1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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 coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–28 vs. Florida
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
1991 record10–3
Head coachLou Holtz (6th season)
CaptainRodney Culver
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W 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   –    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

Starting on September 7, 1991, the National Broadcasting Company started televising Notre Dame Home football games.[2] Notre Dame became the first Division 1-A football team to have all of its home games televised exclusively by one television network.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 71:30 p.m.IndianaNo. 7
NBCW 49–2759,075
September 143:30 p.m.at No. 3 MichiganNo. 7
ABCL 14–24106,138
September 211:30 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 11
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)
NBCW 49–1059,075
September 2812:00 p.m.at PurdueNo. 8
ABCW 45–2067,861
October 511:00 p.m.at StanfordNo. 8
ESPNW 42–2670,798
October 121:30 p.m.No. 12 PittsburghNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 42–759,075
October 198:30 p.m.at Air ForceNo. 5
ESPNW 28–1552,024
October 261:30 p.m.USCNo. 5
NBCW 24–2059,075
November 24:00 p.m.NavyNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 38–059,075
November 91:30 p.m.No. 13 TennesseeNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
NBCL 34–3559,075
November 163:30 p.m.at No. 8 Penn StateNo. 12
ABCL 13–3596,672
November 3011:00 p.m.at HawaiiNo. 18
ESPNW 48–4250,000
January 1, 19928:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 FloridaNo. 18
ABCW 39–2876,447

Roster
1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
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 10 Adrian Jarrell Jr
T 65 Lindsay Knapp Jr
TE 80 Oscar McBride So
C 76 Gene McGuire Sr
QB 3 Rick Mirer Jr
FB 15 Mike O'Neill Sr
G 61 Tim Ruddy So
TE 84 Irv Smith 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 25 Mike Lalli 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
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

Indiana
1 234Total
Hoosiers 3 1437 27
• Fighting Irish 7 21147 49
See also: 1991 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–5–1 1958 W 18–0

[3]

at Michigan
1 234Total
Fighting Irish 0 770 14
• Wolverines 3 1407 24
See also: 1991 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–13 1990 W 28–24

Michigan State
See also: 1991 Michigan State Spartans football team, Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry, and Megaphone Trophy
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–18–1 1990 ND, 20–19

at Purdue
See also: 1991 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
39–21–2 1990 W 37–11

at Stanford
See also: 1991 Stanford Cardinal football team and Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 1990 L 31–36

Pittsburgh
See also: 1991 Pittsburgh Panthers football team and Notre Dame–Pittsburgh football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–16–1 1990 W 31–22

at Air Force
See also: 1991 Air Force Falcons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–4 1990 W 57–27

USC
See also: 1991 USC Trojans football team and Notre Dame–USC football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–23–4 1990 W 10–6
See also: 1991 Navy Midshipmen football team and Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
54–9–1 1990 W 52–31

Tennessee
See also: 1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 1990 W 34–29

at Penn State
See also: 1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–7–1 1990 L 21–24

at Hawaii
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

vs. Florida (Sugar Bowl)
1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 0 71022 39
Gators 10 6012 28
Main article: 1992 Sugar Bowl
See also: 1991 Florida Gators football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

[4]

References
  1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. Sandomir, Richard (1991-08-25). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Notre Dame Scored a $38 Million Touchdown on Its TV Deal". New York Times. nyyimes.com. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  3. Gainesville Sun. 1991 Sep 9. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.
  4. "Notre Dame Beats Florida, 39-28, Proves It Belongs". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1992. Retrieved November 10, 2019.


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