# 1990 Calgary Stampeders 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 |
| 1 | 5 | Dave Sapunjis | SB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 13 | Mark Singer | LB/FB | Alberta |
| 3 | 18 | Pat Hinds | T/G | San Jose State |
| 4 | 27 | Derek Sang | T | San Diego State |
| 4 | 29 | Richard Chen | HB/PR | Waterloo |
| 5 | 37 | Rob Godley | FS/FR | Western Ontario |
| 6 | 45 | Kevin Kazan | WR/K | Calgary |
| 7 | 53 | Randy Power | LB | Mount Allison |
| 8 | 61 | Sean Furlong | WR | Calgary |

## Preseason

| Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 |

## Playoffs
### West Final

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