The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) 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

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

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 TotalToronto Argonauts 3 0 7 7 17Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3 6 0 11 20

Grey Cup

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalWinnipeg Blue Bombers 10 0 28 12 50Edmonton Eskimos 0 4 0 7 11 Roster 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

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

Defensive linemen DE DE NT NT DE DE

Special teams P K Linebackers

Defensive backs

Italics indicate International player

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

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