1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season explained

Team:	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Year:	1990
Record:	12–6
Division Place:	1st, East
Coach:	Mike Riley
General Manager:	Cal Murphy
Stadium:	Winnipeg Stadium
Playoffs:	Won Grey Cup
Uniform:	Image:CFL WPG Jersey 1990.png -->
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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 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	Position	School
2	11	CB/S	Colgate
3	19	WR	Western Michigan
5	35	OT	Henderson State
6	43	WR	Bishop's
7	51	DE/DT	North Dakota
8	59	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

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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

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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	Total
	3	0	7	7	17
	3	6	0	11	20

Grey Cup

See main article: 78th Grey Cup.

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	10	0	28	12	50
	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

Notes and References

CFL.ca https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1990/reg
Web site: Winnipeg Blue Bombers Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040717/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm . 2009-03-11 . live . 2009-07-24 .