1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football
1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football
BSC champion
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, L 13–36 vs. Georgia Southern
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	13–2 (7–1 BSC)
Head coach	Chris Ault (15th season);
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium; (Capacity: 14,000)
	Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	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

The 1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 15th season under head coach Chris Ault, the Wolf Pack compiled a 13–2 record (7–1 against conference opponents), won the BSC championship, and lost to Georgia Southern in the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.^[1]^[2]

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 1989 season 7–4 and 5–3 in BSC play to tie for third place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8		Northern Arizona	No. 19	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 55–14	14,210
September 15		Sacramento State*	No. 19	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 41–7	15,080
September 22		at Montana State	No. 13	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT		W 20–14
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Idaho	No. 10	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 31–28 ^OT	16,125
October 6		at Idaho State	No. 5	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID		W 17–10
October 13		No. 19 Eastern Washington	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 40–17	18,085
October 20		at UNLV*	No. 3	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl East Las Vegas, NV (Fremont Cannon)		W 26–14
October 27		at Weber State	No. 3	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT		W 28–7
November 3		No. 14 Montana	No. 3	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 34–27	19,530
November 10		at No. 6 Boise State	No. 2	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)		L 14–30
November 17		Western Illinois*	No. 7	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 50–16	16,310
November 24		No. 14 Northeast Louisiana*	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		W 27–14	11,008
December 1		No. 12 Furman*	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)		W 42–35 ^3OT	11,519
December 8		No. 10 Boise State*	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)		W 59–52 ^3OT	19,776
December 15		at No. 3 Georgia Southern*	No. 4	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Championship)	CBS	L 13–36	23,204
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

References

^ "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 136. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[1] "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 136. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[2] "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

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v t e Nevada Wolf Pack football
Venues	Evans Field (1896–1905) Mackay Field and Stadium (I) (1915–1965) Mackay Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State UNLV (Fremont Cannon)
Culture & lore	Alphie and Wolfie Jr. KTHX-FM
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Big Sky Conference football champions
College Division / Division II	Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977)
I-AA/FCS	Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023)
National championships in bold