1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

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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
1336
Head coach: 
Chris Ault 		Head coach: 
Tim Stowers
NCAA Seed
44
NCAA Seed
33
1234Total
Nevada330713
Georgia Southern7761636
DateDecember 15, 1990
Season 1990
Stadium Paulson Stadium
Location Statesboro, Georgia
Referee L. V. McGinty [1]
Attendance23,204 [1]
United States TV coverage
Network CBS Sports
Announcers Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tim Brant (color), John Dockery (sideline) [2]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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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.

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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

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

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
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP NEVGSU
111:347433:26GSUJoe Ross 14-yard touchdown run, Mike Dowis kick good07
15:057243:34NEV37-yard field goal by Kevin McKelvie37
22:383570:41GSURaymond Gross 8-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick good314
20:0310472:35NEV44-yard field goal by McKelvie614
32:238702:47GSUDarryl Hopkins 3-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick no good (wide right)620
414:525351:23GSUHopkins 18-yard touchdown run, Dowis kick good627
46:2214854:11NEVRuss Ortega 3-yard touchdown reception from Chris Vargas, McKelvie kick good1327
41:0611485:16GSU41-yard field goal by Dowis1330
40:44GSUInterception returned 15 yards for touchdown by Alex Mash, Dowis kick no good (blocked)1336
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.1336

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Game statistics

1234Total
Wolf Pack330713
Eagles7761636
Nevada head coach Chris Ault in 2009 Christ Ault Reno Navy Week Sept 16, 2009.jpg
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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. 1 2 "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.[ permanent dead link ]

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