2000 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2000 Edmonton Eskimos finished second in the West Division with a 10–8–0–1 record, but lost the West Semi-Final to the eventual champion BC Lions.

Offseason edit

CFL Draft edit

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	3	Tim Bakker	C	Western Ontario
2	9	Rob Harrod	WR	Ottawa
2	10	Craig Carr	RB	Manitoba
3	17	George Hudson	G	New Mexico State
5	33	Bob Vickers	T	Wilfrid Laurier
6	41	Yves Dossous	LB	Kent State

Preseason edit

Schedule edit

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 21	vs British Columbia Lions	26–21	L	30155	0–1
B	June 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–23	W	22101	1–1

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	5	1	0	604	495	25
Edmonton Eskimos	18	10	8	0	1	527	520	21
BC Lions	18	8	10	0	1	513	529	17
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	12	1	0	516	626	11

Season schedule edit

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	July 5	at Calgary Stampeders	44–22	L	34383	0–1	L1
2	July 14	vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–21	L	30033	0–2	L2
3	July 21	vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers	51–49	W	27596	1–2	W1
4	July 27	at British Columbia Lions	29–13	W	23714	2–2	W2
5	August 4	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16–10	W	21333	3–2	W3
6	August 11	vs Montreal Alouettes	29–7	W	31472	4–2	W4
7	August 18	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–22	W	21707	5–2	W5
8	August 25	vs Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–20	L	36813	5–3	L1
9	September 4	at Calgary Stampeders	30–18	W	35967	6–3	W1
10	September 8	vs Calgary Stampeders	31–10	W	53248	7–3	W2
11	September 16	at British Columbia Lions	26–14	L	20234	7–4	L1
12	September 22	vs Toronto Argonauts	34-21	L	28649	7–5	L2
13	October 4	vs British Columbia Lions	49–42	W	28865	8–5	W1
14	October 9	at Montreal Alouettes	45–15	L	19461	8–6	L1
15	October 15	vs Calgary Stampeders	33–13	W	34318	9–6	W1
16	October 21	at Toronto Argonauts	48–28	W	18129	10–6	W2
17	October 28	vs Saskatchewan Roughriders	54–52	OTL	34218	10–7–0–1	L1
18	November 3	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–18	L	25537	10–8–0–1	L2