1990 College Football All-America Team

The 1990 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1990. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1990 season.[1] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).[6] Other notable selectors included Football News, the Gannett News Service,[7] Newspaper Enterprise Association in conjunction with World Almanac,[8] Scripps Howard (SH),[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).[10]

Consensus All-Americans

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The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1990 and display which first-team designations they received.

Offense

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Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Eric Bieniemy Running back Colorado 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Raghib Ismail Wide receiver Notre Dame 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Antone Davis Tackle Tennessee 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Joe Garten Guard Colorado 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Ty Detmer Quarterback Brigham Young 4/5/9 AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Chris Smith Tight end Brigham Young 5/3/8 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, SH, TSN
Ed King Guard Auburn 5/3/8 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, NEA, SH
John Flannery Center Syracuse 4/4/8 AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFF GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Herman Moore Wide receiver Virginia 3/4/7 AP, FWAA, UPI FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Darren Lewis Running back Texas A&M 4/2/6 AFCA, AP, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS
Stacy Long Tackle Clemson 3/2/5 AP, FWAA, UPI FN, TSN

Defense

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Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Russell Maryland Defensive tackle Miami 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Alfred Williams Linebacker Colorado 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Ken Swilling Defensive back Georgia Tech 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, GNS, NEA, SH, TSN
Tripp Welborne Defensive back Michigan 5/5/10 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, NEA, SH, TSN, FN
Chris Zorich Defensive tackle Notre Dame 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Michael Stonebreaker Linebacker Notre Dame 5/2/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF NEA, TSN
Darryll Lewis Defensive back Arizona 5/2/7 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, TSN
Maurice Crum Linebacker Miami (Fla) 4/3/7 AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, NEA, TSN
Todd Lyght Defensive back Notre Dame 3/3/6 AFCA, UPI, WCFF GNS, NEA, SH
Moe Gardner Nose guard Illinois 3/2/5 AFCA, UPI, WCFF GNS, SH
David Rocker Defensive tackle Auburn 3/1/4 AFCA, UPI, WCFF NEA

Special teams

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Name Position School Number[11] Official Other
Philip Doyle Placekicker Alabama 5/4/9 AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFF FN, NEA, SH, TSN
Brian Greenfield Punter Pittsburgh 3/2/5 FWAA, UPI, WCFF SH, TSN

Offense

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Quarterback

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  • Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (CFHOF) (AP-1, FWAA [tie], UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
  • Shawn Moore, Virginia (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA [tie], UPI-2, NEA-2)
  • David Klingler, Houston (AP-3)

Running backs

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  • Eric Bieniemy, Colorado (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
  • Darren Lewis, Texas A&M (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, GNS, NEA-2)
  • Greg Lewis, Washington (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, WCFF, SH, TSN)
  • Mike Mayweather, Army (AP-3, FWAA, UPI-2, NEA-2)
  • Gerald Hudson, Oklahoma State (AP-2)
  • Sheldon Canley, San Jose State (AP-3)

Wide receivers

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Tight end

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  • Chris Smith, Brigham Young (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, WCFF, FN, NEA-2, SH, TSN)
  • Kerry Cash, Texas (NEA-1)
  • Kirk Kirkpatrick, Florida (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Kelly Blackwell, Texas Christian (AP-3, GNS)

Tackles

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Guards

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  • Joe Garten, Colorado (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
  • Ed King, Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, FN)
  • Dean Dingman, Michigan (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, NEA-2, TSN)
  • Gene Williams, Iowa State (GNS)
  • Eric Moten, Michigan State (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Mark Tucker, USC (AP-3, NEA-2)
  • Ricky Byrd, Mississippi State (AP-3)

Center

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  • John Flannery, Syracuse (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, WCFF, GNS, NEA-1, SH, TSN)
  • Mike Arthur, Texas A&M (AP-2, FWAA)
  • Mike Heldt, Notre Dame (AP-3, UPI-2, FN, NEA-2)

Defense

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Defensive ends

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Defensive tackles

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Nose guards

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  • Moe Gardner, Illinois (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-1, WCFF, GNS, NEA-2, SH)

Linebackers

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Defensive backs

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Special teams

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Placekicker

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  • Philip Doyle, Alabama (AFCA, AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, WCFF, FWAA, SH, TSN, FN)
  • Chris Gardocki, Clemson (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Roman Anderson, Houston (NEA-2)
  • Michael Pollak, Texas (AP-3)

Punter

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All-purpose / kick returners

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  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • CFHOF - Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

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Other selectors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. pp. 3, 14. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "SU's Flannery named Kodak All-America". Democrat and Chronicle. November 18, 1990. p. 4E.
  3. ^ a b "Five juniors among All-Americans". The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. December 6, 1990. p. 3C.
  4. ^ a b "Football Writers All-America Team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 27, 1990. p. 6C.
  5. ^ a b "UPI All-America teams". Detroit Free Press. December 11, 1990. p. 5C.
  6. ^ a b "All-America teams: Walter Camp". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 22, 1990. p. 2C.
  7. ^ a b "Gannett News Service All-America team". The Courier-Journal. November 29, 1990. p. D4.
  8. ^ a b "Ty Detmer leads 1990 NEA All-Americans". Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune. December 26, 1990. p. 24.
  9. ^ a b "Scripps Howard All America Team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 27, 1990. p. 6C.
  10. ^ a b "The Sporting News All-America team". The Courier-Journal. December 14, 1990. p. E4.
  11. ^ a b c This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
  12. ^ "All-America teams: Football News". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 22, 1990. p. 2C.