1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1990 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration August – November 1990
Playoff
Duration November 25 – December 15, 1990
Championship site Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Champion Georgia Southern
Payton Award Walter DeanRB (Grambling State)
Division I-AA football season

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 Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship 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 final score of 36−13 at their home stadium.[1]

Notable changes

Conference changes

School 1989 Conference 1990 Conference
Central Florida D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Davidson I-AA Independent D-III Independent
Fordham I-AA Independent Patriot
Lamar Southland Dropped Program

Conference standings

1990 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Nevada $^ 7 1 0     13 2 0
Idaho ^ 6 2 0     9 4 0
Boise State ^ 6 2 0     10 4 0
Montana 4 4 0     7 4 0
Montana State 3 5 0     5 6 0
Northern Arizona 2 6 0     3 8 0
Weber State 3 5 0     5 6 0
Eastern Washington 3 5 0     5 6 0
Idaho State 1 7 0     3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Nevada earned automatic berth and Idaho and
    Boise State earned at-large berths in I-AA playoffs.
Template:1990 Ivy League football standings Template:1990 Gateway football standings
Template:1990 MEAC football standings Template:1990 Ohio Valley football standings Template:1990 Patriot League football standings
1990 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Furman $^   6 1         9 4  
Appalachian State   5 2         6 5  
Chattanooga   4 2         6 5  
The Citadel ^   4 3         7 5  
Marshall   4 3         6 5  
Western Carolina   2 5         3 8  
VMI   1 5         4 7  
East Tennessee State   1 6         2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
1990 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 Northeast Louisiana $^ 5 1 0     7 5 0
McNeese State 4 2 0     5 6 0
Southwest Texas State 3 3 0     6 5 0
Northwestern State 3 3 0     5 6 0
Sam Houston State 3 3 0     4 7 0
North Texas 2 4 0     6 5 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 5 0     1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
Template:1990 SWAC football standings
1990 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 UMass $^ 7 1 0     8 2 1
#19 New Hampshire 5 3 0     7 3 1
Delaware 5 3 0     6 5 0
Connecticut 5 3 0     6 5 0
Villanova 5 3 0     6 5 0
Boston University 4 4 0     5 6 0
Maine 2 6 0     3 8 0
Rhode Island 2 6 0     5 6 0
Richmond 1 7 0     1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
Template:1990 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference Champion
Big Sky Conference Nevada
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference Northern Iowa
Ivy League Cornell and Dartmouth
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Florida A&M
Ohio Valley Conference Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State
Patriot League Holy Cross
Southern Conference Furman
Southland Conference Northeast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference Jackson State
Yankee Conference Massachusetts

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 24
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
December 1
Campus Sites
Semifinals
December 8
Campus Sites
National Championship Game
December 15
Paulson Stadium
Statesboro, GA
        
Jackson State 7
Middle Tennessee State* 28
Middle Tennessee State 13
Boise State* 20
Northern Iowa 3
Boise State* 20
Boise State 52
Nevada* 59***
Northeast Louisiana 14
Nevada* 27
Nevada* 42***
Furman 35
Furman 45
Eastern Kentucky* 17
Nevada 13
Georgia Southern 36
Central Florida 20
Youngstown State 17
Central Florida* 52
William & Mary 38
Massachusetts 0
William & Mary* 38
Central Florida 7
Georgia Southern* 44
The Citadel 0
Georgia Southern* 31
Georgia Southern* 28
Idaho 27
Idaho 41
Southwest Missouri State* 35

* By team name denotes host institution

* By score denotes overtime periods

References

  1. "1990 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
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