# 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

| Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 46–50 | 2–1 | | |
| 4 | Aug 2 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 20–23 | 2–2 | | |
| 5 | Aug 7 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 57–31 | 3–2 | | |
| 6 | Aug 14 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 46–20 | 4–2 | | |
| 7 | Aug 19 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 24–49 | 4–3 | | |
| 8 | Aug 27 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 56–36 | 5–3 | | |
| 9 | Sept 3 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 38–4 | 6–3 | | |
| 10 | Sept 7 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 34–17 | 7–3 | | |
| 11 | Sept 13 | at BC Lions | W 32–13 | 8–3 | | |
| 12 | Sept 21 | vs Ottawa Rough Riders | W 41–29 | 9–3 | | |
| 13 | Sept 28 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 25–48 | 9–4 | | |
| 14 | Oct 8 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 23–25 | 9–5 | | |
| 15 | Oct 14 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 24–29 | 9–6 | | |
| 16 | Oct 21 | vs. BC Lions | L 8–30 | 9–7 | | |
| 17 | Oct 28 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 25–15 | 10–7 | | |
| 18 | Nov 4 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 32–34 | 10–8 | | |

## Postseason
### Schedule

| Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 11–50 | 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 |