| 1990 CFL season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | July 12 – November 4, 1990 |
| East champions | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| West champions | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 78th Grey Cup | |
| Date | November 25, 1990 |
| Venue | BC Place Stadium,Vancouver |
| Champions | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| CFL seasons | |
← 1989 1991 → | |
The1990 CFL season is considered to be the 37th season in modern-dayCanadian football, although it is officially the 33rdCanadian Football League season.
J. Donald Crump was appointed as the eighthCFL Commissioner on Friday, January 5.
TheCFL Annual Meetings-Canadian College Draft was held inHamilton for the third straight year.
The CFL increased roster limit to 37 players to include 20 non-imports, 14 imports and 3 quarterbacks with the reserve list remaining at two players.
TheToronto Argonauts and theBC Lions set a record for most points in a game when they scored 111 points on Saturday, September 1 at theSkyDome. The Argonauts won the game 68–43.
The BC Lions added silver to its team colour scheme. In addition,Vancouver played host to theGrey Cup game for the 11th time, and for the fourth time at BC Place.
Citing multi-million dollar losses, the league-runCanadian Football Network syndication service ceased operations after this season; it had replacedCTV's CFL coverage in 1987.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 588 | 566 | 23 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 612 | 510 | 20 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 557 | 592 | 18 |
| BC Lions | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 520 | 620 | 13 |
| 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 |
TheWinnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1990Grey Cup champions, humiliating theEdmonton Eskimos 50–11, atVancouver'sBC Place Stadium. The Blue Bombers'Tom Burgess (QB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence andGreg Battle (LB) was namedGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, whileWarren Hudson (FB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
| November 11: Division Semifinals | November 18: Division Finals | November 25:78th Grey Cup @BC Place Stadium –Vancouver, BC | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 17 | ||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||
| E1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 34 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 50 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43 | ||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||
| W1 | Calgary Stampeders | 23 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43 | ||||||||||||
