1990 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1990
PlayoffsNovember – December 1990
Hawkins Stadium
Bradenton, FL
ChampionAllegheny
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The 1990 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1990, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1990 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida. The Allegheny Gators won their first Division III championship by defeating the Lycoming Warriors, 21−14, in overtime.[1]

Conference and program changes

School 1989 Conference 1990 Conference
Davidson I-AA Independent D-III Independent
Thomas More New Program D-III Independent

Conference standings

1990 Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marist $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Saint Francis (PA) 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
St. John Fisher 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Brooklyn 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Gallaudet 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Siena 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 Centennial Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dickinson $ 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Western Maryland 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Johns Hopkins 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Swarthmore 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Gettysburg 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Ursinus 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Muhlenberg 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre + 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Sewanee + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Rhodes 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Millsaps 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Trinity (TX) 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1990 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Augustana (IL) +^ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Millikin + 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Carroll (WI) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Carthage 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
North Central (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Park 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Elmhurst 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bentley $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Stonehill 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Assumption 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Western New England 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
MIT 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
DePauw $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Rose–Hulman 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Hanover 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wabash 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Anderson (IN) 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Taylor 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Franklin (IN) 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Manchester 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central (IA) $^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Wartburg 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Simpson 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Loras 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Luther 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Upper Iowa 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Dubuque 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Buena Vista 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
William Penn 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 Liberty Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
C. W. Post $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Merchant Marine 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
St. John's 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iona 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Stony Brook 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Pace 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albion $ 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Hope 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
Olivet 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Adrian 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Kalamazoo 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Alma 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lycoming $^ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
Juniata 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Widener 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Susquehanna 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Moravian 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Lebanon Valley 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Delaware Valley 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Albright 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Wilkes 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Division
Beloit xy 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
St. Norbert 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Ripon 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lawrence 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Lake Forest 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
South Division
Coe xy$ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Cornell (IA) 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Knox 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Illinois College 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Grinnell 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
Championship: Coe 34, Beloit 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
1990 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Thomas (MN) +^ 7 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 1
Concordia–Moorhead + 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Bethel (MN) 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Hamline 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Saint John's (MN) 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Carleton 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
St. Olaf 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Macalester 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Augsburg 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 New England Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Division
Plymouth State xy$ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Lowell 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Maine Maritime 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Nichols 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
UMass–Boston 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Curry 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
South Division
Bridgewater State xy 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Worcester State 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Framingham State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts Maritime 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Westfield State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Fitchburg State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Southeastern Massachusetts 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Plymouth State 26, Bridgewater State 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1990 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trenton State $^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Ramapo 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Montclair State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Glassboro State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kean 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
William Paterson 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Jersey City State 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 North Coast Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Allegheny $^ 7 – 0 – 0 13 – 0 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Wittenberg 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kenyon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Denison 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wooster 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Case Western Reserve 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Earlham 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Oberlin 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mount Union $^ 9 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
John Carroll 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 6 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Capital 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Ohio Northern 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Otterbein 3 – 4 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Heidelberg 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Muskingum 2 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Marietta 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Hiram 1 – 7 – 1 – 1 – 8
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 Old Dominion Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Emory & Henry $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hampden–Sydney 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Randolph–Macon 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Washington and Lee 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Bridgewater 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1990 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson $^ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Waynesburg 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Thiel 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Bethany (WV) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Grove City 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1990 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Redlands $^ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Occidental 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
La Verne 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 0
Pomona-Pitzer 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Claremont-Mudd 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 0
Whittier 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • Each team played one other conference member twice. A head-to-head sweep of the two games counted as one win for the winner and one loss for the loser in the conference standings. A split of the two games counted as a tie for each team.
1990 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wisconsin–Whitewater $^ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Wisconsin–La Crosse * 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–River Falls 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Wisconsin–Stout 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1990 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hofstra ^   –   12 – 1 – 0
Dayton ^   –   11 – 1 – 0
Cortland ^   –   9 – 1 – 0
Frostburg State   –   9 – 1 – 0
Union (NY)   –   9 – 1 – 0
Ferrum ^   –   8 – 2 – 0
Ithaca ^   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo State   –   7 – 2 – 0
San Diego   –   7 – 2 – 0
Guilford   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bluffton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Davidson   –   5 – 3 – 0
Menlo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Canisius   –   6 – 4 – 0
Drake   –   6 – 4 – 0
Quincy   –   6 – 4 – 0
UC Santa Barbara   –   6 – 4 – 0
Aurora   –   5 – 4 – 0
Catholic University   –   5 – 5 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 5 – 0
Maryville (TN)   –   5 – 5 – 0
Wagner   –   5 – 5 – 0
Wesley   –   5 – 5 – 0
Colorado College   –   4 – 5 – 0
Wilmington (OH)   –   4 – 5 – 0
Alfred   –   4 – 6 – 0
Thomas More   –   3 – 6 – 0
Albany   –   3 – 7 – 0
Brockport   –   3 – 7 – 0
Western Connecticut State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 8 – 0
Duquesne   –   1 – 8 – 1
Mercyhurst   –   1 – 8 – 0
Norwich   –   1 – 8 – 0
Salisbury State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Saint Peter's   –   0 – 7 – 0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham   –   0 – 9 – 0
Methodist   –   0 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

Conference champions

Conference champions

Postseason

The 1990 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 18th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the first time. Like the previous five tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]

Playoff bracket

First Round
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Hawkins Stadium
Bradenton, Florida
            
Hofstra 35
Cortland 9
Hofstra 38
Trenton State 3
Trenton State 24
Ithaca 14
Hofstra 10
Lycoming 20
Washington & Jefferson 10
Ferrum 7
Washington & Jefferson 0
Lycoming 24
Lycoming 17
Carnegie Mellon 7
Lycoming 14
Allegheny 21*
Dayton 24
Augustana (IL) 14
Dayton 23
Allegheny 31
Allegheny 26
Mount Union 15
Allegheny 24
Central (IA) 7
St. Thomas (MN) 24
Wisconsin–Whitewater 23
St. Thomas (MN) 32
Central (IA) 33
Central (IA) 24
Redlands 14

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "1990 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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