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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 coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana .
Starting on September 7, 1991, the National Broadcasting Company started televising Notre Dame Home football games.[2] Notre Dame became the first Division I-A football team to have all of its home games televised exclusively by one television network.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 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 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 South Bend, 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 NBC W 24–2059,075
November 2 4:00 p.m. Navy No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 38–059,075
November 9 1:30 p.m. No. 13 Tennessee No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN NBC L 34–3559,075
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
Roster
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
Season summary
Indiana
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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
22–5–1
1958
W 18–0
[3]
at Michigan
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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–13
1990
W 28–24
Michigan State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
37–18–1
1990
ND, 20–19
at Purdue
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
39–21–2
1990
W 37–11
at Stanford
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–2
1990
L 31–36
Pittsburgh
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
35–16–1
1990
W 31–22
at Air Force
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
16–4
1990
W 57–27
USC
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
35–23–4
1990
W 10–6
Navy
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
54–9–1
1990
W 52–31
Tennessee
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
1990
W 34–29
at Penn State
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
2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish
0
7 10 22
39
Gators
10
6 0 12
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
[4]
References
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold