88th Grey Cup

The 88th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 2000 in Calgary. The British Columbia 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.

1 Game Summary
2 Trivia
3 2000 CFL Playoffs
- 3.1 West Division
- 3.2 East Division

[edit] Game Summary

British Columbia 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.

In the third quarter, the Alouettes cut the score to 12-10 after slotback Jock Climie caught a one-yard pass from Anthony Calvillo.

Only 55 seconds into the fourth period, Robert Drummond broke through the Als defense for a forty-four yard score to increase the Lions' lead to 19-10. Terry Baker had his second field goal of the day to bring the Als nearer, 19-13. Lions' quarterback Damon Allen ran for his second touchdown of the day. The two-point conversion failed, but the lead was now twelve with 11:01 on the clock.

Alouettes running back Mike Pringle, who ran for 115 yards on the day, ran in a five-yard score to shrink the score once again to 25-20 with 3:42 left in the game. Lui Passaglia's 29-yard field goal with 1:25 left gave the Lions' an eight-point lead. Anthony Calvillo and the Als only had a small amount of time to work with to possibly tie up the game and send it into overtime. Calvillo hit receiver Ben Cahoon across the middle and Cahoon raced fifty-nine yards to pull the Alouettes to within two with 44 seconds left in the game. The Alouettes went for a two-point convert to tie the game and send it into overtime. But Calvillo's pass sailed over the head of a falling Thomas Haskins, and the score remained 28-26.

Montreal attempted an onside kick, but Lions' receiver Alfred Jackson leapt over several Alouettes players to grab the ball and give the Lions' the chance to run out the clock.