American college football season
The 1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season .[1] The team was led by sixth-year head coach Lou Holtz and played its home games on campus at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana .
On September 7, 1991, NBC started televising Notre Dame's home games;[2] it became the first Division I-A football program to have all of its home games televised exclusively by one television network.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 7 1:30 p.m. Indiana No. 7 NBC W 49–2759,075 September 14 3:30 p.m. at No. 3 Michigan No. 7 ABC L 14–24106,138 September 21 1:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 11 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 49–1059,075 September 28 12:00 p.m. at Purdue No. 8 ABC W 45–2067,861 October 5 11:00 p.m. at Stanford No. 8 ESPN W 42–2670,798 October 12 1:30 p.m. No. 12 Pittsburgh No. 7 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 42–759,075 October 19 8:30 p.m. at Air Force No. 5 ESPN W 28–1552,024 October 26 1:30 p.m. USC No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 24–2059,075 November 2 4:00 p.m. Navy No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 38–059,075 November 9 1:30 p.m. No. 13 Tennessee No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC L 34–3559,075 [3] November 16 3:30 p.m. at No. 8 Penn State No. 12 ABC L 13–3596,672 November 30 11:00 p.m. at Hawaii No. 18 ESPN W 48–4250,000 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 Florida No. 18 ABC W 39–2876,447 [4]
1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Game summaries [ edit ] Indiana [ edit ] 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
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At Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Irish 0 7 7 0 14 • Wolverines 3 14 0 7 24
Scoring summary 1 MICH Carlson 23 yard field goal MICH 3–0 2 MICH Howard 29 yard run (Carlson kick) MICH 10–0 2 MICH Powers 16 yard run (Carlson kick) MICH 17–0 2 ND Bettis 3 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick) MICH 17–7 3 ND T. Smith 35 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick) MICH 17–14 4 MICH Howard 25 yard pass from Grbac (Carlson kick) MICH 24–14
Michigan State [ edit ]
At Purdue [ edit ]
At Stanford [ edit ]
Pittsburgh [ edit ]
At Air Force [ edit ]
Tennessee [ edit ] At Penn State [ edit ]
At Hawaii [ edit ]
Vs. Florida (Sugar Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Fighting Irish 0 7 10 22 39 Gators 10 6 0 12 28
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References [ edit ] ^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015 . ^ Sandomir, Richard (August 25, 1991). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Notre Dame Scored a $38 Million Touchdown on Its TV Deal" . New York Times . Retrieved April 6, 2008 . ^ "Vols dance an Irisg jig 35–34" . Bristol Herald Courier . November 10, 1991. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Irish thwart Florida" . Wisconsin State Journal . January 2, 1992. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Gainesville Sun. 1991 Sep 9. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03. ^ "Notre Dame Beats Florida, 39-28, Proves It Belongs" . Los Angeles Times . January 2, 1992. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
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