1990 All-American Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 All-American Bowl December 28 1990 1990 Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama Southern Mississippi Southern Miss Golden Eagles 8–3 23 24 Jeff Bower 6 8 7 6 North Carolina State University NC State Wolfpack 6–5 Dick Sheridan 14 3 7 7 QB Brett Favre, Southern Miss Gordon Riese (Pac-10) 44,000 ESPN Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson, and Jerry Punch Yes The 1990 All-American Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 1990 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game matched the Southern Miss Golden Eagles against the NC State Wolfpack. It was the final contest of the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. The game ended in a 31–27 victory for the Wolfpack. The game represented the final game of Southern Miss quarterback Brett Favre's collegiate career. He was named the game's MVP despite his team's loss, compiling 341 passing yards in 39 attempts with one interception. The game was the fourteenth and final edition of the All-American Bowl (previously known as the Hall of Fame Classic). Teams The game matched the Southern Miss Golden Eagles against the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Golden Eagles and the Wolfpack, and was their eighth overall meeting. Southern Miss led the series 4 3 heading into the game, and the teams' previous meeting was in 1966, when the Golden Eagles defeated the Wolfpack 7–6.North Carolina State vs Southern Mississippi, 1869-1990 http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=1990&team1=NorthCarolinaState&team2=SouthernMississippi Stassen.com 24 January 2014 January 18, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064555/http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=1990&team1=NorthCarolinaState&team2=SouthernMississippi dead Southern Miss Golden Eagles 1990 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team The conference-independent Golden Eagles entered the game ranked 23 in the AP Poll. Their regular-season record was 8 3. The game represented the Golden Eagles' first appearance in the All-American Bowl. NC State Wolfpack 1990 NC State Wolfpack football team The unranked NC State Wolfpack of the ACC compiled a 6 5 record before the game, including a 3 4 record against conference opponents. The game represented the Wolfpack's first appearance in the All-American Bowl. Game summary Scoring summary USM NCSU 1 USM RecTD Mark Montgomery Brett Favre 10 no good 6 0 1 NCSU RushTD Terry Jordan 10 good Mark Fowble 6 7 1 NCSU RushTD Gary Downs 2 good Fowble 6 14 2 USM RecTD Montgomery Favre 13 pass good 14 14 2 NCSU FG 22 Fowble 14 17 3 USM RushTD Tony Smith 1 good Taylor 21 17 3 NCSU RecTD Bobby Jurgens Jordan 12 good Fowble 21 24 4 NCSU RushTD Greg Manior 41 good Fowble 21 31 4 USM RushTD Michael Welch 5 pass failed 27 31 27 31 Source: 1990 All-American Bowl Recap http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012512aac.html https://archive.today/20150125045155/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012512aac.html dead 25 January 2015 NC State Wolfpack 24 January 2015 28 December 1990 Statistics Statistics USM NCSU First downs 19 23 Plays–yards 63–385 74–357 Rushes–yards 24–44 49–193 Passing yards 341 166 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 28–39–1 15–25–1 Time of possession 27:24 32:36 References Tangerine Bowl Category:All-American Bowl Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football bowl games All-American Bowl Category:December 1990 sports events in the United States Category:Brett Favre