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.
^ abcd"NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF). December 15, 1990. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services.
^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.
^"Georgia Southern Wins I-AA Title". Los Angeles Times. AP. December 16, 1990. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
^"1990 NCAA Division 1-AA Playoffs". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 24, 1990. p. 83. Retrieved April 20, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^"Georgia Southern Eagles 1990 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.[permanent dead link]
^ ab"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.
^"Nevada Wolf Pack 1990 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.[permanent dead link]
Further reading
"National Championship Rewind: 1990". gseagles.com. August 14, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
External links
1990 I-AA National Championship - Nevada vs Georgia Southern via YouTube