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
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
† 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
Schedule Week Date Opponent Location Final score Attendance RecordStreak 1 July 6 @ Roughriders Taylor Field W 36 – 28 20,995 1–0–0W1 2 July 11 Alouettes SkyDome L 45 – 6 20,612 1–1–0L1 3 July 20 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium L 41 – 4 19,461 1–2–0L2 4 July 28 Tiger-Cats SkyDome L 23 – 17 15,345 1–3–0L3 5 August 4 @ Stampeders McMahon Stadium L 37 – 17 33,783 1–4–0L4 6 August 10 Blue Bombers SkyDome T 41 – 41 (4OT) 11,723 1–4–1T1 7 August 17 @ Lions BC Place Stadium L 36 – 26 19,858 1–5–1L1 8 August 24 Lions SkyDome L 51 – 4 11,350 1–6–1L2 9 September 4 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium L 42 – 12 28,830 1–7–1L3 10 September 9 @ Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium W 24 – 12 24,064 2–7–1W1 11 September 15 Roughriders SkyDome L 44 – 17 28,724 2–8–1L1 12 September 22 @ Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium W 34 – 21 28,649 3–8–1W1 13 September 28 Stampeders SkyDome L 31 – 14 11,343 3–9–1L1 14 October 7 Tiger-Cats SkyDome W 29 – 12 20,729 4–9–1W1 15 October 13 @ Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium W 32 – 8 19,632 5–9–1W2 16 October 21 Eskimos SkyDome L 48 – 28 18,129 5–10–1L1 17 October 27 Blue Bombers SkyDome W 32 – 31 18,473 6–10–1W1 18 November 5 @ Alouettes Molson Stadium W 17 – 11 19,461 7–10–1W2
Postseason Despite a late season run (6–4–0) under interim coach Michael "Pinball" Clemons, the Argonauts failed to qualify for the playoffs. Roster 2000 Toronto Argonauts final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen C/G G T G/T T G
Defensive linemen DE DE DE DT DT DT
Special teams K P/KLinebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list FB LB T C FB T RB LB DB G G QB DT DT RB Italics indicate International player
Awards and records
2000 CFL All-Stars SB – Derrell Mitchell P – Noel Prefontaine
Eastern Division All-Star Selections SB – Derrell Mitchell DT – Johnny Scott LB – Mike O'Shea LB – Calvin Tiggle P – Noel Prefontaine
References