The 1990 Ottawa Rough Riders finished third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. They were defeated in the East Semi-Final by the Toronto Argonauts.

Offseason

CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 4 25 Michael Philbrick DE Carlton 5 33 Al Neufeld OG Saskatchewan 6 41 Cam Sackschewsky OG/OT Calgary 6 48 Brett Wilson WR Ottawa 7 49 Jamie Coombs DL/OG Carleton 7 56 Hagen Mehnart LB McGill 8 57 Darryl Forde CB/DB Western Ontario 8 64 Mike Koladich LB Western Ontario

Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 29 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 26–23 1–0 20,142 B July 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 30–43 1–1 19,672

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 12 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 26–31 0–1 22,911 2 2 July 19 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 26–29 0–2 13,087 3 3 July 26 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 50–46 1–2 26,411 4 4 Aug 4 at Toronto Argonauts L 26–30 1–3 28,333 5 5 Aug 9 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 30–31 1–4 26,684 6 6 Aug 16 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 25–41 1–5 27,591 7 7 Aug 22 at Calgary Stampeders L 31–34 1–6 20,311 8 8 Aug 28 vs. BC Lions W 41–34 2–6 22,450 9 9 Sept 3 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 40–17 3–6 20,330 10 10 Sept 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–21 4–6 25,384 11 11 Sept 16 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 19–45 4–7 27,822 12 12 Sept 21 at Edmonton Eskimos L 29–41 4–8 30,109 13 13 Sept 30 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 8–52 4–9 20,035 14 14 Oct 6 at BC Lions W 42–26 5–9 27,905 15 15 Oct 14 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 33–37 5–10 23,139 16 16 Oct 21 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–20 6–10 27,323 17 17 Oct 28 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–18 7–10 18,216 18 18 Nov 3 at Toronto Argonauts L 30–49 7–11 36,321

Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Nov 11 Toronto Argonauts L 25–34 0–1 24,427 Roster 1990 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen C T G G T G T

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DT DT DE DE

Special teams P K Linebackers

Defensive backs

Italics indicate International player

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