1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coach	Al Bruno David Beckman
Home stadium	Ivor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record	6–12
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Team MOP	Earl Winfield
Team MOC	Paul Osbaldiston
Team MOR	Bobby Dawson
Uniform

The 1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 41st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 6–12 record and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1977.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	7	Mark Dennis	LB	Central Michigan
3	23	Richard Nurse	WR/DB	Canisius
4	31	Kevin King	DB/LB	Simon Fraser
5	39	Scott Douglas	OL	Western Ontario
6	47	John Monaco	TB/SB	Canisius
7	55	Jeff Martens	OL/DT	Alberta
8	63	Mike Raymond	FB	York

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
B	June 28	at Toronto Argonauts	L 19–60	0–1	SkyDome
C	July 3	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 28–27	1–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Div	Stk
1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (C, Q)	18	12	6	0	472	398	74	24	7–3	W1
2	Toronto Argonauts (Q)	18	10	8	0	689	538	151	20	6–4	W1
3	Ottawa Rough Riders (Q)	18	7	11	0	540	602	−62	14	3–7	L1
4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	6	12	0	476	628	−152	12	4–6	L3

Source: "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	1	July 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 35–38	0–1
2	2	July 19	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 29–26	1–1
3	3	July 28	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 29–41	1–2
4	4	Aug 3	at Calgary Stampeders	L 35–40	1–3
5	5	Aug 9	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 31–30	2–3
6	6	Aug 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 20–10	3–3
6	7	Aug 20	at BC Lions	W 36–34	4–3
7	8	Aug 25	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 33–46	4–4
8	9	Sept 3	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 17–40	4–5
9	10	Sept 9	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18–29	4–6
10	11	Sept 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 16–39	4–7
11	12	Sept 22	vs. BC Lions	L 4–34	4–8
12	13	Sept 29	at Toronto Argonauts	L 39–60	4–9
13	14	Oct 8	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 25–23	5–9
14	15	Oct 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 37–33	6–9
15	16	Oct 21	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 42–48	6–10
16	17	Oct 28	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 15–25	6–11
17	18	Nov 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15–32	6–12

Roster

1990 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster
Quarterbacks 19 Todd Dillon  2 Mike Kerrigan Running backs 32 Sam Loucks 19 Derrick McAdoo 34 Ernie Schramayr 24 Michael Vaughn Wide receivers 87 Tony Champion 89 Richard Estell 17 Ken Evraire 85 Richard Nurse 80 Mark Waterman  1 Earl Winfield 21 Wally Zatylny Tight ends 23 Rocky Dipietro 25 Lee Knight		Offensive linemen 68 Mike Derks T 66 Miles Gorrell T 63 Darrell Harle G 51 David Richardson T 56 Jason Riley G 52 Rae Robirtis C 56 Dale Sanderson C/T 67 Ralph Scholz G Defensive linemen 93 Romel Andrews DT 77 Grover Covington DE 62 Ronnie Glanton DT 64 Tim Lorenz DE 79 Mark Napiorkowski DT 37 Dan Sellers DE 59 Rod Skillman DT		Linebackers 41 Pete Buchanan 38 Darrell Corbin 49 Mark Dennis 90 Pete Giftopoulos 44 John O'Brien 30 Lance Trumble 35 John Zajdel Defensive backs 27 Bobby Dawson 18 Sonny Gordon 12 Stephen Jordan 22 Dave Mossman  6 Jim Rockford  7 Floyd Salazar  8 Albert Thomas 20 Gary Wilkerson Special teams  3 Paul Osbaldiston K/P Italics indicate American players