1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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

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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

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

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.