1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Mike Riley
General manager	Cal Murphy
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record, which was also the best record in the league that year. The Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final and then defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the championship game to win the 78th Grey Cup in the first ever Grey Cup match-up of prairie teams. As of 2015, this is the last year the Blue Bombers have won the Grey Cup.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
2	11	Dave Boveil	CB/S	Colgate
3	19	Allan Boyko	WR	Western Michigan
5	35	Dave Vandersloot	OT	Henderson State
6	43	Steve Zatylny	WR	Bishop's
7	51	Lorne McCasin	DE/DT	North Dakota
8	59	Ray Wiens	OL	Saskatchewan

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	41–40	Win	1–0
B	June 27	at Calgary Stampeders	29–10	Loss	1–1
C	July 3	vs. BC Lions	36–20	Loss	1–2

Regular season

Season standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	12	6	472	398	24
Toronto Argonauts	18	10	8	689	538	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	7	11	540	602	14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	6	12	476	628	12

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 12	at Ottawa Rough Riders	31–26	Win	1–0
2	July 20	vs. Toronto Argonauts	34–17	Win	2–0
3	July 27	at BC Lions	24–23	Loss	2–1
4	Aug 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	23–20	Win	3–1
5	Aug 8	vs. BC Lions	28–14	Win	4–1
6	Aug 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–10	Loss	4–2
7	Aug 22	at Toronto Argonauts	27–24	Win	5–2
8	Aug 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	39–37	Win	6–2
9	Sept 2	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	55–11	Loss	6–3
10	Sept 9	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	29–18	Win	7–3
11	Sept 14	at Calgary Stampeders	27–18	Loss	7–4
12	Sept 23	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	36–7	Win	8–4
13	Sept 28	at Edmonton Eskimos	48–25	Win	9–4
14	Oct 5	vs. Toronto Argonauts	25–9	Win	10–4
15	Oct 13	at Toronto Argonauts	21–15	Win	11–4
16	Oct 21	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	27–20	Loss	11–5
17	Oct 28	at Ottawa Rough Riders	27–18	Loss	11–6
18	Nov 4	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–15	Win	12–6

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Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
20	Bye
21	East Final	Nov 18	vs. Toronto Argonauts	20–17	Win
22	Grey Cup	Nov 25	Edmonton Eskimos	50–11	Win

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	3	0	7	7	17
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	6	0	11	20

Grey Cup

Main article: 78th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10	0	28	12	50
Edmonton Eskimos	0	4	0	7	11

Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Battle (LB)
CFL's Coach of the Year – Mike Riley

1990 CFL All-Stars

RB – Robert Mimbs
OT – Chris Walby
LB – Greg Battle
CB – Less Browne
CB – Rod Hill
P – Bob Cameron

References

↑ [CFL.ca http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1990/reg]. Accessed 2009-08-03. Archived 2009-08-05.
↑ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

1990 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1990 CFL Draft 78th Grey Cup

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Founded in 1930 Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches

Stadiums	Osborne Stadium Canad Inns Stadium Investors Group Field

Culture	Buzz and Boomer Labatt Blue

Lore	Labour Day Classic Banjo Bowl Swaggerville First team from Western Canada to win the Grey Cup

Important Figures	Paul Bennett Ralph "Dieter" Brock Less Browne Tom "Citation" Casey Tom Clements Carl Cronin Andrew Currie Matt Dunigan Bill Frank Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Tommy Grant G. Sydney Halter Frank Hannibal Fritz Hanson John Helton Dick Huffman W.P. Billy Hughes Jack Jacobs Eddie James Gerry James Greg Kabat Les Lear Leo "Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis Earl Lunsford Chester "Ches" McCance Cal Murphy James Murphy Ken Ploen Joe Poplawski Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Reholz Frank Rigney Joseph Ryan Karl Slocomb Milt Stegall Art Stevenson Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley Troy Westwood Chris Walby Bert Warwick

Key personnel	CEO: Wade Miller General Manager: Kyle Walters Head Coach: Mike O'Shea

Grey Cup Championships (10)	1935 1939 1941 1958 1959 1961 1962 1984 1988 1990

Western Division Championships (16)	1935 1937 1938 1939 1937 1945 1946 1947 1950 1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1965 1984

Eastern Division Championships (7)	1988 1990 1992 1993 2001 2007 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West Division

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 78th Grey Cup Champions

Head coach: Mike Riley

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