The 1990–91 NCAA football bowl games featured 19 games, starting early in December 1990 and ending on New Year's Day 1991. They followed the 1990 regular season and ended in controversy. Going into the postseason, Colorado had a 10–1–1 record and was ranked #1 in both Coaches' and AP polls. After a relatively unimpressive (and controversial) 10–9 victory over #5 Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and an impressive victory by the undefeated (10–0–1) #2 Georgia Tech in the Citrus Bowl, the Buffaloes lost their #1 ranking to the Yellow Jackets in the Coaches' Poll, creating a split championship. This controversial ending, along with the dual undefeated champions of the following year, led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition.
Florida, Houston, and Oklahoma were on probation by the NCAA during the 1990 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll
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1990, ncaa, football, bowl, games, featured, games, starting, early, december, 1990, ending, year, 1991, they, followed, 1990, regular, season, ended, controversy, going, into, postseason, colorado, record, ranked, both, coaches, polls, after, relatively, unim. The 1990 91 NCAA football bowl games featured 19 games starting early in December 1990 and ending on New Year s Day 1991 They followed the 1990 regular season and ended in controversy Going into the postseason Colorado had a 10 1 1 record and was ranked 1 in both Coaches and AP polls After a relatively unimpressive and controversial 10 9 victory over 5 Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and an impressive victory by the undefeated 10 0 1 2 Georgia Tech in the Citrus Bowl the Buffaloes lost their 1 ranking to the Yellow Jackets in the Coaches Poll creating a split championship This controversial ending along with the dual undefeated champions of the following year led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition 1990 91 NCAA football bowl gamesNumber of bowl games per state Season1990Regular seasonSeptember 1 December 1Number of bowls19Bowl gamesDecember 8 1990 January 1 1991National ChampionshipnoneLocation of ChampionshipN AChampionsColorado Buffaloes andGeorgia Tech Yellow JacketsBowl record by conferenceConferenceBowlsRecordFinal AP PollIndependents84 3 1 0 563 5Big Ten62 4 0 333 4ACC53 1 1 0 700 3Pac 1052 3 0 400 2SEC42 2 0 500 4WAC42 2 0 500 1Big Eight21 1 0 500 3SWC21 1 0 500 3Big West11 0 1 000 0MAC10 1 0 000 0 1989 90 Bowl game 1991 92 Number of bowl teams per state Contents 1 Bowl games 2 Final rankings 2 1 AP Poll 2 2 Coaches Poll 3 ReferencesBowl games editNOTE Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted Date Game Site Result Dec 8 California Bowl Bulldog Stadium Fresno CA Central Michigan 24 San Jose State 48 Dec 15 Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport LA Maryland 34 Louisiana Tech 34 Dec 25 Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI Syracuse 28 Arizona 0 Dec 27 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis TN Air Force 23 24 Ohio State 11 Dec 28 Blockbuster Bowl Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens FL 7 Penn State 17 6 Florida State 24 Dec 28 All American Bowl Legion Field Birmingham AL 23 Southern Miss 27 NC State 31 Dec 29 Peach Bowl Atlanta Fulton County Stadium Atlanta GA Indiana 23 Auburn 27 Dec 29 Freedom Bowl Anaheim Stadium Anaheim CA Colorado State 32 Oregon 31 Dec 29 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego CA 13 BYU 14 Texas A amp M 65 Dec 31 Copper Bowl Arizona Stadium Tucson AZ California 17 Wyoming 15 Dec 31 John Hancock Bowl Sun Bowl El Paso TX 22 Michigan State 17 No 21 USC 16 Jan 1 Hall of Fame Bowl Tampa Stadium Tampa FL 14 Clemson 30 16 Illinois 0 Jan 1 Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando FL 2 Georgia Tech 45 19 Nebraska 21 Jan 1 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe AZ 18 Louisville 34 25 Alabama 7 Jan 1 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville FL 12 Michigan 35 15 Ole Miss 3 Jan 1 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Dallas TX 4 Miami 46 3 Texas 3 Jan 1 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena CA 17 Iowa 34 8 Washington 46 Jan 1 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome New Orleans LA Virginia 22 10 Tennessee 23 Jan 1 Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Miami FL 5 Notre Dame 9 1 Colorado 10Final rankings editSee also 1990 NCAA Division I A football rankings AP Poll edit 1 Colorado 2 Georgia Tech 3 Miami FL 4 Florida State 5 Washington 6 Notre Dame 7 Michigan 8 Tennessee 9 Clemson 10 Houston 11 Penn State 12 Texas 13 Florida 14 Louisville 15 Texas A amp M 16 Michigan State 17 Oklahoma 18 Iowa 19 Auburn 20 USC 21 Ole Miss 22 BYU 23 Virginia 24 Nebraska 25 Illinois Coaches Poll edit 1 Georgia Tech 2 Colorado 3 Miami FL 4 Florida State 5 Washington 6 Notre Dame 7 Tennessee 8 Michigan 9 Clemson 10 Penn State 11 Texas 12 Louisville 13 Texas A amp M 14 Michigan State 15 Virginia 16 Iowa 17 BYU tie 17 Nebraska tie 19 Auburn 20 San Jose State 21 Syracuse 22 USC 23 Ole Miss 24 Illinois 25 Virginia Tech Florida Houston and Oklahoma were on probation by the NCAA during the 1990 season they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches PollReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1990 91 NCAA football bowl games amp oldid 1217720381, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
