The 2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 43rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 51st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in second 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.

Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 2 14 Mike Juhasz WR North Dakota 3 22 Paul Lambert G Western Michigan 4 30 Joe McCullum OL Utah 5 38 James MacLean SB Queen's 6 46 Doug Van Moorsel OL California, PA

Preseason Week Date Opponent Score Result Record A June 21 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–27 Tie 0–0–1 B June 27 at Montreal Alouettes 43–33 Loss 0–1–1

Regular season Season standings

Schedule Week Date Opponent Score Result Record Streak 1 July 7 vs. BC Lions 33–26 Loss 0–1L1 2 July 14 at Edmonton Eskimos 28–21 Win 1–1W1 3 July 21 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 40–34 Win 2–1W2 4 July 28 at Toronto Argonauts 23–17 Win 3–1W3 5 Aug 4 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 16–10 Loss 3–2L1 6 Aug 11 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–23 Win 4–2W1 7 Aug 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes 37–26 Win 5–2W2 8 Aug 25 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38–33 Loss 5–3L1 9 Sept 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts 42–12 Win 6–3W1 10 Sept 10 at Montreal Alouettes 15–9 Win 7–3W2 11 Sept 16 at Calgary Stampeders 41–38 Loss 7–4L1 12 Sept 23 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 43–6 Win 8–4W1 13 Sept 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes 32–16 Loss 8–5L1 14 Oct 7 at Toronto Argonauts 29–12 Loss 8–6L2 15 Oct 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts 32–8 Loss 8–7L3 16 Oct 20 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–24 Loss 8–8L4 17 Oct 28 at BC Lions 28–22 Loss 8–9L5 18 Nov 5 vs. Calgary Stampeders 24–22 Win 9–9W1

Postseason Round Date Opponent Score Result East Semi-Final Nov 12 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–20 Loss Roster 2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen G G T C T T G C

Defensive linemen DT DE DE DT DT DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P Injured list QB LB LB DB DB

Italics indicate American players

Awards and honours 2000 CFL All-Stars Joe Montford – Defensive End

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