The

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first season ...

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 The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

history with a losing record to win the

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

. Long-time Lion

Lui Passaglia Lui Passaglia (born June 7, 1954) is a former professional Canadian football player. Passaglia was the placekicker/ punter for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League for a record-breaking 25 years (1976–2000) and scored more points in that ...

retired following the championship, after a CFL record 25 seasons in the league.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Preseason

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award –

Sean Millington Sean Millington (born February 1, 1968) is a former Canadian Football League fullback and currently does colour commentary for the CFL’s website and the CBC. He has also acted in several movies and television shows. Before the CFL In 1984, ...

(RB)

2000 CFL All-Stars

* RB –

, CFL All-Star * OT – Chris Perez, CFL All-Star * K –

, CFL All-Star

Western Division All-Star Selections

* RB –

, CFL Western All-Star * SB – Alfred Jackson, CFL Western All-Star * OT – Chris Perez, CFL Western All-Star * K –

, CFL Western All-Star * DE – Herman Smith, CFL Western All-Star * CB – Eric Carter, CFL Western All-Star

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

West Final

Grey Cup

References

BC Lions seasons N. J. Taylor Trophy championship seasons Grey Cup championship seasons Bc Lions Season, 2000 2000 in British Columbia {{Canadianfootball-stub