1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

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.[3] It was the second consecutive Division I-AA title, and fourth overall, for Georgia Southern.

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) champions, see 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.
1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Nevada Wolf Pack Georgia Southern Eagles
(13–1) (11–3)
Big Sky Independent
13 36
Head coach: 
Chris Ault		 Head coach: 
Tim Stowers
NCAASeed
44
NCAASeed
33
1234 Total
Nevada 3307 13
Georgia Southern 77616 36
DateDecember 15, 1990
Season1990
StadiumPaulson Stadium
LocationStatesboro, Georgia
RefereeL. V. McGinty[1]
Attendance23,204[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS Sports
AnnouncersJim Nantz (play-by-play), Tim Brant (color), John Dockery (sideline)[2]

Teams

The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1990 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.[4] 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.[5]

Georgia Southern Eagles
Main article: 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.[6] Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] 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
Main article: 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.[8] Ranked fourth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[7] 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
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP NEV GSU
1 11:34 7 43 3:26 GSU Joe Ross 14-yard touchdown run, Mike Dowis kick good 0 7
1 5:05 7 24 3:34 NEV 37-yard field goal by Kevin McKelvie 3 7
2 2:38 3 57 0:41 GSU Raymond Gross 8-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick good 3 14
2 0:03 10 47 2:35 NEV 44-yard field goal by McKelvie 6 14
3 2:23 8 70 2:47 GSU Darryl Hopkins 3-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick no good (wide right) 6 20
4 14:52 5 35 1:23 GSU Hopkins 18-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick good 6 27
4 6:22 14 85 4:11 NEV Russ Ortega 3-yard touchdown reception from Chris Vargas, McKelvie kick good 13 27
4 1:06 11 48 5:16 GSU 41-yard field goal by Dowis 13 30
4 0:44 GSU Interception returned 15 yards for touchdown by Alex Mash, Dowis kick no good (blocked) 13 36
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 13 36

[1]

Game statistics
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 3 3 0 7 13
Eagles 7 7 6 16 36
Nevada head coach Chris Ault in 2009
StatisticsNEVGSU
First downs2120
Plays–yards86–32163–392
Rushes–yards33–5658–323
Passing yards26569
Passing: Comp–Att–Int27–53–22–5–0
Time of possession34:3025:30
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
NevadaPassingFred Gatlin17–32, 156 yds
RushingRay Whalen24 car, 71 yds
ReceivingRuss Ortega10 rec, 82 yds, 1 TD
Georgia SouthernPassingRaymond Gross2–5, 69 yds
RushingRaymond Gross31 car, 145 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingTerrance Sorrell1 rec, 49 yds

[1]

References
  1. "NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF). December 15, 1990. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services.
  2. Baden, Larry (December 15, 1990). "CBS treating I-AA title game as I-A special". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 1D. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Georgia Southern Wins I-AA Title". Los Angeles Times. AP. December 16, 1990. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. "1990 NCAA Division 1-AA Playoffs". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 24, 1990. p. 83. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "Georgia Southern to host NCAA title". Rocky Mount Telegram. Rocky Mount, North Carolina. AP. February 24, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved April 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "Georgia Southern Eagles 1990 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  7. "NCAA Division I-AA Final Poll". The Evening Sun. Hanover, Pennsylvania. AP. November 19, 1990. p. B-6. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. "Nevada Wolf Pack 1990 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.

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