The 1990 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 66th season in the newly named Australian Football League and 89th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the two-time defending Premiers, having won back-to-back premierships.
Fixture
Premiership season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) 11.11 (77) 28.24 (192) Won by 115 points Waverley Park (A) 41,694 1–0 2 Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) 24.15 (159) 14.13 (97) Lost by 62 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 55,311 1–1 3 Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) 15.21 (111) 10.21 (81) Won by 30 points Princes Park (H) 11,698 2–1 4 Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) 18.12 (120) 5.8 (38) Won by 82 points Princess Park (H) 8,649 3–1 5 Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) 16.12 (108) 10.18 (78) Won by 30 points Princess Park (H) 13,144 4–1 6 Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) 15.14 (104) 14.17 (101) Lost by 3 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 30,895 4–2 7 Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) 13.14 (92) 13.16 (94) Won by 2 points Waverley Park (A) 48,099 5–2 8 Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) 18.18 (126) 9.5 (59) Lost by 67 points Waverley Park (A) 36,370 5–3 9 Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) 14.8 (92) 7.6 (48) Won by 44 points Waverley Park (H) 39,701 6–3 10 Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) 15.13 (103) 13.11 (89) Lost by 14 points Princes Park (A) 11,329 6–4 11 Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) 19.18 (132) 11.17 (83) Won by 49 points Princes Park (H) 11,848 7–4 12 Friday, 15 June (7:40 pm) 16.9 (105) 12.10 (82) Lost by 23 points WACA (A) 28,094 7–5 13 Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) 10.13 (73) 14.7 (91) Lost by 18 points Waverley Park (H) 22,388 7–6 14 Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) 18.10 (118) 7.8 (50) Won by 68 points Waverley Park (H) 30,211 8–6 15 Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) 10.7 (67) 21.16 (142) Lost by 75 points Princes Park (H) 25,159 8–7 16 Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) 10.8 (68) 25.9 (159) Won by 91 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 25,532 9–7 17 Sunday, 29 July (2:10 pm) 14.11 (95) 16.14 (110) Won by 15 points Carrara Stadium (A) 8,768 10–7 18 Friday, 3 August (7:40 pm) 14.14 (98) 15.18 (108) Won by 10 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 44,627 11–7 19 Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) 17.17 (119) 13.5 (83) Won by 36 points Waverley Park (H) 27,612 12–7 20 Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) 26.7 (163) 12.8 (80) Won by 83 points Waverley Park (H) 53,982 13–7 21 Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) 17.14 (116) 12.13 (85) Won by 31 points Princes Park (H) 23,200 14–7 22 Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) 17.14 (116) 15.14 (104) Lost by 12 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 57,247 14–8
Finals series
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Home Away Result Elimination final Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm) 10.13 (73) 8.16 (64) Lost by 9 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 74,954
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