1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1990 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 87 August–November November 25–December 15 December 15, 1990 Paulson StadiumStatesboro, Georgia Georgia Southern Walter Dean (RB, Grambling State) 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 36–13.1990 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 15 Conference changes and new programs The Colonial League adopted its present-day Patriot League name, and began to sponsor sports other than football. 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 Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference ChampionBig Sky Conference NevadaGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference Northern IowaIvy League Cornell and DartmouthMid-Eastern Athletic Conference Florida A&MOhio Valley Conference Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee StatePatriot League Holy CrossSouthern Conference FurmanSouthland Conference Northeast LouisianaSouthwestern Athletic Conference Jackson StateYankee Conference Massachusetts Postseason The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30802869/division_iaa_playoffs_at_a_glance/ Division I-AA Playoffs at a glance Larry Baden Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada 88 November 24, 1990 April 20, 2019 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/30802948/playoff/ Playoff Larry Baden Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada 82 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 NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 24Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 1Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 8Campus sites National Championship Game December 15Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA Jackson State 7 (1) Middle Tennessee State* 28 Northern Iowa 3 Boise State* 20 Northeast Louisiana 14 (4) Nevada* 27 Furman 45 Eastern Kentucky* 17 UCF 20 (2) Youngstown State* 17 UMass 0 William & Mary* 38 The Citadel 0 (3) Georgia Southern* 31 Idaho 41 Southwest Missouri State* 35 (1) Middle Tennessee State 13 Boise State* 20 (4) Nevada* 42*** Furman 35 UCF* 52 William & Mary 38 (3) Georgia Southern* 28 Idaho 27 Boise State 52 (4) Nevada* 59*** UCF 7 (3) Georgia Southern* 44 (4) Nevada 13 (3) Georgia Southern 36 * By team name denotes host institution * By score denotes overtime periods Source: References