# 1990 BC Lions season

The 1990 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 6–11–1 record and failed to make to playoffs.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 2 | Ian Beckles | OG/DT | Indiana |
| 2 | 10 | Ken Whitney | OG/TE | California Lutheran |
| 2 | 12 | Keith Kelly | RB | Bishop's |
| 4 | 26 | Carl Coulter | OG/LB | Carleton |
| 5 | 34 | Mohammed Elewonibi | OG/LB | Brigham Young |
| 6 | 42 | Doug Shorman | LB | British Columbia |
| 7 | 50 | Phil Poirier | DT/DE | Cincinnati |
| 8 | 58 | Richard Kitchener | OT/OL | Simon Fraser |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Thu, June 28 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 24–23 | 1–0 | BC Place | 27,905 |
| B | Tue, July 3 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 36–20 | 2–0 | Winnipeg Stadium | 32,111 |

## 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 | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Fri, July 13 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | T 38–38 | 0–0–1 | BC Place | 34,233 |
| 2 | 2 | Wed, July 18 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 23–41 | 0–1–1 | Commonwealth Stadium | 38,401 |
| 3 | 3 | Fri, July 27 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 24–23 | 1–1–1 | BC Place | 34,622 |
| 4 | 4 | Thu, Aug 2 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 25–36 | 1–2–1 | BC Place | 33,068 |
| 5 | 5 | Wed, Aug 8 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 14–28 | 1–3–1 | Winnipeg Stadium | 25,952 |
| 6 | 6 | Tue, Aug 14 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 32–30 | 2–3–1 | Taylor Field | 22,976 |
| 6 | 7 | Mon, Aug 20 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 34–36 | 2–4–1 | BC Place | 32,699 |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 8 | 8 | Tue, Aug 28 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | L 34–41 | 2–5–1 | Lansdowne Park | 22,450 |
| 8 | 9 | Sat, Sept 1 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 43–68 | 2–6–1 | SkyDome | 31,003 |
| 9 | 10 | Thu, Sept 6 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 19–49 | 2–7–1 | BC Place | 36,330 |
| 10 | 11 | Thu, Sept 13 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 13–32 | 2–8–1 | BC Place | 26,830 |
| 11 | 12 | Sat, Sept 22 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 34–4 | 3–8–1 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 10,270 |
| 13 | 13 | Sun, Sept 30 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 34–37 | 3–9–1 | Taylor Field | 26,176 |
| 14 | 14 | Sat, Oct 6 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | L 26–42 | 3–10–1 | BC Place | 27,905 |
| 15 | 15 | Sun, Oct 14 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 33–25 | 4–10–1 | McMahon Stadium | 18,154 |
| 16 | 16 | Sun, Oct 21 | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 30–8 | 5–10–1 | Commonwealth Stadium | 31,176 |
| 17 | 17 | Sat, Oct 27 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 29–54 | 5–11–1 | BC Place | 29,536 |
| 18 | 18 | Sat, Nov 3 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 35–28 | 6–11–1 | BC Place | 26,342 |

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Jim Mills (OT)

### 1990 CFL All-Stars

* OT – Jim Mills, CFL All-Star
* LB – Willie Pless, CFL All-Star