Canadian football team season
The 1990 Calgary Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division with an 11–6–1 record.
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
Regular season
Season Standings
[ 1]
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
[ 2]
[ 3]
Awards and records
1990 CFL All-Stars
Western All-Star Selections
Playoffs
West Final
References
Franchise Stadiums Lore Important figures Retired numbers Key personnel Grey Cup championships (8) Western Division championships (17) Current league affiliations