2000 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
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The 2000
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 7–10–1 record. They appeared in the East Final.
2000 CFL season
-2000 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Dave Dickenson , Calgary Stampeders*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Sean Millington , BC Lions*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Joe Montford , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 7–10–1 record. They appeared in the East Final.
CFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Daaron McField | DL | UBC |
| 4 | 25 | Markus Howell Markus Howell Markus Howell is retired professional Canadian football wide receiver and kick returner who is currently the defensive and special teams assistant for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 CFL Draft by the Blue Bombers... |
WR | Texas Southern |
| 5 | 32 | Eric Schwab | DE | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 5 | 36 | Grant Everett | G | North Dakota |
| 6 | 40 | Matthew Sheridan | DL | Manitoba |
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 5 | at Montreal Alouettes 2000 Montreal Alouettes season The 2000 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup for the first time since 1979, but lost to the BC Lions.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:... |
38–22 | Loss | 0–1 |
| 2 | July 14 | vs. Calgary Stampeders 2000 Calgary Stampeders season The 2000 Calgary Stampeders finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 12–5–1 record. They appeared in the West Final but they lost to the BC Lions.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Season schedule:-West Final:-References:... |
42–38 | Loss | 0–2 |
| 3 | July 21 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 51–49 | Loss | 0–3 |
| 4 | July 28 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 33–31 | Loss | 0–4 |
| 5 | August 4 | vs. BC Lions 2000 BC Lions season The 2000 BC Lions finished in 3rd place in the West Division with a 8–10 record. After starting the season with a 5–9 record, 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... |
31–16 | Win | 1–4 |
| 6 | August 10 | at Toronto Argonauts 2000 Toronto Argonauts season The 2000 Toronto Argonauts finished in 4th place in the East Division of the 2000 CFL season with a 7–10–1 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:... |
41–41 | Tie | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | August 16 | at Calgary Stampeders | 37–16 | Loss | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | August 25 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season The 2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 9–9–0–2 record in the first CFL season that awarded points to overtime losses. The Tiger-Cats failed to defend their Grey Cup title when they lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the East Semi-Final.- CFL... |
38–33 | Win | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | Sept 3 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders 2000 Saskatchewan Roughriders season The 2000 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 4th place in the West division with a 5–12–1 record and missed the playoffs for the third year in a row.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season standings:-Season schedule:-Roster:-CFL All-Star Selections:... |
38–29 | Loss | 2–6–1 |
| 10 | Sept 9 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 24–12 | Loss | 2–7–1 |
| 11 | Sept 16 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 30–27 | Win | 3–7–1 |
| 12 | Sept 23 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 43–6 | Loss | 3–8–1 |
| 13 | Sept 29 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 38–30 | Win | 4–8–1 |
| 14 | Oct 9 | at BC Lions | 40–33 | Win | 5–8–1 |
| 15 | Oct 15 | at Montreal Alouettes | 36–30 | Loss | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | Oct 20 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27–24 | Win | 6–9–1 |
| 17 | Oct 27 | at Toronto Argonauts | 32–31 | Loss | 6–10–1 |
| 18 | Nov 3 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 30–18 | Win | 7–10–1 |
East Semi-Final
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium... |
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| Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded... |
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East Final
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Alouettes Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions... |
? | ? | ? | ? | 35 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded... |
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Awards and records
- CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie AwardCFL's Most Outstanding Rookie AwardThe Most Outstanding Rookie Award is annually rewarded to the player deemed to be the best player in his first year in the Canadian Football League. This is the fifth-last award to be given during the CFL Awards banquet, which takes place the week before Grey Cup weekend in the same city where it...
– Albert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson III is a Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Johnson played his college football for Southern Methodist University and then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played three games in 1999...
(WR) - CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams AwardJohn Agro Special Teams AwardThe John Agro Special Teams Award is awarded to the CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams player that is voted by his peers .-John Agro Special Teams Award winners:*2011 - Paul McCallum , BC Lions...
– Albert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson III is a Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Johnson played his college football for Southern Methodist University and then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played three games in 1999...
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2000 CFL All-Stars
- SB – Milt StegallMilt StegallMilton Eugene Stegall is a retired professional gridiron football player who played 17 years of professional football, three years in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and 14 years in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Stegall was an All-Star...
, CFL All-Star - ST – Albert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson III is a Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Johnson played his college football for Southern Methodist University and then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played three games in 1999...
, CFL All-Star
Eastern All-Star Selections
- SB – Milt StegallMilt StegallMilton Eugene Stegall is a retired professional gridiron football player who played 17 years of professional football, three years in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and 14 years in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Stegall was an All-Star...
, CFL Eastern All-Star - WR – Robert GordonRobert Gordon (football player)Robert Gordon was a Canadian Football League receiver who played thirteen seasons in the Canadian Football League, six of those for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was a CFL Eastern All Star in 1999 and 2000.- External links :...
, CFL Eastern All-Star - OT – Moe Elewonibi, CFL Eastern All-Star
- ST – Albert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson IIIAlbert Johnson III is a Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Johnson played his college football for Southern Methodist University and then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played three games in 1999...
, CFL Eastern All-Star - LB – Antonio ArmstrongAntonio ArmstrongAntonio Donnell Armstrong is a former gridiron football linebacker who played professionally in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.-High school and college:...
, CFL Eastern All-Star