American college football season
The 1991 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . Led by eighth-year head coach Bill Mallory , the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 7–4–1 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place the Big Ten. Indiana was invited to the Copper Bowl , where they beat Baylor , 24–0. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana .
Vaughn Dunbar set the school record for rushing yards in a single season with 1,805 yards. This record stood until the 2014 season when it was broken by Tevin Coleman with 2,036 yards.[1] [2]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 7 1:30 pm at No. 7 Notre Dame * NBC L 27–4959,075 September 21 12:30 pm Kentucky * ESPN W 13–1048,994 [3] September 28 2:00 pm at Missouri * T 27–2742,173 October 5 2:00 pm Michigan State Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry ) W 31–046,882 October 12 2:00 pm Northwestern Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN W 44–644,915 October 19 12:30 pm at No. 4 Michigan ESPN L 16–24106,097 October 26 2:00 pm at Wisconsin W 28–2054,052 November 2 1:00 pm Minnesota Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN W 34–844,095 November 9 3:30 pm at No. 10 Iowa No. 25 ABC L 21–3870,220 November 16 12:30 pm at No. 19 Ohio State ESPN L 16–2093,417 November 23 1:00 pm Purdue WTTV W 24–2251,596 December 31 8:00 pm[4] vs. Baylor * TBS W 24–035,751 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Notre Dame [ edit ] Indiana at #7 Notre Dame 1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 3 14 3 7 27 • Fighting Irish 7 21 14 7 49
Scoring summary 1 IND Bonnell 48 yard field goal IND 3–0 1 ND DuBose 49 yard interception return (Hentrich kick) ND 7–3 2 IND Green 5 yard run (Bonnell kick) IND 10–7 2 ND Culver 19 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 14–10 2 IND Green 1 yard run (Bonnell kick) IND 17–14 2 ND Mirer 46 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 21–17 2 ND T. Brooks 13 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 28–17 3 IND Bonnell 29 yard field goal ND 28–20 3 ND Mirer 6 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 35–20 3 ND I. Smith 58 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick) ND 42–20 4 IND Walker 5 yard pass from Green (Bonnell kick) ND 42–27 4 ND Mirer 1 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 49–27
At Iowa [ edit ] #25 Indiana at #10 Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 0 6 3 12 21 • Hawkeyes 21 10 7 0 38
Scoring summary 1 5:54 Iowa Mike Saunders 1-yard pass from Jim Hartlieb (Skillett kick)Iowa 7–0 1 5:09 Iowa Saunders 14-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 14-0 1 2:37 Iowa Saunders 19-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 21-0 2 10:28 Iowa Jeff Skillett 26-yard field goal Iowa 24-0 2 4:46 Indiana Thomas Lewis 24-yard pass from Trent Green (kick failed) Iowa 24-6 2 0:26 Iowa Danan Hughes 26-yard pass from HartliebIowa 31-6 3 11:27 Indiana Bonnell 33-yard field goal Iowa 31–9 3 8:17 Iowa Saunders 7-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 38-9 4 13:44 Indiana Lewis 11-yard pass from Trent Green (run failed) Iowa 38-15 4 10:39 Indiana Vaughn Dunbar 11-yard run (run failed) Iowa 38–21
Vs. Baylor (Copper Bowl) [ edit ]
1991 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 5 Scott Bonnell Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
After the season [ edit ] NFL Draft [ edit ] The following Hoosiers were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft after the season.[9]
Awards and honors [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Tevin Coleman reaches 2,000 yards" . Associated Press. November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014 . ^ Huguenin, Mike (October 8, 2014). "NFL scouts taking notice of hyperproductive Tevin Coleman" . NFL.com . Retrieved November 29, 2014 . ^ "Hoosier TD at 1:52 mark beats Wildcats" . The Kokomo Tribune . September 22, 1991. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "31 Dec 1991, 14 - Hattiesburg American at" . Newspapers.com. December 31, 1991. Retrieved June 5, 2022 . ^ "1991 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results" . College Football @ Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved December 28, 2023 . ^ "1991 Football Schedule" . Indiana University . Retrieved December 28, 2023 . ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF) . Indiana University . p. 16. Retrieved December 28, 2023 . ^ "1991 Homecoming" . Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015 . ^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved November 20, 2023 . ^ "FWAA All-America" (PDF) . sportswriter.net. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2015 .
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