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.
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
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
[ 5]
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
Vs. Florida (Sugar Bowl)[ edit ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish
0
7 10 22
39
Gators
10
6 0 12
28
[ 6]
^ "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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