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88th Grey Cup

88th Grey Cup
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BC Lions Montreal Alouettes
(8–10) (12–6)
28 26
Head coach: 
Head coach: 
1 2 3 4 Total
BC Lions 8 4 0 16 28
Montreal Alouettes 3 0 7 16 26
Date November 26, 2000
Stadium McMahon Stadium
Location Calgary
Most Valuable Player Robert Drummond
Most Valuable Canadian Sean Millington
Halftime show The Guess Who
Attendance 43,822
Broadcasters
Network CBC, RDS
Announcers (CBC) Steve Armitage, Chris Cuthbert, Mark Lee, Chris Walby, Brian Williams, Glen Suitor, Brenda Irving

The 88th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 2000 in Calgary. The BC Lions won the game 28-26 over the Montreal Alouettes. The Lions, who finished 8-10 with an overtime loss during the regular season, became the first team ever to finish with a regular season record below .500 and win the Grey Cup.

BC Lions (28) - TD's, Damon Allen (2), Robert Drummond; FG's, Lui Passaglia (2); cons., Passaglia (2); singles, Passaglia (2).

Montreal Alouettes (26) - TD's, Jock Climie, Mike Pringle, Ben Cahoon; FG's, Terry Baker (2); cons., Baker (2).

First Quarter
BC—Single Passaglia missed 47-yard field goal attempt, one-point granted 4:10
BC—TD Allen 1-yard run (Passaglia convert) 6:39
MTL—FG Baker 19-yard field-goal 11:38
Second Quarter
BC—Single Passaglia missed 33-yard field goal attempt, one-point granted 0:17
BC—FG Passaglia 23-yard field-goal 11:10
Third Quarter
MTL—TD Climie pass from Calvillo on one-yard line (Baker convert) 6:49
Fourth Quarter
BC—TD Drummond 44-yard run (Passaglia convert) 0:55
MTL—FG Baker 51-yard field-goal 4:30
BC—TD Allen 1-yard run 8:38
MTL—TD Pringle 5-yard run (Baker convert) 11:18
BC—FG Passaglia 29-yard field-goal 13:35
MTL—TD Cahoon 59-yard pass from Calvillo 14:16

The game started off slowly. There was no score until Lui Passaglia's missed field goal produced a single for the Lions that got them off to a 1-0 lead. A little more than three minutes later, Damon Allen scored a touchdown on a one-yard run that made the score 8-0. Montreal finally got on the scoreboard at 11:38 when Terry Baker hit a nineteen-yard field goal to cut the score to 8-3. There was only one score in the second quarter, as Passaglia missed another field goal that produced another single for the Lions. The Lions led 9-3 going into the half.


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