| 3 | 20 | Brent Johnson | DE | Ohio State |
| 4 | 28 | Loren Padelford | OL | Guelph |
| 6 | 44 | Fabian Rayne | RB | Western |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| A | June 21 | Edmonton Eskimos | 26–21 | Win | 1–0 |
| B | June 27 | Calgary Stampeders | 32–20 | Loss | 1–1 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

West Division :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PF | PA | Pts |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 604 | 495 | 25 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 527 | 520 | 21 |
| BC Lions | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 513 | 529 | 17 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 516 | 626 | 11 |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | Streak |
| 1 | July 7 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 33–26 | Win | 1–0 | W1 |
| 2 | July 13 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30–28 | Win | 2–0 | W2 |
| 3 | July 20 | at Calgary Stampeders | 35–2 | Loss | 2–1 | L1 |
| 4 | July 26 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 29–13 | Loss | 2–2 | L2 |
| 5 | August 4 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31–16 | Loss | 2–3 | L3 |
| 6 | August 10 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 47–26 | Loss | 2–4 | L4 |
| 7 | August 17 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 36–26 | Win | 3–4 | W1 |
| 8 | August 24 | at Toronto Argonauts | 51–4 | Win | 4–4 | W2 |
| 9 | August 31 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 35–25 | Loss | 4–5 | L1 |
| 10 | Sept 9 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28–20 | Loss | 4–6 | L2 |
| 11 | Sept 15 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 26–14 | Win | 5–6 | W1 |
| 12 | Sept 24 | at Montreal Alouettes | 29–28 | Loss | 5–7 | L1 |
| 13 | Oct 1 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 49–42 | Loss | 5–8 | L2 |
| 14 | Oct 9 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 40–33 | Loss | 5–9 | L3 |
| 15 | Oct 14 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 39–15 | Win | 6–9 | W1 |
| 16 | Oct 22 | at Calgary Stampeders | 45–38 | Loss | 6–10 | L1 |
| 17 | Oct 28 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28–20 | Win | 7–10 | W1 |
| 18 | Nov 4 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27–26 | Win | 8–10 | W2 |

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Sean Millington (RB)

### 2000 CFL All-Stars

* RB – Sean Millington, CFL All-Star
* OT – Chris Perez, CFL All-Star
* K – Lui Passaglia, CFL All-Star

### Western Division All-Star Selections

* RB – Sean Millington, CFL Western All-Star
* SB – Alfred Jackson, CFL Western All-Star
* OT – Chris Perez, CFL Western All-Star
* K – Lui Passaglia, CFL Western All-Star
* DE – Herman Smith, CFL Western All-Star
* CB – Eric Carter, CFL Western All-Star

## Playoffs
### West Semi-Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 32 |
| BC Lions | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 34 |

### West Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| BC Lions | 4 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 37 |

### Grey Cup

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