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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991 record	7–4–1 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Mallory (8th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324)

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	1:30 PM	at No. 7 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 27-49	59,075
September 21	12:30 PM	Kentucky*		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Bourbon Barrel)	ESPN	W 13-10	48,994
September 28	2:00 PM	at Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, MO		T 27-27	42,173
October 5	2:00 PM	Michigan State		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)		W 31-0	46,882
October 12	2:00 PM	Northwestern		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 44-6	44,915
October 19	12:30 PM	at No. 4 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 16–24	106,097
October 26	2:00 PM	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 28-20	54,052
November 2	1:00 PM	Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 34–8	44,095
November 9	3:30 PM	at No. 10 Iowa	No. 25	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	L 21–38	70,220
November 16	12:30 PM	at No. 19 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 16–20	93,417
November 23	1:00 PM	Purdue		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	WTTV	W 24–22	51,596
December 31	8:00 PM [3]	vs. Baylor*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Copper Bowl)	WTBS	W 24–0	35,751
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

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

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

Indiana at #7 Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 3 14 3 7 27 • Fighting Irish 7 21 14 7 49 Date: September 7 Location: Notre Dame Stadium Game attendance: 59,075 Television network: NBC

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

See also: 1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–22–1	1958	L 0–18

at Iowa

#25 Indiana at #10 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 0 6 3 12 21 • Hawkeyes 21 10 7 0 38 Date: November 9 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 2:40 pm CST Game attendance: 70,220 Game weather: 40° F, Partly sunny, Wind SW 10-15 mph Referee: Don Baur TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil

Scoring summary 1 5:54 Iowa Mike Saunders 1-yard pass from Jim Hartlieb (Skillett kick) Iowa 7–0 1 5:09 Iowa Saunders 14-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 14-0 1 2:37 Iowa Saunders 19-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 21-0 2 10:28 Iowa Jeff Skillett 26-yard field goal Iowa 24-0 2 4:46 Indiana Thomas Lewis 24-yard pass from Trent Green (kick failed) Iowa 24-6 2 0:26 Iowa Danan Hughes 26-yard pass from Hartlieb Iowa 31-6 3 11:27 Indiana Bonnell 33-yard field goal Iowa 31–9 3 8:17 Iowa Saunders 7-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 38-9 4 13:44 Indiana Lewis 11-yard pass from Trent Green (run failed) Iowa 38-15 4 10:39 Indiana Vaughn Dunbar 11-yard run (run failed) Iowa 38–21

See also: 1991 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–30–4	1988	W 45–34

vs. Baylor (Copper Bowl)

Main article: 1991 Copper Bowl

See also: 1991 Baylor Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1971	L 0–10

1992 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Vaughn Dunbar	Running back	1	21	New Orleans Saints
Shawn Harper	Tackle	4	87	Los Angeles Rams

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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.