1990 CFL season

1990 CFL season
Duration	July 12 – November 4, 1990
East champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
West champions	Edmonton Eskimos
78th Grey Cup
Date	November 25, 1990
Venue	BC Place Stadium, Vancouver
Champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL seasons
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The 1990 CFL season is considered to be the 37th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 33rd Canadian Football League season.

J. Donald Crump was appointed as the eighth CFL Commissioner on Friday, January 5.

The CFL Annual Meetings-Canadian College Draft was held in Hamilton for the third straight year.

The CFL increased roster limit to 37 players to include 20 non-imports, 14 imports and 3 quarterbacks with the reserve list remaining at two players.

The Toronto Argonauts and the BC Lions set a record for most points in a game when they scored 111 points on Saturday, September 1 at the SkyDome. The Argonauts won the game 68–43.

The BC Lions added silver to its team colour scheme. In addition, Vancouver played host to the Grey Cup game for the 11th time, and for the fourth time at BC Place.

Citing multi-million dollar losses, the league-run Canadian Football Network syndication service ceased operations after this season; it had replaced CTV's CFL coverage in 1987.

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division

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

East Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	12	6	0	24	472	398	7–3	W1	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	10	8	0	20	689	538	6–4	W1	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	7	11	0	14	540	602	3–7	L1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	6	12	0	12	476	628	4–6	L3	Details

• Bold text means that they made the playoffs.
• Calgary and Winnipeg had first round byes.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1990 Grey Cup champions, humiliating the Edmonton Eskimos 50–11, at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. The Blue Bombers' Tom Burgess (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Greg Battle (LB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Warren Hudson (FB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

November 11: Division Semifinals

November 18: Division Finals

November 25: 78th Grey Cup @ BC Place Stadium – Vancouver, BC

E2

Toronto Argonauts

17

East

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

20

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

25

E2

Toronto Argonauts

34

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

50

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

11

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

43

West

W1

Calgary Stampeders

23

W3

Saskatchewan Roughriders

27

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

43

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders^[1]

• P – Bob Cameron, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• ST – Mike "Pinball" Clemons, Toronto Argonauts

• P – Bob Cameron, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• K – Paul Osbaldiston, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• ST – Mike "Pinball" Clemons, Toronto Argonauts

• P – Brent Matich, Calgary Stampeders
• K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• ST – Derrick Crawford, Calgary Stampeders

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mike "Pinball" Clemons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Ray Elgaard (SB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Battle (LB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Jim Mills (OT), BC Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Reggie Barnes (RB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Richie Hall (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Mike Riley, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Commissioner's Award - Gregory B. Fulton, Toronto