The 1990 NAIA Division I football season was the 35th season of
college football
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sponsored by the
NAIA, and was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1990 and culminated in the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1990 NAIA
Champion Bowl, played this year on December 8, 1990 at
Ralph Stocker Stadium in
Grand Junction, Colorado
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, on the campus of
Mesa State College
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.
The
Central State Marauders defeated the in the Champion Bowl, 38–16, to win their first NAIA national title. The Marauders won the championship after winning all three games on the road.
Conference changes
* This is the final season that the NAIA officially recognizes a football champion from the
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
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. The RMAC, and its five football-playing members, would become an
NCAA
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Division II conference by the
1992
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* January 6
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season.
Conference standings
Conference champions
Rankings
Final NAIA Division I poll rankings:
Postseason
See also
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1990 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split national championship and the ensuing controversy helped lead to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The national title was split between ...
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1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I- ...
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1990 NCAA Division II football season
The 1990 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1990, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football ...
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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 kno ...
References
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NAIA football national championship