CFL team season
The 1990 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 76th season in the club's 80th year of existence. Following their win in the 1989 Grey Cup , the team opened this season as defending Grey Cup champions for the first time since 1967. The team finished in third place in the Canadian Football League 's West Division with a 9–9 record for the second consecutive season. However, the Roughriders could not duplicate the success of the previous year as they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos in the West Semi-Final.
The Roughriders gained a team record 5793 passing yards, which at the time was the 3rd most for a team in a single season in CFL history. They also set CFL team records for:
most pass attempts in a season (793), which was surpassed by the 1995 Birmingham Barracudas (814); most pass completions in a season (450), which has been surpassed by several teams. most field goals made one season (59) They set the following team records:
most points scored one season (557) most points scored against one season (592) highest single home game attendance: 31,121 in the Labour Day Classic against Winnipeg Offseason [ edit ] CFL Draft [ edit ] [1]
Preseason [ edit ] [2] [3]
Regular season [ edit ] Season standings [ edit ] [4]
Season schedule [ edit ] Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Thu, July 12 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 38–35 1–0 Taylor Field 24,362 2 2 Thu, July 19 at Calgary Stampeders L 25–30 1–1 McMahon Stadium 24,818 3 3 Fri, July 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 16–54 1–2 Taylor Field 26,731 4 4 Thu, Aug 2 at BC Lions W 36–25 2–2 BC Place 33,068 5 5 Tue, Aug 7 at Edmonton Eskimos L 31–57 2–3 Commonwealth Stadium 39,060 6 6 Tue, Aug 14 vs. BC Lions L 30–32 2–4 Taylor Field 22,976 6 7 Sun, Aug 19 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 49–24 3–4 Taylor Field 24,109 7 8 Sat, Aug 25 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 46–33 4–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 16,717 8 9 Sun, Sept 2 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 55–11 5–4 Taylor Field 31,121 9 10 Sun, Sept 9 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 21–30 5–5 Lansdowne Park 25,384 10 11 Sun, Sept 16 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 45–19 6–5 Taylor Field 27,822 11 12 Sun, Sept 23 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–36 6–6 Winnipeg Stadium 32,177 12 13 Sun, Sept 30 vs. BC Lions W 37–34 7–6 Taylor Field 26,176 13 14 Sun, Oct 7 at Calgary Stampeders L 16–23 7–7 McMahon Stadium 27,964 14 15 Sun, Oct 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 29–24 8–7 Commonwealth Stadium 27,423 15 16 Sat, Oct 20 at Toronto Argonauts L 15–59 8–8 SkyDome 40,429 16 17 Sun, Oct 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 33–31 9–8 Taylor Field 26,139 17 18 Sat, Nov 3 at BC Lions L 28–35 9–9 BC Place 23,919
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Postseason [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] [2] [3]
Awards and records [ edit ] 1990 CFL All-Stars [ edit ] 1990 Western All-Stars [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Franchise Stadiums Culture Important figures Retired numbers Key personnel Grey Cup championships (4) West Division championships (25) Current league affiliations