1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General managerCal Murphy
Head coachMike Riley
Home fieldWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record12–6
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishWon 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 first 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.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round 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

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Sun, June 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 41–40 1–0 Gordie Howe Bowl 4,000
B Wed, June 27 at Calgary Stampeders L 10–29 1–1 McMahon Stadium 23,233
C Tue, July 3 vs. BC Lions L 20–36 1–2 Winnipeg Stadium 32,111

Regular season

Season standings

Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 12 6 0 24 472 398 7–3 W1 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 10 8 0 20 689 538 6–4 W1 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 18 7 11 0 14 540 602 3–7 L1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 6 12 0 12 476 628 4–6 L3 Details

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Season schedule

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

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Playoffs

Schedule

Round Date Opponent Result Record
East Semi-final Bye
East Final Nov 18 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 20–17 1–0
Grey Cup Nov 25 Edmonton Eskimos W 50–11 2–0

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

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 https://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 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-07-24.