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 T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 12 6 0 472 398 24
Toronto Argonauts 18 10 8 0 689 538 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 18 7 11 0 540 602 14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 6 12 0 476 628 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

1990 CFL All-Stars

References

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