1991 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1991 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bill Mallory, in his eighth year as head coach of the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers participated in the Copper Bowl, a post-season matchup against Baylor. The Hoosiers won, 24–0. Vaughn Dunbar set the school record for rushing yards in a single season with 1,805 yards. This record stood until 2014 when it was broken by Tevin Coleman with 2,036 yards.[1][2]

1991 Indiana Hoosiers football
Copper Bowl champion
Copper Bowl, W 24–0 vs. Baylor
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1991 record7–4–1 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 10 Iowa 7 –1 –0  10 –1 –1
Ohio State 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Indiana 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –1
Illinois 4 –4 –0  6 –6 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Michigan State 3 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Wisconsin 2 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Northwestern 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Minnesota 1 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 71:30 pmat No. 7 Notre Dame*
NBCL 27-4959,075
September 2112:30 pmKentucky*
ESPNW 13-1048,994
September 282:00 pmat Missouri*
T 27-2742,173
October 52:00 pmMichigan State
W 31-046,882
October 122:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 44-644,915
October 1912:30 pmat No. 4 Michigan
ESPNL 16–24106,097
October 262:00 pmat Wisconsin
W 28-2054,052
November 21:00 pmMinnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 34–844,095
November 93:30 pmat No. 10 IowaNo. 25
ABCL 21–3870,220
November 1612:30 pmat No. 19 Ohio State
ESPNL 16–2093,417
November 231:00 pmPurdue
WTTVW 24–2251,596
December 318:00 pm [3]vs. Baylor*
WTBSW 24–035,751
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Roster
1991 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 26 Vaughn Dunbar Sr
QB 12 Trent Green Jr
OT Shawn Harper Sr
WR 8 Thomas Lewis So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 5 Scott Bonnell Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

at Notre Dame
Indiana at #7 Notre Dame
1 234Total
Hoosiers 3 1437 27
• Fighting Irish 7 21147 49
See also: 1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team


at Iowa
#25 Indiana at #10 Iowa
1 234Total
Hoosiers 0 6312 21
• Hawkeyes 21 1070 38
See also: 1991 Iowa Hawkeyes football team


vs. Baylor (Copper Bowl)
Main article: 1991 Copper Bowl
See also: 1991 Baylor Bears football team


1992 NFL draftees
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Vaughn DunbarRunning back121New Orleans Saints
Shawn HarperTackle487Los Angeles Rams

[5]

Awards and honors
  • Vaughn Dunbar, First team All-American[6]
  • Vaughn Dunbar, Finished 6th in Heisman Trophy voting
  • Vaughn Dunbar, Ranked #2 in the nation in rushing yards per game

References
  1. "Tevin Coleman reaches 2,000 yards". Associated Press. November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  2. Huguenin, Mike (October 8, 2014). "NFL scouts taking notice of hyperproductive Tevin Coleman". NFL.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/278413753/?terms=copper%2Bbowl
  4. "1991 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  5. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1992.htm
  6. "FWAA All-America" (PDF). sportswriter.net. 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.