1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football
1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, L 13–36 vs. Georgia Southern
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	13–2 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Chris Ault (15th season);
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium
	Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 15th season under head coach Chris Ault, the Wolf Pack compiled a 13–2 record (7–1 against conference opponents), won the BSC championship, and lost to Georgia Southern in the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.^[1]^[2]

1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Nevada $^	7	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Idaho ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
No. 10 Boise State ^	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	4	–	0
Montana	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Eastern Washington	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8		Northern Arizona	No. 19	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 55–14	14,210
September 15		Sacramento State*	No. 19	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 41–7	15,080
September 22		at Montana State	No. 13	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT		W 20–14
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Idaho	No. 10	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 31–28 ^OT	16,125	^[3]
October 6		at Idaho State	No. 5	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID		W 17–10
October 13		No. 19 Eastern Washington	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 40–17	18,085
October 20		at UNLV*	No. 3	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl East Las Vegas, NV (Fremont Cannon)		W 26–14	22,402
October 27		at Weber State	No. 3	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT		W 28–7
November 3		No. 14 Montana	No. 3	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 34–27	19,530
November 10		at No. 6 Boise State	No. 2	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)		L 14–30
November 17		Western Illinois*	No. 7	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 50–16	16,310
November 24		No. 14 Northeast Louisiana*	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		W 27–14	11,008	^[4]
December 1		No. 12 Furman*	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)		W 42–35 ^3OT	11,519	^[5]
December 8		No. 10 Boise State*	No. 4	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)		W 59–52 ^3OT	19,776	^[6]
December 15		at No. 3 Georgia Southern*	No. 4	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game)	CBS	L 13–36	23,204
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

^ "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 136. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (September 30, 1990). "Vandals lose overtime hearbreaker". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
^ "Pack opens playoff with bank". Reno Gazette-Journal. November 25, 1990. p. D1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pack wins a Mackay miracle". Reno Gazette-Journal. December 2, 1990. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Scorecard: Football NCAA I-AA". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 9, 1990. p. C8.