| Year Game Played: | 1990 |
| Game Name: | NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship |
| Subheader: | I-AA National Championship Game |
| Visitor Name Short: | Nevada |
| Visitor Nickname: | Wolf Pack |
| Home Nickname: | Eagles |
| Visitor School: | University of Nevada |
| Home Name Short: | Georgia Southern |
| Football Season: | 1990 |
| Home School: | Georgia Southern University |
| Visitor Record: | 13–1 |
| Home Record: | 11–3 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big Sky |
| Home Conference: | Independent |
| Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 16 |
| Visitor Coach: | Chris Ault |
| Home Coach: | Tim Stowers |
| Visitor Rank Ncaa: | 4 |
| Visitor Seed: | 4 |
| Home Rank Ncaa: | 3 |
| Home Seed: | 3 |
| Date Game Played: | December 15 |
| Stadium: | Paulson Stadium |
| City: | Statesboro, Georgia |
| Referee: | L. V. McGinty |
| Attendance: | 23,204 |
| Us Network: | CBS Sports |
| Us Announcers: | Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tim Brant (color), John Dockery (sideline)[1] |
| Different Previous: | 1989 |
| Different Next: | 1991 |
The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Nevada Wolf Pack. The game was played on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The culminating game of the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Georgia Southern, 36–13.[2] It was the second consecutive Division I-AA title, and fourth overall, for Georgia Southern.
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1990 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.[3] 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.[4]
See main article: 1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team. Georgia Southern finished their regular season with an 8–3 record, with one of their losses coming against Florida State of Division I-A.[5] Ranked third in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[6] 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).
See main article: 1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football team. Nevada finished their regular season with a 10–1 record (7–1 in conference); their only loss was an away game against Boise State.[7] Ranked fourth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll[6] 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.