The 1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 41st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 6–12 record and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1977.

Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School17Mark DennisLBCentral Michigan323Richard NurseWR/DBCanisius431Kevin KingDB/LBSimon Fraser539Scott DouglasOLWestern Ontario647John MonacoTB/SBCanisius755Jeff MartensOL/DTAlberta863Mike RaymondFBYork

Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record B June 28 at Toronto Argonauts L 19–60 0–1 SkyDome C July 3 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 28–27 1–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium

Regular season Season standings

Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 1 July 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 35–38 0–1 2 2 July 19 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 29–26 1–1 3 3 July 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 29–41 1–2 4 4 Aug 3 at Calgary Stampeders L 35–40 1–3 5 5 Aug 9 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 31–30 2–3 6 6 Aug 15 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 20–10 3–3 6 7 Aug 20 at BC Lions W 36–34 4–3 7 8 Aug 25 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 33–46 4–4 8 9 Sept 3 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 17–40 4–5 9 10 Sept 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 18–29 4–6 10 11 Sept 15 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 16–39 4–7 11 12 Sept 22 vs. BC Lions L 4–34 4–8 12 13 Sept 29 at Toronto Argonauts L 39–60 4–9 13 14 Oct 8 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 25–23 5–9 14 15 Oct 14 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 37–33 6–9 15 16 Oct 21 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 42–48 6–10 16 17 Oct 28 at Edmonton Eskimos L 15–25 6–11 17 18 Nov 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 15–32 6–12

Roster 1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

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

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DT DE DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P Italics indicate American players References