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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]

Conference changes and new programs

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  • 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

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1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Nevada $^7–1–013–2–0
No. 10 Boise State ^6–2–010–4–0
No. 13 Idaho ^6–2–09–4–0
Montana4–4–07–4–0
Northern Arizona3–5–05–6–0
Weber State3–5–05–6–0
Eastern Washington3–5–05–6–0
Montana State3–5–04–7–0
Idaho State1–7–03–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll
1990 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Southwest Missouri State +^5–1–09–3–0
No. 11 Northern Iowa +^5–1–08–4–0
Eastern Illinois3–3–05–6–0
Illinois State3–3–05–6–0
Western Illinois3–3–03–8–0
Indiana State1–5–04–7–0
Southern Illinois1–5–02–9–0
  • + – 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
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Dartmouth +6–1–07–2–1
Cornell +6–1–07–3–0
Yale5–2–06–4–0
Harvard3–4–05–5–0
Penn3–4–03–7–0
Princeton2–5–03–7–0
Brown2–5–02–8–0
Columbia1–6–01–9–0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Florida A&M $6–0–07–4–0
No. T–19 North Carolina A&T5–1–09–2–0
Delaware State4–2–07–3–0
Howard3–3–06–5–0
South Carolina State2–4–04–6–0
Bethune–Cookman1–5–04–7–0
Morgan State0–6–01–10–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Middle Tennessee +^5–1–011–2–0
No. 5 Eastern Kentucky +^5–1–010–2–0
Tennessee State4–2–07–4–0
Tennessee Tech3–3–06–5–0
Morehead State3–3–05–6–0
Murray State1–5–02–9–0
Austin Peay0–6–00–11–0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Tennessee State's game against Jackson State and Morehead State's game against Western Kentucky were designated as conference games and counted in the OVC standings.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Patriot League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Holy Cross $5–0–09–1–1
Bucknell3–2–07–4–0
Colgate3–2–07–4–0
Lehigh3–2–07–4–0
Lafayette1–4–04–7–0
Fordham0–5–01–9–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Furman $^6–1–09–4–0
Appalachian State5–2–06–5–0
Chattanooga4–2–06–5–0
No. 15 The Citadel ^4–3–07–5–0
Marshall4–3–06–5–0
Western Carolina2–5–03–8–0
VMI1–5–04–7–0
East Tennessee State1–6–02–9–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Southland Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Northeast Louisiana $^5–1–07–5–0
McNeese State4–2–05–6–0
Southwest Texas State3–3–06–5–0
Northwestern State3–3–05–6–0
Sam Houston State3–3–04–7–0
North Texas2–4–06–5–0
Stephen F. Austin1–5–01–10–0
  • $ – 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
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Jackson State $^5–1–08–4–0
Alabama State4–2–08–2–1
Grambling State3–3–08–3–0
Mississippi Valley State3–3–05–6–0
Southern2–4–04–7–0
Texas Southern2–4–04–7–0
Alcorn State2–4–02–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1990 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 UMass $^7–1–08–2–1
No. T–19 New Hampshire5–3–07–3–1
Delaware5–3–06–5–0
Connecticut5–3–06–5–0
Villanova5–3–06–5–0
Boston University4–4–05–6–0
Maine2–6–03–8–0
Rhode Island2–6–05–6–0
Richmond1–7–01–10–0
  • $ – 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
TeamW L TW 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 State – 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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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

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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. 1 2 "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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