1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 42–17 vs. Tennessee
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1991 record11–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
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 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 28vs. No. 8 Georgia TechNo. 7RaycomW 34–2277,409
September 7CincinnatiNo. 5PrimeW 81–094,000
September 14at USCNo. 5ABCL 10–2164,758
September 21BYUNo. 12
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 33–796,304
September 28Boston CollegeNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 28–2195,927
October 5at TempleNo. 12W 24–743,808
October 12at No. 2 Miami (FL)No. 9ABCL 20–2675,723
October 19RutgersNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 37–1795,729
October 26West VirginiaNo. 8
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ESPNW 51–696,445
November 9at MarylandNo. 9W 47–757,416
November 16No. 12 Notre DameNo. 8
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 35–1396,672
November 28at PittsburghNo. 6ABCW 32–2052,219
January 1, 1992vs. No. 10 TennesseeNo. 6NBCW 42–1771,133
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 20 Richie Anderson Jr
T 67 Todd Burger Jr
RB 21 Gary Collins Sr
QB 12 Kerry Collins Fr
TE 18 Troy Drayton Jr
RB 11 Sam Gash Sr
G 57 John Gerak Jr
C 66 Greg Huntington Jr
WR 24 O. J. McDuffie Jr
T 71 Todd Rucci Jr
QB 17 John Sacca Fr
QB 19 Tony Sacca Sr
T 76 Paul Siever Sr
WR 30 Dan Skrip Sr
WR 8 Terry Smith Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 13 Matt Baggett Sr
DT 55 Lou Benfatti So
CB 3 Jeff Davis Fr
LB 38 Mark D'Onofrio Sr
LB 42 Keith Goganious Sr
LB 58 Reggie Givens Jr
CB 6 Leonard Humphries Sr
DT 97 Tyoka Jackson So
LB 99 Rich McKenzie Jr
S 9 Darren Perry Sr
DT 94 Eric Ravotti Jr
CB 15 Frank Yeboah-Kodie So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 4 Doug Helkowski Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 7 5 5 12 10 т 12 9 10 8 8 9 8 7 6 6 3 
Coaches 8 5 5 14 12 12 9 15 11 10 10 9 7 6 5 3

Season summary

vs. Georgia Tech


at USC


BYU


  • Gerry Collins 27 Rush, 99 Yds
  • Penn State's defense sacked Ty Detmer six times and held BYU to single digits for first time since 1986

[2]

at Miami (FL)

#9 Penn State at #2 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Nittany Lions 3 377 20
Hurricanes 3 3146 26


  • Fans watching on television outside of Florida missed two scores when the network switched to United States Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Notre Dame


vs. Tennessee (Fiesta Bowl)

#6 Penn State vs. #10 Tennessee
1 234Total
Nittany Lions 7 01421 42
Volunteers 10 070 17


NFL Draft

Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1992 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
2nd634Mark D'OnofrioLinebackerGreen Bay Packers
2nd1846Tony SaccaQuarterbackPhoenix Cardinals
3rd1874Paul SieverOffensive guardWashington Redskins
3rd2783Keith GoganiousLinebackerBuffalo Bills
8th7203Darren PerryFree safetyPittsburgh Steelers
8th9205Sam GashRunning backNew England Patriots
8th13209Andre PowellLinebackerMiami Dolphins
8th27223Leonard HumphriesCornerbackBuffalo Bills
11th28308Terry SmithWide receiverWashington Redskins

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. Gainesville Sun. 1991 Sept 22. Retrieved 2015-Dec-03.
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