1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team information
American college football season
1991Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–28 vs. Florida
Conference
Independent
Ranking
Coaches
No. 12
AP
No. 13
Record
10–3
Head coach
Lou Holtz (6th season)
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
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
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 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.
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.
^"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.
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