1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–28 vs. Florida
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
Record10–3
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Gary Darnell (2nd season)
Captain Rodney Culver
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
(c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
←  1990
1992  →
1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 East Carolina  – 11 –1 –0
No. 4 Florida State  – 11 –2 –0
No. 3 Penn State  – 11 –2 –0
No. 21 Tulsa  – 10 –2 –0
Louisiana Tech  – 8 –1 –2
No. 13 Notre Dame  – 10 –3 –0
Akron  – 5 –6 –0
Memphis State  – 5 –6 –0
Army  – 4 –7 –0
Cincinnati  – 4 –7 –0
Southern Miss  – 4 –7 –0
South Carolina  – 3 –6 –2
Southwestern Louisiana  – 2 –8 –1
Louisville  – 2 –9 –0
Northern Illinois  – 2 –9 –0
Tulane  – 1 –10 –0
Navy  – 1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Contents

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 71:30 p.m. Indiana No. 7
 NBC W 49–2759,075
September 143:30 p.m.at No. 3 Michigan No. 7
 ABC L 14–24106,138
September 211:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 11
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 49–1059,075
September 2812:00 p.m.at Purdue No. 8
ABCW 45–2067,861
October 511:00 p.m.at Stanford No. 8
 ESPN W 42–2670,798
October 121:30 p.m.No. 12 Pittsburgh No. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 42–759,075
October 198:30 p.m.at Air Force No. 5
ESPNW 28–1552,024
October 261:30 p.m. USC No. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 24–2059,075
November 24:00 p.m. Navy No. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 38–059,075
November 91:30 p.m.No. 13 Tennessee No. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
NBCL 34–3559,075 [3]
November 163:30 p.m.at No. 8 Penn State No. 12
ABCL 13–3596,672
November 3011:00 p.m.at Hawaii No. 18
ESPNW 48–4250,000
January 1, 19928:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 Florida No. 18
ABCW 39–2876,447 [4]

Roster

1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 6 Jerome Bettis So
RB 40 Tony Brooks Jr
TE 86 Derek Brown Sr
RB 5 Rodney Culver Sr
WR 87 Lake Dawson So
WR 10Adrian JarrellJr
OT 65 Lindsay Knapp Jr
TE 80 Oscar McBride So
C 76 Gene McGuire Sr
QB 3 Rick Mirer Jr
FB 15Mike O'NeillSr
G 61 Tim Ruddy So
TE 84 Irv Smith Sr. Jr
G 75 Aaron Taylor So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 47 Pete Bercich So
S 9 Jeff Burris So
CB 13 Tom Carter So
FS 32 Willie Clark So
CB 29 John Covington So
LB 31 Demetrius DuBose Jr
LB 44 Jim Flanigan So
DT 55 Oliver Gibson So
FS 25Mike LalliJr
LB 89 Karmeeleyah McGill Jr
LB 46 Brian Ratigan Jr
CB 21 Rod Smith Sr
DT 97 Bryant Young So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 28 Craig Hentrich Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Indiana

1234Total
Hoosiers3143727
•Fighting Irish72114749
Scoring summary
1INDBonnell 48 yard field goalIND 3–0
1NDDuBose 49 yard interception return (Hentrich kick)ND 7–3
2INDGreen 5 yard run (Bonnell kick)IND 10–7
2NDCulver 19 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 14–10
2INDGreen 1 yard run (Bonnell kick)IND 17–14
2NDMirer 46 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 21–17
2NDT. Brooks 13 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 28–17
3INDBonnell 29 yard field goalND 28–20
3NDMirer 6 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 35–20
3NDI. Smith 58 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick)ND 42–20
4INDWalker 5 yard pass from Green (Bonnell kick)ND 42–27
4NDMirer 1 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 49–27

[5]

At Michigan

1234Total
Fighting Irish077014
•Wolverines3140724
Scoring summary
1MICHCarlson 23 yard field goalMICH 3–0
2MICHHoward 29 yard run (Carlson kick)MICH 10–0
2MICHPowers 16 yard run (Carlson kick)MICH 17–0
2NDBettis 3 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick)MICH 17–7
3NDT. Smith 35 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick)MICH 17–14
4MICHHoward 25 yard pass from Grbac (Carlson kick)MICH 24–14

Michigan State

At Purdue

At Stanford

Pittsburgh

At Air Force

USC

Tennessee

At Penn State

At Hawaii

Vs. Florida (Sugar Bowl)

1234Total
•Fighting Irish07102239
Gators10601228

[6]

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  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Vols dance an Irisg jig 35–34". Bristol Herald Courier. November 10, 1991. Retrieved November 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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