1990 NAIA Division I football season

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1990 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1990
PostseasonNovember 17–December 8, 1990
National ChampionshipRalph Stocker Stadium
Grand Junction, CO
ChampionsCentral State (OH)

The 1990 NAIA Division I football season was the 35th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1990 and culminated in the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 8, 1990 at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado, on the campus of Mesa State College.[1]

Central State (OH) defeated Mesa State in the Champion Bowl, 38–16, to win their first NAIA national title.[2] The Marauders won the championship after winning all three games on the road.

Conference changes[]

  • This is the final season that the NAIA officially recognizes a football champion from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.[3] The RMAC, and its five football-playing members, would become an NCAA Division II conference by the 1992 season.

Conference standings[]

1990 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Arkansas $^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Henderson State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Ouachita Baptist 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southern Arkansas 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 1
Harding 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Arkansas–Monticello 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arkansas Tech 0 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
1990 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northeastern State $^ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
NW Oklahoma State 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
SE Oklahoma State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
SW Oklahoma State 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
East Central 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
1990 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mesa State $^ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Adams State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Colorado Mines 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Western State (CO) 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Fort Lewis 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
1990 South Atlantic Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carson–Newman $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Catawba 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Lenoir–Rhyne 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wingate 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Elon 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Mars Hill 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Gardner–Webb 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Presbyterian 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
1990 NAIA Division I independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central State (OH) ^   –   10 – 1 – 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   –   9 – 1 – 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Conference champions[]

Conference Champion Record
Arkansas Intercollegiate Central Arkansas 6—0
NIC Northern State (SD)
Southwest State (MN) 		5–1
Oklahoma Northeastern State 4–0
RMAC Mesa State 4–0
South Atlantic Carson–Newman 7–0
WVIAC Concord (WV) 5–1

Postseason[]

Quarterfinals
November 17, 1990
Campus sites 		Semifinals
December 1, 1990
Campus sites 		1990 Champion Bowl
December 8, 1990
Grand Junction, CO
         
Central State (OH) 48
Fort Hays State* 10
Central State (OH) 41
Carson–Newman* 14
Southwest State (MN) 6
Carson–Newman* 35
Central State (OH) 38
Mesa State* 16
Western New Mexico 30
Mesa State* 37
Mesa State* 10
Central Arkansas 9
Northeastern State 14
Central Arkansas* 26

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "1990 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. p. 22. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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