1990 EFL Season

The 1990 EFL season was the 52nd regular season of the Eastern Football League, formerly known as the Jackson Football League. The season ended with the Kentucky Nuggets defeating the Birmingham Crimson in the 1990 Canton Championship on August 27, 1990, defeating them 21-17.

The two rival leagues, the JFL and MFL had an agreement to merge the two leagues together creating the Eastern Football League. The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 20 JFL teams and 10 MFL teams, five teams were transferred to balance the two new conferences at 15 teams each. In November 1979, the Cleveland Rams, Bristol Blazers, Knoxville Knockers, Detroit Blues, and the St. Louis Saints agreed to join all 10 MFL teams to form the Montgomery Football Conference. The remaining JFL teams formed the Jackson Football Conference (JFC). In addition, the number of games per season would be increased from 21 to 25, in order for players to get more playtime and experience with the newer teams.

Replacing the old Wallace and Turner conferences (although divisions from those conferences still existed but were renamed to suit the realignment), the new conferences, JFC and MFC, function so that each of the two conferences are divided into three divisions: East, Central, and West. The Eastern and Western divisions had five teams; the other two Central divisions had four teams each.

Final Standings
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Playoffs
The Eastern Football League playoffs for the 1990 season began on August 5, 1990. The postseason tournament concluded with the Kentucky Nuggets defeating the Birmingham Crimson in the 1970 Canton Championship, 21–17, on August 27, at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida.