1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-AA (now called Football Championship Subdivision) college football during the 1990 season. Georgia Southern competed as an Independent under first-year head football coach Tim Stowers and played their home games at Paulson Stadium.

1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1 (NCAA Poll)
1990 record12–3
Head coach
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff McInerney (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTommy Spangler (1st season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1990 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Youngstown State ^ 0 0 0  11 1 0
No. 7 William & Mary ^ 0 0 0  10 2 0
No. 3 Georgia Southern ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
No. 18 UCF ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
Liberty 0 0 0  7 4 0
Samford 0 0 0  6 4 1
James Madison 0 0 0  5 6 0
Nicholls State 0 0 0  5 6 0
Arkansas State 0 0 0  3 7 1
Western Kentucky 0 0 0  2 8 0
Towson 0 0 0  2 9 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  1 10 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

The Eagles won the national championship for the second consecutive season—their fourth overall in six years—and it was their third straight national championship game appearance. Georgia Southern defeated Nevada 36–13 in their home stadium to claim the championship.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1Valdosta StateNo. 1W 17–1015,180
September 8at No. 4 Middle Tennessee StateNo. 1L 13–1615,000
September 157:00 p.mat No. 3 (I-A) Florida StateNo. 6PPVL 6–4862,111
September 22No. 3 Eastern KentuckyNo. 9
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
L 34–4217,373
September 29No. 15 Northeast LouisianaNo. 17
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 33–1416,048
October 6at No. 11 MarshallNo. 14GSSNW 17–1417,039
October 20at UCFNo. 12GSSNW 38–1716,258
October 27Savannah StateNo. 12
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 54–719,331
November 3James MadisonNo. 9
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSSNW 31–1321,067
November 10at ChattanoogaNo. 7GSSNW 23–205,710
November 17SamfordNo. 6
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 31–2418,271
November 24No. 15 The CitadelNo. 3
W 31–011,881
December 1No. 13 IdahoNo. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)
W 28–2711,571
December 8No. 18 UCFNo. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)
W 44–713,183
December 15No. 4 NevadaNo. 3
CBSW 36–1323,204

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References

  1. "1990 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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