1990 Calgary Stampeders season

The 1990 Calgary Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division with an 11–6–1 record.

1990 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Community Ownership
General manager	Norman Kwong
President	Norman Kwong
Head coach	Wally Buono
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	11–6–1
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final

Calgary clinched first place on November 4 when they beat the Edmonton Eskimos in a winner-takes-first showdown. This was the first time Calgary finished first place since 1971.

1990 was the first of thirteen seasons with Wally Buono as the team's head coach, and the first of eleven seasons in which Allen Pitts was a Calgary receiver.

Calgary was defeated in the West Final by Edmonton 43-23.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Wed, June 22	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 29–10	1–0	McMahon Stadium	23,233
B	Tue, July 3	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 27–28	1–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	10,136

Regular season

Season Standings

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

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Fri, July 13	at BC Lions	T 38–38	0–0–1	BC Place	34,233
2	2	Thurs, July 19	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–25	1–0–1	McMahon Stadium	24,818
3	3	Fri, July 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 54–16	2–0–1	Taylor Field	26,713
4	4	Fri, Aug 3	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 40–35	3–0–1	McMahon Stadium	23,667
5	5	Thurs, Aug 9	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 42–17	4–0–1	McMahon Stadium	22,241
6	6	Tue, Aug 14	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–46	4–1–1	Commonwealth Stadium	35,104
7	7	Wed, Aug 22	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 34–31	5–1–1	McMahon Stadium	20,311
8	8	Wed, Aug 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 37–39 (OT)	5–2–1	Winnipeg Stadium	28,480
8	9	Mon, Sept 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 4–38	5–3–1	McMahon Stadium	36,107
9	10	Fri, Sept 7	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 17–34	5–4–1	Commonwealth Stadium	57,444
10	11	Fri, Sept 14	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 18–17	6–4–1	McMahon Stadium	22,588
11	12	Thurs, Sept 20	at Toronto Argonauts	L 18–70	6–5–1	SkyDome	27,868
12	13	Sun, Sept 30	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 52–8	7–5–1	Lansdowne Park	20,035
13	14	Sun, Oct 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 23–16	8–5–1	McMahon Stadium	27,964
14	15	Sun, Oct 14	vs. BC Lions	L 25–33	8–6–1	McMahon Stadium	18,154
15	16	Sun, Oct 21	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 48–42	9–6–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20,076
16	17	Sat, Oct 27	at BC Lions	W 54–29	10–6–1	BC Place	29,536
17	18	Sun, Nov 4	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 34–32	11–6–1	McMahon Stadium	26,676

Awards and records

Playoffs

West Final

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