1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

American postseason college football game the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game the Division I-A (now FBS) champions 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season August 2023 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship I-AA National Championship Game 1990 NCAA Division I-AA 1990 December 15 University of Nevada Nevada Wolf Pack 13–1 Big Sky Chris Ault 4 4 3 3 0 7 Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern Eagles 11–3 Independent Tim Stowers 3 3 7 7 6 16 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Georgia L. V. McGinty 23,204 CBS Sports Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tim Brant (color), John Dockery (sideline)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30802084/cbs_treating_iaa_title_game_as_ia/ CBS treating I-AA title game as I-A special Larry Baden Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada 1D December 15, 1990 April 20, 2019 newspapers.com 1989 1991 The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Nevada Wolf Pack. The game was played on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The culminating game of the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 36–13.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-16-sp-9195-story.html Georgia Southern Wins I-AA Title AP Los Angeles Times December 16, 1990 April 20, 2019 It was the second consecutive Division I-AA title, and fourth overall, for Georgia Southern. Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1990 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30803142/1990_ncaa_division_1aa_playoffs/ 1990 NCAA Division 1-AA Playoffs Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada 83 November 24, 1990 April 20, 2019 newspapers.com 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.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30810481/georgia_southern_to_host_ncaa_title/ Georgia Southern to host NCAA title AP Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina 11 February 24, 1989 April 21, 2019 newspapers.com Georgia Southern Eagles 1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team Georgia Southern finished their regular season with an 8–3 record, with one of their losses coming against Florida State of Division I-A.http://cfbinfo.com/team/georgia-southern-eagles/1990 Georgia Southern Eagles 1990 Schedule cfbinfo.com April 20, 2019 November 21, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231121151443/http://cfbinfo.com/team/georgia-southern-eagles/1990 dead Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house pollhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/30806550/ncaa_division_iaa_final_poll/ NCAA Division I-AA Final Poll AP The Evening Sun Hanover, Pennsylvania B-6 November 19, 1990 April 20, 2019 newspapers.com and seeded third in the tournament, the Eagles defeated The Citadel, Idaho, and UCF to reach the final. This was the fifth appearance for Georgia Southern in a Division I-AA championship game, having three prior wins (1985, 1986, and 1989) and one prior loss (1988). Nevada Wolf Pack 1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football team Nevada finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (7–1 in conference); their only loss was an away game against Boise State.http://cfbinfo.com/team/nevada-wolf-pack/1990 Nevada Wolf Pack 1990 Schedule cfbinfo.com April 20, 2019 November 21, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231121151442/http://cfbinfo.com/team/nevada-wolf-pack/1990 dead Ranked fourth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll and seeded fourth in the tournament, the Wolf Pack defeated Northeast Louisiana, Furman, and Boise State to reach the final. Both the Furman and Boise State games went to triple overtime. This was the first appearance for Nevada in a Division I-AA championship game. Game summary Scoring summary NEV GSU 1 11:34 GSU 7 43 3:26 RushTD Joe Ross 14 good Mike Dowis 0 7 1 5:05 NEV 7 24 3:34 FG 37 Kevin McKelvie 3 7 2 2:38 GSU 3 57 0:41 RushTD Raymond Gross 8 good Dowis 3 14 2 0:03 NEV 10 47 2:35 FG 44 McKelvie 6 14 3 2:23 GSU 8 70 2:47 RushTD Darryl Hopkins 3 no good (wide right) Dowis 6 20 4 14:52 GSU 5 35 1:23 RushTD Hopkins 18 good Dowis 6 27 4 6:22 NEV 14 85 4:11 RecTD Russ Ortega Chris Vargas 3 good McKelvie 13 27 4 1:06 GSU 11 48 5:16 FG 41 Dowis 13 30 4 0:44 GSU IntTD Alex Mash 15 no good (blocked) Dowis 13 36 13 36 Game statistics Wolf Pack 3 3 0 7 Eagles 7 7 6 16 thumb|right|upright|Nevada head coach Chris Ault in 2009 Nevada Wolf Pack NEV Georgia Southern Eagles GSU 21 86–321 33–56 265 27–53–2 34:30 20 63–392 58–323 69 2–5–0 25:30 Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Fred Gatlin 17–32, 156 yds Ray Whalen 24 car, 71 yds Russ Ortega 10 rec, 82 yds, 1 TD Raymond Gross 2–5, 69 yds Raymond Gross 31 car, 145 yds, 1 TD Terrance Sorrell 1 rec, 49 yds https://s3.amazonaws.com/gatadb/gamereports/1990/19901215_nevada_complete.pdf NCAA Official Scoring Summary December 15, 1990 April 20, 2019 Amazon Web Services References Further reading https://gseagles.com/news/2014/8/14/FB_0814142201.aspx National Championship Rewind: 1990 gseagles.com August 14, 2014 April 20, 2019 External links 1990 I-AA National Championship - Nevada vs Georgia Southern via YouTube Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I Football Championship Games Category:Georgia Southern Eagles football games Category:Nevada Wolf Pack football games Category:American football competitions in Georgia (U.S. state) NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game Category:Statesboro, Georgia