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1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season


American college football season

FieldValue
year1990
imageFile:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg
number_of_teams87
regular_seasonAugust–November
playoffsNovember 25–December 15
nc_dateDecember 15, 1990
championshipPaulson Stadium
Statesboro, Georgia
championsGeorgia Southern
paytonWalter Dean (RB, Grambling State)

Statesboro, Georgia

The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fourth I-AA championship, defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack by a score of 36–13.

Conference changes and new programs

  • The Colonial League adopted its present-day Patriot League name, and began to sponsor sports other than football.
School1989 Conference1990 Conference
Central FloridaD-II IndependentI-AA Independent
FordhamI-AA IndependentPatriot
LamarI-AA IndependentDropped Program
Prairie View A&MSWACDropped Program

Conference standings

Conference champions

ConferenceChampion
Big Sky ConferenceNevada
Gateway Collegiate Athletic ConferenceNorthern Iowa
Ivy LeagueCornell and Dartmouth
Mid-Eastern Athletic ConferenceFlorida A&M
Ohio Valley ConferenceEastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State
Patriot LeagueHoly Cross
Southern ConferenceFurman
Southland ConferenceNortheast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic ConferenceJackson State
Yankee ConferenceMassachusetts

Postseason

The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

November 24 Campus sites December 1 Campus sites December 8 Campus sites December 15 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA

|RD1-team01=Jackson State |RD1-score01=7 |RD1-team02=(1) Middle Tennessee State* |RD1-score02=28

|RD1-team03=Northern Iowa |RD1-score03=3 |RD1-team04=Boise State* |RD1-score04=20

|RD1-team05=Northeast Louisiana |RD1-score05=14 |RD1-team06=(4) Nevada* |RD1-score06=27

|RD1-team07=Furman |RD1-score07=45 |RD1-team08=Eastern Kentucky* |RD1-score08=17

|RD1-team09=UCF |RD1-score09=20 |RD1-team10=(2) Youngstown State* |RD1-score10=17

|RD1-team11=UMass |RD1-score11=0 |RD1-team12=William & Mary* |RD1-score12=38

|RD1-team13=The Citadel |RD1-score13=0 |RD1-team14=(3) Georgia Southern* |RD1-score14=31

|RD1-team15=Idaho |RD1-score15=41 |RD1-team16=Southwest Missouri State* |RD1-score16=35

|RD2-team01=(1) Middle Tennessee State |RD2-score01=13 |RD2-team02=Boise State* |RD2-score02=20

|RD2-team03=(4) Nevada* |RD2-score03=42*** |RD2-team04=Furman |RD2-score04=35

|RD2-team05=UCF* |RD2-score05=52 |RD2-team06=William & Mary |RD2-score06=38

|RD2-team07=(3) Georgia Southern* |RD2-score07=28 |RD2-team08=Idaho |RD2-score08=27

|RD3-team01=Boise State |RD3-score01=52 |RD3-team02=(4) Nevada* |RD3-score02=59***

|RD3-team03=UCF |RD3-score03=7 |RD3-team04=(3) Georgia Southern* |RD3-score04=44

|RD4-team01=(4) Nevada |RD4-score01=13 |RD4-team02=(3) Georgia Southern |RD4-score02=36

  • By team name denotes host institution
  • By score denotes overtime periods Source:

References

References

  1. "1990 NCAA Division I Football Championship".
  2. Baden, Larry. (November 24, 1990). "Division I-AA Playoffs at a glance". [[Reno Gazette-Journal]].
  3. Baden, Larry. (November 24, 1990). "Playoff". [[Reno Gazette-Journal]].
  4. (February 24, 1989). "Georgia Southern to host NCAA title". [[Rocky Mount Telegram]].
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