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
← 1989 Blue Bombers seasons 1991 →

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.

Offseason[]

CFL Draft[]

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
2	11		CB/S	Colgate
3	19	Allan Boyko	WR	Western Michigan
5	35		OT	Henderson State
6	43	Steve Zatylny	WR	Bishop's
7	51		DE/DT	North Dakota
8	59		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[]

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[]