The 1990 Calgary Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division with an 11–6–1 record.

Calgary clinched first place on November 4 when they beat the Edmonton Eskimos in a winner-takes-first showdown. This was the first time Calgary finished first place since 1971.

1990 was the first of thirteen seasons with Wally Buono as the team's head coach, and the first of eleven seasons in which Allen Pitts was a Calgary receiver.

Calgary was defeated in the West Final by Edmonton 43–23.

Offseason

CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 1 5 Dave Sapunjis SB Western Ontario 2 13 Mark Singer LB/FB Alberta 3 18 Pat Hinds T/G San Jose State 4 27 Derek Sang T San Diego State 4 29 Richard Chen HB/PR Waterloo 5 37 Rob Godley FS/FR Western Ontario 6 45 Kevin Kazan WR/K Calgary 7 53 Randy Power LB Mount Allison 8 61 Sean Furlong WR Calgary

Preseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Wed, June 22 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–10 1–0 McMahon Stadium 23,233 B Tue, July 3 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 27–28 1–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 10,136

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Fri, July 13 at BC Lions T 38–38 0–0–1 BC Place 34,233 2 2 Thurs, July 19 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–25 1–0–1 McMahon Stadium 24,818 3 3 Fri, July 27 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 54–16 2–0–1 Taylor Field 26,713 4 4 Fri, Aug 3 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 40–35 3–0–1 McMahon Stadium 23,667 5 5 Thurs, Aug 9 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 42–17 4–0–1 McMahon Stadium 22,241 6 6 Tue, Aug 14 at Edmonton Eskimos L 20–46 4–1–1 Commonwealth Stadium 35,104 7 7 Wed, Aug 22 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 34–31 5–1–1 McMahon Stadium 20,311 8 8 Wed, Aug 28 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 37–39 5–2–1 Winnipeg Stadium 28,480 8 9 Mon, Sept 3 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 4–38 5–3–1 McMahon Stadium 36,107 9 10 Fri, Sept 7 at Edmonton Eskimos L 17–34 5–4–1 Commonwealth Stadium 57,444 10 11 Fri, Sept 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 18–17 6–4–1 McMahon Stadium 22,588 11 12 Thurs, Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts L 18–70 6–5–1 SkyDome 27,868 12 13 Sun, Sept 30 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 52–8 7–5–1 Lansdowne Park 20,035 13 14 Sun, Oct 7 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–16 8–5–1 McMahon Stadium 27,964 14 15 Sun, Oct 14 vs. BC Lions L 25–33 8–6–1 McMahon Stadium 18,154 15 16 Sun, Oct 21 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 48–42 9–6–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 20,076 16 17 Sat, Oct 27 at BC Lions W 54–29 10–6–1 BC Place 29,536 17 18 Sun, Nov 4 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 34–32 11–6–1 McMahon Stadium 26,676

Playoffs

West Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 3 10 24 6 43Calgary Stampeders 6 6 3 8 23 Roster 1990 Calgary Stampeders final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen G G/C T G/T C T G

Defensive linemen DE DE DE DT DT DT DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams P K

Injured list T

Italics indicate International player

References