2000 Toronto Argonauts season

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2000 Toronto Argonauts season
General managerJ.I. Albrecht (7–10–1)
Head coachJohn Huard (1–6–1)
Michael "Pinball" Clemons (6–4) [1]
Home fieldSkyDome[2]
Results
Record7–10–1
Division place4th, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2000 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division of the 2000 CFL season with a 7–10–1 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 4 Donnavan Carter S Northern Illinois
2 11 Richard Clarke WR Weber State
3 18 Carson Souter K Montana State
4 24 Benoit Meloche LB Laval
4 26 Kojo Millington DE Wilfrid Laurier
5 34 Brad Coutts WR British Columbia
6 42 Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette DB Laval

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Preseason

Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record
A June 17 † Alouettes SkyDome L 19 – 13 (OT) 10,077 0–0–1
B June 27 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium L 59 – 13 19,108 0–0–2

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  • † The CFL had scheduled a demonstration of the league's new overtime format following the game regardless of whether the score necessitated it.

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

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Schedule

Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance Record Streak
1 July 6 @ Roughriders Taylor Field W 36 – 28 20,995 1–0–0 W1
2 July 11 Alouettes SkyDome L 45 – 6 20,612 1–1–0 L1
3 July 20 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 41 – 4 19,461 1–2–0 L2
4 July 28 Tiger-Cats SkyDome L 23 – 17 15,345 1–3–0 L3
5 August 4 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium L 37 – 17 33,783 1–4–0 L4
6 August 10 Blue Bombers SkyDome T 41 – 41 (4OT) 11,723 1–4–1 T1
7 August 17 @ Lions BC Place Stadium L 36 – 26 19,858 1–5–1 L1
8 August 24 Lions SkyDome L 51 – 4 11,350 1–6–1 L2
9 September 4 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 42 – 12 28,830 1–7–1 L3
10 September 9 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium W 24 – 12 24,064 2–7–1 W1
11 September 15 Roughriders SkyDome L 44 – 17 28,724 2–8–1 L1
12 September 22 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium W 34 – 21 28,649 3–8–1 W1
13 September 28 Stampeders SkyDome L 31 – 14 11,343 3–9–1 L1
14 October 7 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 29 – 12 20,729 4–9–1 W1
15 October 13 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 32 – 8 19,632 5–9–1 W2
16 October 21 Eskimos SkyDome L 48 – 28 18,129 5–10–1 L1
17 October 27 Blue Bombers SkyDome W 32 – 31 18,473 6–10–1 W1
18 November 5 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium W 17 – 11 19,461 7–10–1 W2

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Postseason

Despite a late season run (6–4–0) under interim coach Michael "Pinball" Clemons, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Awards and records

2000 CFL All-Stars

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Eastern Division All-Star Selections

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References

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  2. ^ "Toronto Argonauts Stadium History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. ^ "All-Time Draft List". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  4. ^ a b "2000 Toronto Argonauts". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  5. ^ "2000 Regular Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  6. ^ a b 2010 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide (PDF). Toronto Argonauts. 2010. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.