1990 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

1990 Sonoma State Cossacks football
1990 Sonoma State Cossacks football
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Record	7–3 (4–1 NCAC)
Head coach	Tim Walsh (2nd season);
Defensive coordinator	Gary Patterson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cossacks Stadium
	Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1990 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Tim Walsh, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the NCAC. The team outscored its opponents 290 to 156 for the season. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium^{[note 1]} in Rohnert Park, California.

1990 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
UC Davis $	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Sonoma State	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Chico State	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Humboldt State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
Cal State Hayward	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion The first Humboldt State vs. Cal State Hayward game did not count as a conference game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Cal State Fullerton*		Santa Ana Stadium Santa Ana, CA	L 24–38	2,091	^[1]
September 8	at UC Santa Barbara*		Harder Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 42–10	1,687	^[2]
September 15	at Cal Poly*		Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 7–32	5,239	^[3]
September 29	at Cal Lutheran*		Mt. Clef Field Thousand Oaks, CA	W 24–2	1,750	^[4]
October 6	at Saint Mary's*		Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	W 45–25	2,225	^[5]
October 13	Cal State Hayward		Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 38–3	850–1,783	^[6]
October 20	Humboldt State		Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 43–0	1,102
October 27	at Chico State	No. T–20	University Stadium Chico, CA	W 27–17	4,857
November 3	San Francisco State	No. T–16	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 33–17	1,288
November 10	at UC Davis	No. 16	Toomey Field Davis, CA	L 7–12	8,600	^[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

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