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Date | November 26, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | McMahon Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Calgary | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Player | Robert Drummond | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Canadian | Sean Millington | ||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | The Guess Who | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 43,822 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | CBC, RDS | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | (CBC) Steve Armitage, Chris Cuthbert, Mark Lee, Chris Walby, Brian Williams, Glen Suitor, Brenda Irving | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.