1990 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1990 Edmonton Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. The club attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but lost the Grey Cup game 50-11 to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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#[1] Player Pos College
1 Sean Millington RB Simon Fraser
6 Steve Christie P/K William and Mary
14 Bob MacDonald OT/LS McMaster
22 Lance Trumble FB/DE McMaster
30 Gord Steeves DB Manitoba
38 Jordan Gaertner WR Saskatchewan
46 Chris Porter RB Windsor
54 Maki Katsube SB/RB St. Francis Xavier
62 Ron Webert P/K Washington State

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results
Score Record
A June 28 at BC Lions L 24–23 0–1
B July 3 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders W 35–23 1–1

Regular Season

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Season standings

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West Division[2]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 18 11 6 1 588 566 23
Edmonton Eskimos 18 10 8 0 612 510 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 9 9 0 557 592 18
BC Lions 18 6 11 1 520 620 13

Season schedule

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Game[3][4] Date Opponent Results
Score Record
1 July 14 at Toronto Argonauts W 40–34 1–0
2 July 18 vs BC Lions W 41–23 2–0
3 July 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 50–46 2–1
4 August 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 23–20 2–2
5 August 7 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders W 57–31 3–2
6 August 14 vs Calgary Stampeders W 46–20 4–2
7 August 19 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 49–24 4–3
8 August 27 vs Toronto Argonauts W 56–36 5–3
9 September 3 at Calgary Stampeders W 38–4 6–3
10 September 7 vs Calgary Stampeders W 34–17 7–3
11 September 13 at BC Lions W 32–13 8–3
12 September 21 vs Ottawa Rough Riders W 41–29 9–3
13 September 28 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 48–25 9–4
14 October 8 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 25–23 9–5
15 October 14 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–24 9–6
16 October 21 vs BC Lions L 30–8 9–7
17 October 28 vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 25–15 10–7
18 November 4 at Calgary Stampeders L 34–32 10–8

Postseason

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Schedule

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Round Date Opponent Result Record
West Semi-Final Nov 11 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders W 43-27 1–0
West Final Nov 18 at Calgary Stampeders W 43–23 2–0
Grey Cup Nov 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 50–11 2–1

West Semi-Final

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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 7 10 0 27
Edmonton Eskimos 14 7 14 8 43

West Final

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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 3 10 24 6 43
Calgary Stampeders 6 6 3 8 23

Grey Cup

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Main article: 78th Grey Cup

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 0 28 12 50
Edmonton Eskimos 0 4 0 7 11

References

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  1. ^ "1990 CFL Draft Archives". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  2. ^ "CFL Standings". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ^ "Edmonton Eskimos 1990 Season on CFLdb Statistics". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  4. ^ "1990 Edmonton Eskimos football Game-by-Game Results on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.