2000 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

2000 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Dave Ritchie
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	7–10–1
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Uniform

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.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Daaron McField	DL	UBC
4	25	Markus Howell	WR	Texas Southern
5	32	Eric Schwab	DE	Wilfrid Laurier
5	36	Grant Everett	G	North Dakota
6	40	Matthew Sheridan	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
Toronto Argonauts	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

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	2	14	3	22
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	8	0	9	20

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	3	1	7	24
Montreal Alouettes	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