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1990 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams87
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardWalter Dean (RB, Grambling State)
Playoff
DurationNovember 25–December 15
Championship dateDecember 15, 1990
Championship sitePaulson Stadium
Statesboro, Georgia
ChampionGeorgia Southern
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

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.[1]

Notable changes

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  • The Colonial League adopted its present-day Patriot League name, and began to sponsor sports other than football.

Conference changes

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School 1989 Conference 1990 Conference
Central Florida D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Fordham I-AA Independent Patriot
Lamar I-AA Independent Dropped Program
Prairie View A&M SWAC Dropped Program

Conference standings

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1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Nevada $^ 7 – 1 – 0 13 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Idaho ^ 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
No. 10 Boise State ^ 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 4 – 0
Montana 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Northern Arizona 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Weber State 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Eastern Washington 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Montana State 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Idaho State 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll
1990 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Southwest Missouri State +^ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 11 Northern Iowa +^ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Eastern Illinois 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Illinois State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Western Illinois 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Indiana State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Southern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Dartmouth + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Cornell + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Harvard 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Penn 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Princeton 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Florida A&M $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. T–19 North Carolina A&T 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Delaware State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Howard 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
South Carolina State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Bethune–Cookman 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Morgan State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Middle Tennessee +^ 5 – 1 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Eastern Kentucky +^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Tennessee State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Tennessee Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Murray State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Austin Peay 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Holy Cross $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Bucknell 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Colgate 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Lehigh 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Fordham 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Furman $^ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Appalachian State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Chattanooga 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 15 The Citadel ^ 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Marshall 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Western Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
VMI 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
East Tennessee State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Jackson State $^ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Alabama State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
Grambling State 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Southern 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas Southern 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Alcorn State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 UMass $^ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
No. T–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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Youngstown State ^   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 7 William & Mary ^   –   10 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Georgia Southern ^   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 18 UCF ^   –   9 – 3 – 0
Liberty   –   7 – 4 – 0
Samford   –   6 – 4 – 1
James Madison   –   5 – 6 – 0
Nicholls State   –   5 – 6 – 0
Arkansas State   –   3 – 7 – 1
Western Kentucky   –   2 – 8 – 0
Towson   –   2 – 9 – 0
Northeastern   –   1 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Conference champions

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See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons
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

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The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round.[2][3] 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.[4]

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

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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
(1) Middle Tennessee State* 28
(1) Middle Tennessee State 13
Boise State* 20
Northern Iowa 3
Boise State* 20
Boise State 52
(4) Nevada* 59***
Northeast Louisiana 14
(4) Nevada* 27
(4) Nevada* 42***
Furman 35
Furman 45
Eastern Kentucky* 17
(4) Nevada 13
(3) Georgia Southern 36
UCF 20
(2) Youngstown State* 17
UCF* 52
William & Mary 38
UMass 0
William & Mary* 38
UCF 7
(3) Georgia Southern* 44
The Citadel 0
(3) Georgia Southern* 31
(3) Georgia Southern* 28
Idaho 27
Idaho 41
Southwest Missouri State* 35

* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime periods
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "1990 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Baden, Larry (November 24, 1990). "Division I-AA Playoffs at a glance". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 88. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Baden, Larry (November 24, 1990). "Playoff". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 82. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia Southern to host NCAA title". Rocky Mount Telegram. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. AP. February 24, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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