1990 Jackson State Tigers football team
American college football season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1990 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach W. C. Gorden, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–4 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWAC champion. Jackson State finished their season with a loss against Middle Tennessee in the Division I-AA playoffs.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (5–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- W. C. Gorden (15th season)
HomestadiumMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
| 1990 Jackson State Tigers football | |
|---|---|
SWAC champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 7–28 vs. Middle Tennessee | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (5–1 SWAC) |
| Head coach |
|
| Home stadium | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Jackson State $^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Delaware State* | W 31–7 | [1] | |||
| September 8 | vs. Tennessee State* | L 14–23 | 39,579 | [2] | ||
| September 15 | Miles* |
| W 52–0 | [3] | ||
| September 22 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 57–34 | [4] | ||
| September 29 | at Stephen F. Austin* | W 39–30 | 14,186 | [5] | ||
| October 6 | at Alabama State | No. T–14 | L 28–42 | [6] | ||
| October 13 | at Southern | W 52–14 | [7] | |||
| October 20 | at No. 12 Grambling State | No. 16 | W 29–19 | 14,496 | [8] | |
| November 3 | Texas Southern | No. 12 |
| W 54–14 | [9] | |
| November 10 | Northwestern State* | No. 11 |
| L 24–31 | 15,000 | [10][11] |
| November 17 | Alcorn State | No. 16 |
| W 38–20 | 35,906 | [12] |
| November 24 | at No. 1 Middle Tennessee* | No. 16 | L 7–28 | [13] | ||
| ||||||
