1990 NCAA Division III football season

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]

RegularseasonAugust – November 1990

PlayoffsNovember – December 1990

National
championship

Hawkins Stadium
Bradenton, FL

ChampionAllegheny

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1990 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1990
Playoffs	November – December 1990
National championship	Hawkins Stadium Bradenton, FL
Champion	Allegheny
← 1989 · NCAA Division III football seasons · 1991 →

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Conference and program changes

The University Athletic Association began sponsoring football in 1990 with four members. Case Western Reserve held a dual membership and played a full conference schedule in both the UAA and the NCAC.^[2]

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Team	1989 conference	1990 conference
Carnegie Mellon	PAC	UAA
Chicago	D-III Independent	UAA
Davidson	I-AA independent	D-III independent
Hiram	PAC	OAC
Rochester	D-III Independent	UAA
Thomas More	New program	D-III Independent
Washington (MO)	D-III Independent	UAA

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Conference standings

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1990 Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference standings
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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 (IA)	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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 y – Championship game participant

1990 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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
v t e	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 University Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Carnegie Mellon $^	4	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Washington (MO)	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Rochester (NY)	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Case Western Reserve*	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Chicago	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * - Case Western Reserve held a dual affiliation and played a complete conference schedule in both the UAA and the NCAC

1990 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
v t e	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
v t e	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
Gannon		–		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
Upsala		–		4	–	4	–	1
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
Southeastern Massachusetts		–		1	–	8	–	0
Saint Peter's		–		0	–	7	–	0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham		–		0	–	9	–	0
Kentucky Wesleyan		–		0	–	10	–	0
Methodist		–		0	–	10	–	0

^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

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Conference champions

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Conference champions
Centennial Conference – Dickinson College Athletic Conference – Centre and Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Augustana (IL) and Millikin Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Coe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead and St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – Plymouth State New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Trenton State North Coast Athletic Conference – Allegheny Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Tarleton State University Athletic Association – Carnegie Mellon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Maranatha Baptist and Northwestern–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater

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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.^[3]

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

1990 NCAA Division III football season

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