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

CFL Draft

#	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

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

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

Game	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

Schedule

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

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

West Final

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

Grey Cup

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