1991 NBA draft
The 1991 NBA draft took place on June 26, 1991, in New York City, New York. Larry Johnson was selected first overall; he won the 1992 NBA Rookie of the Year award and as a two-time All-Star, was the first player to represent the Charlotte Hornets franchise at an All-Star game.


1991 NBA draft
Dikembe Mutombo was selected fourth overall, and became one of the greatest defensive centers in the history of the league. He was a four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year award winner and an eight-time All-Star, and played in the league for 18 seasons.


1991 NBA draft
Other notable picks include Kenny Anderson, Steve Smith, Terrell Brandon, Dale Davis and Chris Gatling, who all made All-Star appearances, but with the exception of Brandon at two, each only appeared once.


1991 NBA draft
The remaining picks in the first round failed to make an impact. Billy Owens was selected by the Sacramento Kings but refused to sign with them. He was traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for high-scoring guard Mitch Richmond, a trade that has been regarded as one of the most lopsided in NBA history. Owens was solid but unspectacular in his career, while Richmond was a six-time All-Star and was the 1989 NBA Rookie of the Year. Luc Longley was a three-time NBA Championship winner with the Chicago Bulls and held the record for playing the most NBA games by an Australian (broken by Andrew Bogut during the 2015–16 season).


1991 NBA draft
As of 2011, two players are deceased: Bobby Phills and Bison Dele. Phills died in a car accident involving teammate David Wesley. Dele disappeared in the South Pacific in July 2002, with French authorities claiming that Dele's brother had killed Dele and his girlfriend and thrown them overboard the catamaran they were travelling on. Dele's brother committed suicide in September 2002.


1991 NBA draft
This was the last draft held in New York City until 2001.


1991 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players
These eligible players were not selected in the 1991 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.


1991 NBA playoffs
The 1991 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1990–91 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP.


1991 NBA playoffs
The Lakers reached the Finals despite not being the top seed in the Western Conference for the first time since 1981, and for just the second time since drafting Magic Johnson first overall in 1979.


1991 NBA playoffs
After the Pistons had ended their season the last three years, the Bulls got revenge in the Eastern Conference Finals by sweeping the two-time defending NBA champions. It was the first time the Bulls won a playoff series over the Pistons since 1974, when both teams were still part of the Western Conference. Game 4 ended with some of the Pistons walking off the court before time expired, refusing to shake the Bulls' hands. The Pistons were vilified for this. In the 1989 NBA Finals, the Pistons themselves had swept the two-time defending champion Lakers. Detroit did not reach the conference finals again until 2003.


1991 NBA playoffs
The seventh seeded Golden State Warriors stunned the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, defeating them 3 games to 1. It would be Golden State's last playoff series win until 2007.


1991 NBA playoffs
The 76ers and the Bucks met in the first round of the playoffs where the 76ers swept the series. It would be both teams last playoff appearance until 1999.


1991 NBA playoffs
Game 4 of the Blazers–Jazz series was the last game ever played at the Salt Palace.


1991 NBA playoffs
The Spectrum hosted its final NBA playoff game in Game 4 of the Bulls–76ers series. When the 76ers returned to the playoffs in 1999, they had moved to the CoreStates Center, their home since the 1996–97 season.


1991 NBA playoffs
This was the first year that NBC aired the NBA Playoffs.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) New York Knicks
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning the first two meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Boston Celtics vs. (7) Indiana Pacers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Celtics and the Pacers.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Hawks winning three of the first five meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning four of the first seven meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (8) Seattle SuperSonics
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the SuperSonics winning two of the first three meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Golden State Warriors
This was the first playoff meeting between the Warriors and the Spurs.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Houston Rockets
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rockets winning two of the first three meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Phoenix Suns vs. (5) Utah Jazz
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning the first two meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning the first meeting.


1991 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Detroit Pistons
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning three of the first five meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (5) Utah Jazz
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning the first meeting.


1991 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (7) Golden State Warriors
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning five of the first six meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Detroit Pistons
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning three of the first four meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning three of the first four meetings.


1991 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Chicago Bulls vs. (W3) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first four meetings.


1991 NBL Finals
The 1991 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 1991 season of Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Perth Wildcats defeated the Eastside Spectres in three games (2-1) for their second NBL championship.


1991 NBL Finals, Format
The 1991 National Basketball League Finals started on 25 September and concluded on 27 October. The playoffs consisted of two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three Semi-finals and the best of three game Grand Final series. As the two top teams at the end of the regular season, Perth and Eastside both qualified for home court advantage during the Semi-finals.


1991 NBL Finals, Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 6 teams qualified for the finals series.


1991 NBL Finals, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1991 NBL season
The 1991 NBL season was the 13th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league.


1991 NBL season, Regular Season
The 1991 Regular Season took place over 24 Rounds between 6 April 1991 and 22 September 1991.


1991 NBL season, Regular Season
1991 saw Melbourne Tigers superstar Andrew Gaze became the first player to score 1,000 points in an NBL regular season. He scored 1,007 points in 26 games at 38.7 points per game. For his efforts he was awarded the first of what would eventually become a league record seven NBL Most Valuable Player awards as well as his 6th straight selection to the All NBL team.


1991 NBL season, Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 6 teams qualified for the finals series.


1991 NBL season, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1991 NBL season, Ladder
1Head-to-Head between Eastside Spectres and Geelong Supercats (1-1). Eastside Spectres won For and Against(+1).


1991 NBL season, Ladder
23-way Head-to-Head between Adelaide 36ers (3-1), Melbourne Tigers (2-2) and North Melbourne Giants (1-3).


1991 NBL season, Ladder
3Head-to-Head between Sydney Kings and Gold Coast Rollers (1-1). Sydney Kings won For and Against (+8).


1991 NBL season, Ladder
4Head-to-Head between Canberra Cannons and Southern Melbourne Saints (1-1). Canberra Cannons won For and Against (+44).


1991 NBL season, Finals, Playoff bracket
There were two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three  semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.


1991 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1991 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Dick Sheridan. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1991 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1991 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty fifth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-fifth tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Gary Hymel of LSU.


1991 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.


1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 53rd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 11th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Held on November 25, 1991, the combined meet was hosted by the University of Arizona at El Conquistador Country Club in Tucson, Arizona. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).


1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The men's team national championship was again won by Arkansas, their fifth (and second consecutive) team national title. The individual championship was won by Sean Dollman, from Western Kentucky, with a time of 30:17.1.


1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The women's team national championship was likewise retained by Villanova, their third national title. VIllanova's Sonia O'Sullivan also repeated as individual national champion with a time of 16:30.3.


1991 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 1991 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 11th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their sixth championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the final, a rematch of the previous two years' finals. The championship rounds were held at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania on the campus of Villanova University.


1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States, the 27th annual for men and 9th annual for women.


1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The championships were again held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.


1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Seven-time defending champions Arkansas claimed the men's team title, the Razorbacks' eighth title and the eighth of twelve straight titles.


1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
LSU won the women's team title, the Lady Tigers' third team title and third in five years.


1991 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
All teams and athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 1991 National Title Game was played on April 1, 1991 at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The 1991 National Title Game was played between the 1991 Midwest Regional Champions, #2-seeded Duke and the 1991 Southeast Regional Champions, #3-seeded Kansas.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1991, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 63 games were played.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski, won a rematch of the previous year's national final matchup against undefeated UNLV 79–77 in the semifinal, then won the national title with a 72–65 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Roy Williams. This was the first National Championship game for Williams as a head coach. Kansas defeated Williams' mentor Dean Smith and North Carolina (where Williams later coached) in the semifinal. Kansas made its second trip to the National Championship game in four seasons, the prior appearance being 1988 when they defeated Oklahoma. Christian Laettner of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This tournament adopted the NBA's 10ths-second timer during the final minute of each period in all arenas.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1991 tournament:


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the second time, Indianapolis was the host of the Final Four, this time at the Hoosier Dome, which would host the Final Four three more times. The tournament also returned to Charlotte in 1991, this time to the new Charlotte Coliseum, then the off-campus home of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team. This year also saw the final appearance of the Pontiac Silverdome and two former Final Four venues, in Cole Field House and Freedom Hall. Games played in Detroit since have either been at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Ford Field or, starting in 2018, Little Caesars Arena.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
While both Cole Field House and Freedom Hall have both been replaced, only Freedom Hall's replacement, the KFC Yum! Center, has hosted games since. Games in the Washington area have since been played at either Baltimore, Landover or in Washington itself at Capital One Arena. All subsequent tournament games played in Atlanta are now played at either the Georgia Dome (since demolished) or Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Any future tournament games played in Charlotte would be played at Spectrum Center (although the Coliseum did host the Final Four in 1994).


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Broadcast information
For the first time, CBS Sports showed all 63 tournament games. In the first three rounds, games were shown on a regional basis, except for one game each on Saturday and Sunday in the second round. Usual start times were noon and 7:30 or 8 p.m. Eastern time on each of the Thursdays and Fridays. During the weekend of the second round, the national telecast began at noon, with the regional windows (three on Saturday, two on Sunday) following. Although the times would be adjusted, the same basic format was in place until 2010. As of 2011, the regional broadcasts have been replaced by simulcast feeds on non-broadcast networks owned by Turner Sports.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 53rd annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Oklahoma State won the team championship, the Cowboys' seventh NCAA title and first since 1987.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 44th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and March 30, 1991, and concluded with Northern Michigan defeating Boston University 8-7 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and because the previous year the independent qualifier was placed in the East pool the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split only three open spots as opposed to the East's four open spots. The top four remaining eastern teams and the top three remaining western teams received invitations and were seeded with the automatic qualifiers according to their ranking.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Saint Paul Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1991 tournament championship game was played at the Carrier Dome in front of 8,293 fans.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
North Carolina completed a perfect 16 and 0 season by defeating Towson 18-13, to win the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, the fourth overall for the Tar Heels.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Towson, coached by Carl Runk, became the first unseeded team to reach the NCAA Division I lacrosse finals. Towson got as close as 12 to 11 at the start of the 4th quarter, after scoring 5 straight goals. But Carolina controlled the remainder of the game in winning the national title for the first time since 1986.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 32nd organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Virginia Cavaliers won their second national title by defeating the Santa Clara Broncos in the championship game on penalty kicks after the game ended in a 0–0 tie after four overtime periods. This was a re-match of the 1989 tournament final at Rutgers Stadium when both teams were crowned co-national champions. The final match was played on December 8, 1991, in Tampa, Florida, at USF Soccer Stadium for the second straight year. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1991 at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 68th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Hosts Texas topped the team standings, the Longhorns' fourth consecutive and fifth overall men's title.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 1991 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 45th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
USC defeated hosts Georgia in the championship final, 5–2, to claim the Trojans' first team national title.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia.


1991 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1991 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1991 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 29−June 1 at  Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
These were the 69th annual men's championships and the 10th annual women's championships. This was the Ducks' seventh time hosting the event and the first since 1988.


1991 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Tennessee and LSU topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Volunteers' second men's team title (and first since 1971) and the fifth for the Lady Tigers. This would go on to be the fifth of LSU's eleven consecutive women's national championships in track and field between 1987 and 1997.


1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the tenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1991, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1991 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 23 through May 26 and marked the conclusion of the 1991 NCAA Division I softball season. Arizona won their first championship by defeating three-time defending champions UCLA 5–1 in the final game.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 13 and ended on March 31. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four event was hosted by the University of New Orleans, and held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. The Final Four teams consisted of Tennessee, Stanford, Connecticut, and Virginia, with Tennessee defeating Virginia 70-67 (OT) to win its third NCAA title. Virginia's Dawn Staley was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
This tournament was the first to adopt the FIBA's 10ths-second clock during the final minute of each period, unlike whole seconds as in past seasons. One exception is Lakefront Arena, which was an AS&I scoreboard and wasn't modified until summer 1991.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
James Madison earned an 8 seed and beat the 9 seed, Kentucky in a first round match-up. This set up a game between the Dukes, and the number 1 seed in the East Regional Penn State, with the game played on the Penn State home court. The game started out in favor of the home team, as they scored the first eleven points of the game, forcing JMU coach Sheila Moorman to call a timeout. The lead extended, with the Nittany Lions pulling out to a 24–9.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
The coach decided to stress defense and it helped, but Penn State held a 41–29 lead at halftime. The team continued to stress defense in the second half, and the Dukes held Penn State to six points in the first eight minutes of the second half. The Dukes took a lead, and were up by four points with under twelve minutes to go. Penn State cut the lead to two points, and with 19 seconds to go attempted a three-point shot for the win, but the shot was blocked, and JMU would upset the top seed. It was only the second time in the ten-year history of the NCAA tournament that a number 1 seed had failed to advance to the regional. Coincidentally, first time was in 1986 when number 1 seeded Virginia failed to reach the regional when they were defeated by James Madison.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
10th seeded Vanderbilt upset 7th seeded South Carolina, then went on to defeat the second seeded Purdue 69–63, to advance to the regional, where they would lose to Auburn. 10th seeded Lamar upset 7th seeded Texas, then went on to a 20-point victory over second seeded LSU. Oklahoma State faced Michigan State in a game that would go to three overtimes. Oklahoma State won 96–64.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Connecticut defeated Clemson in the Regional Final to earn their first trip to a Final Four. There they would take on one seeded Virginia. Connecticut's coach, Geno Auriemma started his women's basketball college coaching career as an assistant coach under Debbie Ryan at Virginia. In a game identified in 2009 as one of the top ten games in UConn history, Tonya Cardoza scored 16 points for the Cavaliers, including four three throws in the final second to help Virginia defeat Connecticut 61–55. Tonya Cardoza would go on to become an assistant coach at Connecticut for many years.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the other semifinal game, Tennessee defeated Stanford 68–60 to advance to the championship game against Virginia. The Cavaliers would lead by five points with under two minutes to go, but Tennessee's Dena Head scored, was fouled, and converted the free throw to cut the margin to two points. Virginia failed to score, then fouled Head with seconds to go, who sank the free throws to send the game to overtime. Head continued to hit free throws in overtime, and the Volunteers went on to win the game and the national championship 70–67.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic
Forty-eight teams were selected to participate in the 1991 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large
Twenty-seven additional teams were selected to complete the forty-eight invitations.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Twenty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In ten cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Metro Atlantic and Patriot sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty-five additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
In 1991, the field remained at 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-12 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exceptions:


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the thirty-two first and second round locations:


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 22 to March 24 at these sites:


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
Each  regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held March 30 and March 31 in  New Orleans, Louisiana  at  the Lakefront Arena, co-hosted by University of New Orleans & Tulane University.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The forty-eight teams came from thirty states, plus Washington, D.C. California and Texas had the most teams with four each. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Brackets
First and second-round games played at higher seed except where noted.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Seventeen conferences had more than one  bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Seven conferences  went 0-1: Big Sky Conference, MAAC, North Star Conference, Ohio Valley Conference,  Southern Conference, and WAC


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 10th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Lions Stadium in Trenton, New Jersey during May 1991. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 6 teams were invited to participate.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The Virginia Cavaliers won their first championship by defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 8–6.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament, with 10 goals, was Jenny Slingluff from Virginia. The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 10th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The championship game was played at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina during December 1991.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
North Carolina defeated Wisconsin Badgers in the final, 3–1, to win their ninth national title. Coached by Anson Dorrance, the Tar Heels again finished the season undefeated, 25–0. This would go on to become the sixth of North Carolina's record nine consecutive national titles (1986–1994). It also comprised the Tar Heels' ten-year unbeaten streak that ran from the 1984 final all the way until the 1994 season.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was again Pam Kalinoski from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Tisha Venturini, also from North Carolina. Kalinoski was also the tournament's leading scorer (3 goals, 3 assists).


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 12 teams.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1991 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 10th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Texas again topped the team standings, finishing 93 points ahead of Stanford; it was the Longhorns' second consecutive and seventh overall women's team title.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The University Of Texas team consisted of: Katy Arris Wilson, Beth Barr, BJ Bedford, Julie Cooper Bliemel, Kristi Busico Metzger, Andrea Ciro, Dana Dutcher May, Mary Ellen Dwayne, Leigh Ann Fetter-Witt, Andrea Fisher, Shannon Halverson, Erica Hanson, Whitney Hedgepeth, Erica Jude Cain, Lydia Morrow Chase, Tara Nye Huntress, Garland O’Keefe Wilson, Amy Shaw Collins, Julie Sommer, Kristina Stinson Straface, Dorsey Tierney Walker, Jodi Wilson Kuhn, Head Coach Mark Schubert, Assistant Coach Jill Sterkel, Assistant Coach Cheryl Ridall


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 10th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. They were hosted by Stanford University at the Stanford Tennis Stadium in Stanford, California between May 11–15, 1991.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
Stanford defeated UCLA, 5–1, in the championship match to win their eighth overall and sixth consecutive team title.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 21, 1991, when UCLA defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA won the program's third NCAA title and successfully defended their 1990 NCAA title by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15-12, 15-13, UCLA completed off a stunning comeback to take the next three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-11 to win it all.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA's comeback was one of the biggest in NCAA history; only one other team had ever rallied from two games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship (and did not again until 2009). UCLA finished their season 31-5.


1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1991 Final Four was held on the campus of UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.


1991 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1991 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 1991 season is available.


1991 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1991 season is available.


1991 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1991. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1991 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fifth time in 1991, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the first time.


1991 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1991 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.


1991 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1991 season marked the forty fifth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their first championship with a 6–3 win over Wichita State in the final.


1991 NCAA Division I softball season
The 1991 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1991. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1991 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1991 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 26, 1991.


1991 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 1991 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 23 to May 26, 1991 in Oklahoma City.


1991 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I single game walks:6 – Wendy Stewart, Utah Utes; May 11, 1991


1991 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I 7 inning single game strikeouts:21 – Michele Granger, California Golden Bears; March 22, 1991


1991 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I single game innings pitched:31.0 – Kelly Brookhart, Creighton Bluejays & Janet Womack, Utah Utes; May 11, 1991


1991 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class single game home runs:3 – Danielle Yearick, Manhattan Jaspers; April 20, 1991


1991 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class single game innings pitched:25.0 – Mellissa Halkinrude, Utah Utes; May 12, 1991


1991 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1991 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season was the main college football season sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season began on August 28, 1991, and ended on January 1, 1992. For the second consecutive season, there was a split national championship. Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated (12–0) and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
Under the conference-bowl selection alignments of the time, the Hurricanes and Huskies could not meet in a decisive title game because Washington was slotted into the Rose Bowl as the Pac-10 champions, and the other spot in the Rose Bowl was automatically given to the Big Ten champions (in 1991, that was Michigan). The Rose Bowl's selection terms later thwarted potential title matchups of undefeated teams following the 1994 and 1997 seasons.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
Following the 1998 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) realignment, several Pac-10 and Big Ten teams were able to play in a BCS title game instead of being forced to play a non-title contender in the Rose Bowl; these include the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2002, 2006 and 2007, the USC Trojans in 2004 and 2005 and the Oregon Ducks in 2010.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
Miami closed the 1991 season with a 22–0 shutout over No. 11 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, but their season was defined by a dramatic November victory over then No. 1 ranked and perennial rival Florida State. That game ended with the FSU place kicker missing a field goal, wide right, which would become a theme in the Florida State–Miami football rivalry; this game later took on the moniker "Wide Right I." Nebraska lost to both national champions in 1991 and finished at 9–2–1, ranked No. 15 in the AP poll.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
Washington posted a 15-point victory at No. 9 Nebraska in September, a seven-point win at No. 7 California in October, and repeated as Pac-10 champions. They went on to win the Rose Bowl by 20 points over No. 4 Michigan, the Big Ten champions who featured Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard; it was Washington's second consecutive Rose Bowl win. Michigan finished at 10–2, ranked at No. 6 in both polls.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Florida Gators captured their first official SEC title in school history (they had previously won the 1984 SEC title, but it was later vacated) in dominating fashion. Alabama finished second in the SEC with an 11–1 record, but were shutout 35–0 by the Gators. Florida's luck ran out in the Sugar Bowl, as No. 18 Notre Dame powered their way to a 39–28 win.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season, Rule changes
The NCAA adopted the following rule changes for the 1991 season:


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
In the pre-season poll, Florida State was ranked No. 1 with 54 of the 59 votes cast, Michigan was 2nd, and Miami 3rd. As of the September 10th poll, Florida State remained the overwhelming choice for No. 1 and Miami reached No. 2 . Those two Sunshine State teams would continue to be 1 and 2 as their November 16 meeting approached. On November 16th in Tallahassee, the long-awaited No. 1 & No. 2 showdown had the 10–0 Seminoles hosting the 8–0 Hurricanes. Visiting Miami won, 17–16 to take the top spot. In the Pacific Northwest, Washington won its Apple Cup game by 35 points on November 23 and finished the regular season at 11–0; the Huskies took over the No. 2 spot in the final two polls of the regular season.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
In the coaches poll, Florida State and Miami opened up the season 1-2 and remained that way until Miami's win on November 16 put the Hurricanes No. 1 and allowed the Huskies to move to No. 2 . After the end of the regular season, the coaches moved the Washington Huskies to the No. 1 ranking. They would keep the top spot after their Rose Bowl win over Michigan to split the National Title.


1991 NCAA Division I-A football season, Heisman Trophy voting
The Heisman is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year


1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 21, 1991, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The culminating game of the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Youngstown State, 25–17.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1991 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Youngstown State Penguins
Youngstown State finished their regular season with an 8–3 record. Unseeded in the tournament and ranked 13th in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll, the Penguins defeated Villanova, top-seed Nevada, and Samford to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Youngstown State in a Division I-AA championship game.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Marshall Thundering Herd
Marshall also finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (5–2 in conference). Unseeded and ranked eighth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll, the Thundering Herd defeated Western Illinois, third-seed Northern Iowa, and second-seed Eastern Kentucky to reach the final. This was the second appearance for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost in 1987.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Game summary
After a low-scoring first half, Youngstown State held a 3–0 lead at halftime. Marshall then scored all of their points in the third quarter, taking a 17–6 lead. Youngstown State rallied for three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and a 25–17 win.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1991 season.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1991, and concluded with the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 21, 1991, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 25−17.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – NevadaGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference –  Northern IowaIvy League – DartmouthMid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&TOhio Valley Conference – Eastern KentuckyPatriot League – Holy CrossSouthern Conference – Appalachian StateSouthland Conference – McNeese State and Sam Houston StateSouthwestern Athletic Conference – Alabama StateYankee Conference –  Delaware, New Hampshire, and Villanova


1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, and thus assured of home games in their first round games. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.


1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason, NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* Next to team name denotes host institution* Next to score denotes host overtime periodSource:


1991 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1990-91 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of North Alabama and Bridgeport's Lambert Shell was the Most Outstanding Player.


1991 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The 1991 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 20th annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Florida Tech defeated Sonoma State, 5–1, to win a second national title. The Panthers (19-2-1) were coached by Rick Stottler.


1991 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The final match was held in Melbourne, Florida on December 7, 1991.


1991 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the tenth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
North Dakota State defeated Southeast Missouri State in the championship game, 81–74, claiming the Bison's first NCAA Division II national title.


1991 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament was the fourth annual NCAA-sponsored tournament to determine the team national champion of Division II women's college soccer in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
The championship match was hosted at California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California.


1991 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
Hosts Cal State Dominguez Hills defeated defending champions Sonoma State in the final, 2–1, to claim the Toros' first national title.


1991 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1991 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1991 season.


1991 NCAA Division II football season
The 1991 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1991, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1991, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Pittsburg State Gorillas defeated the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 23–6, to win their first Division II national title.


1991 NCAA Division II football season
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Ronnie West, wide receiver from Pittsburg State.


1991 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem StateGulf South Conference – Jacksonville StateLone Star Conference – Eastern New MexicoMidwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – ButlerMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Pittsburg StateNorth Central Conference – North Dakota StateNorthern California Athletic Conference – Sonoma StateNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State–MoorheadPennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg (East), Indiana (PA) (West)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western StateSouth Atlantic Conference – Carson-NewmanSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M, Clark Atlanta, Fort Valley State, Morehouse, and TuskegeeWestern Football Conference – Portland State


1991 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1991 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 19th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the sixth time.


1991 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1991 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 16th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series.


1991 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, six regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 32 teams participating in the tournament, up from 24 in 1990. The tournament champion was Southern Maine, who defeated Trenton State for the championship.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 17th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Held during March 1991, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were contested in Springfield, Ohio.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Wisconsin–Platteville (28–3) defeated Franklin & Marshall, 81–74, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1990–91 season, the 8th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-Stevens Point defeating Mankato State in the championship game 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Elmira, New York.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The NCAA stopped awarding the Tournament Most Outstanding Player with this tournament. The next tournament MOP would be awarded in 2009.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used, quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.


1991 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In 1991, the tournament returned to the format it had used from 1984-1987. The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. Mini-game scores are in italics. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.


1991 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the tenth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.


1991 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
St. Thomas (MN) defeated Muskingum in the championship game, 73–55, to claim the Tommies' first Division III national title.


1991 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The championship rounds were hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.


1991 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
There was a slight adjustment to the tournament's format in 1991, even though the field size remained fixed at 32 teams.


1991 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
The bracket was reorganized from eight regional tournaments of four teams, with each regional winner advancing to the national quarterfinal round, to a new structure of four sectionals of eight teams. Under the new format, the four sectional champions advanced to the national semifinal, or Final Four, round.


1991 NCAA Division III football season
The 1991 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1991, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1991 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida. The Ithaca Bombers won their third Division III championship by defeating the Dayton Flyers, 34−20.


1991 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 1991 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 19th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the second time. Like the previous six tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.


1991 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1991 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1991 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1991 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 22nd annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi during May 1991.


1991 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Long Beach State defeated USC in the final match, 3–1 (15–6, 15–11, 8–15, 15–8), to win their first national title. The 49ers (31–4) were coached by Ray Ratelle. This was a rematch of the previous year's final, won by USC.


1991 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Long Beach State's Brent Hilliard was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Hilliard, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.


1991 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 23rd annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1991.


1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
California defeated UCLA in the final, 7–6, to win their tenth, and second consecutive, national title. Coached by Steve Heaston, the Golden Bears finished the season 26–1.


1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was, for the second straight year, Chris Humbert from California. Humbert, along with six other players, was named to the All-Tournament Team.


1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The tournament's leading scorer, with 11 goals, was Steve Gill from UC Irvine.


1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship. This was the first time that two non-Division I programs (Slippery Rock and UC San Diego) qualified for the same tournament.


1991 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 1991 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 11th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.


1991 NCAA Rifle Championships
Three-time defending champions West Virginia once again retained the team championship, finishing 61 points ahead of Alaska in the team standings. It was the Mountaineers' seventh overall national title.


1991 NCAA Rifle Championships
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Soma Dutta (UTEP), and Ann-Marie Pfiffner (West Virginia), for the air rifle.


1991 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of six teams ultimately contested this championship.


1991 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1991 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah as the 38th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom and cross country skiing in the United States.


1991 NCAA Skiing Championships
Colorado, coached by Richard Rokos, claimed their twelfth overall team championship and first as a co-ed team.


1991 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA skiing championships were held at the Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah.


1991 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the fourth championships held in the state of Utah (previously 1957, 1963, and 1981).


1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The 1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championships were contested at the tenth annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate golf in the United States. Until 1996, the NCAA would hold just one annual women's golf championship for all programs across Division I, Division II, and Division III.


1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.


1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
UCLA won the team championship, the Bruins' first. UCLA defeated San Jose State in a sudden-death playoff tie-breaker, a first for a women's NCAA championship.


1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
Future multi-LPGA major champion Annika Sörenstam, from Arizona, won the individual title.


1991 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 1991 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the tenth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1990 was Utah. The Competition took place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama hosted by the University of Alabama in Coleman Coliseum. The 1991 Championship was won by host, Alabama.


1991 NFL Draft
The 1991 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 21–22, 1991, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, New York. No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.


1991 NFL Draft
The first six selections of the draft were defensive players, the most in draft history at the time. No previous draft had begun with more than three consecutive defensive picks.


1991 NFL Draft
The day of the draft, wide receiver and projected number one pick Raghib Ismail signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was nevertheless selected by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round (100th overall), whom he began playing for in 1993 after two CFL seasons.


1991 NFL season
The 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League. It was the final season for legendary coach Chuck Noll. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 37–24 at the Metrodome in Minnesota. This was the second of four consecutive Super Bowl losses for Buffalo.


1991 NFL season, Player movement, Draft
The 1991 NFL Draft was held from April 21 to 22, 1991 at New York City's Marriott Marquis. With the first pick, the Dallas Cowboys selected defensive tackle Russell Maryland from the University of Miami.


1991 NFL season, Officiating changes
Art McNally resigned as the league's Director of Officiating during the offseason. He had held the position since 1968. Longtime NFL referee Jerry Seeman, who worked the previous season's Super Bowl XXV, was named as McNally's replacement.


1991 NFL season, Officiating changes
Jim Tunney retired after 31 years as an NFL official. He remains the only referee to have worked consecutive Super Bowls (XI, and XII).


1991 NFL season, Officiating changes
Gene Barth died on October 11, 1991. For the remainder of the 1991 season, NFL officials wore a black armband on their left sleeve with the white number 14 to honor him.


1991 NFL season, Officiating changes
Bernie Kukar, Larry Nemmers (the side judge for Super Bowl XXV), and Stan Kemp were promoted to referee to replace Barth, Seeman, and Tunney.


1991 NFL season, Preseason, American Bowl
A series of National Football League pre-season exhibition games that were held at sites outside the United States, a total of three games were contested.


1991 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Inter-conferenceAFC East vs NFC CentralAFC Central vs NFC EastAFC West vs NFC West


1991 NHK Trophy
The 1991 NHK Trophy was held in Hiroshima. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts
The 1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts were held via telephone conference call on May 30, 1991. The dispersal draft took place to fill the roster of the league's only expansion team for the 1991–92 season, the San Jose Sharks, first from the Minnesota North Stars pool of players, and then from the rest of the NHL pool of players (to re-stock the North Stars' roster and to fill out the Sharks' roster).


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Background
In 1990, as a result of slipping attendance, George and Gordon Gund, the owners of the Minnesota North Stars, petitioned the NHL for permission to relocate their team to the San Francisco Bay Area. The NHL denied their request, with other owners wishing for the market to be used to draw a lucrative expansion fee. As a compromise, the league agreed to award the Gund brothers a new NHL expansion franchise to be located in the Bay Area, which would become the San Jose Sharks. The Gunds would sell the North Stars to an NHL-approved purchaser. One of the conditions of sale and expansion deal was that the Sharks would have the right to draft players from the North Stars organization. After that draft, the North Stars' roster would be replenished by the expansion draft as well.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Background
The Gunds paid $50 million for the Sharks franchise. They sold the North Stars to a consortium consisting of Howard Baldwin, Morris Belzberg, and Norman Green for $31.5 million. A series of disputes led to the team being completely controlled by Green, who would eventually move the team to Dallas after the 1992–93 season.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Background
George and Gordon Gund had previously owned the Cleveland Barons and its predecessor, the California Golden Seals, before merging that team with, and ultimately assuming ownership of, the North Stars in 1978. By spinning off the Sharks from the North Stars, it effectively undid the 13-year merger between the two franchises.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Rules
Dispersal Draft: Before the draft, the North Stars protected 14 skaters and two goaltenders who had played at least 50 NHL games by the end of the 1989–90 season. From the unprotected North Stars players (but excluding 1990 draft picks), the Sharks selected 14 skaters and two goaltenders. Up to three Shark selections could have been unsigned North Stars draft choices, while another three could have been players signed between May 2 and June 15, 1990.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Rules
After San Jose had chosen 14 skaters and two goaltenders from Minnesota, the teams would take turns choosing from the pool of unclaimed players until the Sharks roster reached thirty players.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Rules
Expansion Draft: The other 20 teams in the league were allowed to protect two goaltenders and 16 skaters. The Sharks and North Stars would take turns selecting from the pool of unprotected players until each had chosen ten players. 20 total players would be selected, one from each franchise.


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Post-draft
Not all of the players selected by the Sharks and North Stars in these drafts stayed with their new teams for long. Among players moved before the start of the 1991–92 season were the following:


1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts, Post-draft
The majority of the players selected did not have lengthy NHL careers; many of them ended up in the minor leagues. San Jose's original minor league affiliate was the Kansas City Blades of the International Hockey League. The Blades won the IHL Championship, the Turner Cup, in 1992, and a majority of their players were under contract to San Jose. In fact, many of those players were under contract with the North Stars the previous year and played for a rival IHL team, the Kalamazoo Wings.


1991 NHL Entry Draft
The 1991 NHL Entry Draft was the 29th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. A total of 264 players were drafted. The worst team in the previous 1990–91 season, the Quebec Nordiques, was given the first overall pick while the expansion San Jose Sharks held the second overall pick.


1991 NHL Entry Draft
The draft was famous for the controversy surrounding star first overall draft pick, touted by some observers to be The Next One, Eric Lindros, who was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques but immediately refused to sign a contract. What followed was one of the biggest trades in NHL history, which the Philadelphia Flyers used to acquire Lindros, in the process trading away future superstar Peter Forsberg.


1991 NHL Supplemental Draft
The 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft took place in June 1991.


1991 NOFV-Pokal Final
The 1991 NOFV-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1990–91 NOFV-Pokal, the 40th season of East Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 2 June 1991 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin. Hansa Rostock won the match 1–0 against Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt for their 1st title. This was the final East German cup final, as East and West Germany had reunified, along with their respective football associations.


1991 NOFV-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The NOFV-Pokal began with 61 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties were used to determine the winner.


1991 NOFV-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1991 NSL First Division, Table
The 1991 National Soccer League First Division was the seventh edition of the NSL First Division in South Africa. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.


1991 NSL Second Division
The 1991 NSL Second Division (known as the OK League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh edition of the second tier competition organised by the National Soccer League. It was divided into two divisions known as streams.


1991 NSL Second Division, The New Republic Bank Knockout Cup
A new cup for the NSL Second Divisions teams was introduced in 1991 sponsored by the New Republic Bank. Sixteen clubs in total entered the competition, 8 from each stream.


1991 NSWRL season
The 1991 NSWRL season was the eighty-fourth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. This year the New South Wales Rugby League experimented with a draft system for the first time. Sixteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup premiership during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year's grand final between the Canberra Raiders and the Penrith Panthers.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary
The 1991 New South Wales Rugby League season started with controversy. For the first time a draft system which had been developed was put into operation. The draft allowed teams to recruit players on a roster system based on where the club finished the previous year. It ran in reverse order with the wooden spooners getting first choice and the premiers last. The draft lasted just the one season before being defeated in the courts by players and coaches opposed to its limitations.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary
The controversy started after Terry Hill, who had agreed to join the Warren Ryan coached Western Suburbs, was drafted to play for Easts. Hill appealed his drafting, though his appeal was initially overturned and he eventually agreed to a three-year contract with the Roosters. However, by the end of 1991 the High Court had overturned the draft system and in 1992 Hill was given a release and he was able to move on to Wests.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary
In 22 rounds of regular season football which lasted from March till August, eventual premiers Penrith won 17 games, drew one and lost only four. The Panthers finished on 35 premiership points and took their first minor premiership ahead of Manly and Norths (both 29 points), Canberra on 28 with Wests sneaking in on 27 points after beating Canterbury 19–14 in a play off.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary
On 24 July it was revealed that the Canberra Raiders had substantially breached their $1.5 million salary cap for 1991.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary
The record for attendance at a match at Campbelltown Stadium was set this season with a crowd figure of 21,527 for a game between Western Suburbs and St. George. Also this season the NSWRL took a match between St. George and Balmain to the Adelaide Oval and it was met with success as 28,884 spectators (the highest non-finals attendance of the season) turned out for the game on a cold and wet Friday night in June. The game was taken to Adelaide not only for the NSWRL to expand into traditional Australian Rules Football strongholds, but also as the Dragons long time major sponsor Penfolds is an Adelaide-based company.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary
The 1991 season's Rothmans Medal was awarded to Canterbury-Bankstown's Ewan McGrady, who was also named as Rugby League Week's player of the year. The Dally M Award was won by St. George's Michael Potter, the first fullback to do so.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
The number of teams competing remained unchanged for the third consecutive year, with sixteen clubs contesting the premiership, including five inner Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from greater Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from the Australian Capital Territory.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
10th seasonGround: Wollongong StadiumCoach: Graham MurrayCaptain: Chris Walsh & Dean Schifilliti


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
4th seasonGround: Marathon StadiumCoach: Allan McMahon → David WaiteCaptain: Sam Stewart


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
1991 again saw the NSWRL use Tina Turner's 1989 version of "The Best" in their advertising. The league's ad agency Hertz Walpole had sufficient extra footage from her 1990 visit to Sydney to add fresh images of Tina to other recent shots of the 1990 finals series and 1991 pre-season training images.


1991 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
The finished 1991 ad in its full length version shows Tina performing the song in the glamorous surroundings of Boomerang, a palatial harbour-side Sydney mansion. She climbs the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a spectacular final helicopter pull-back shot shows her belting out the anthem from the apex of the bridge. In those days before public access via the commercial BridgeClimb operation this image was as fantastic notionally as it was visually.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
On the sunny afternoon of Sunday, 22 September the Sydney Football Stadium was packed to capacity with a crowd of 41,815 for the rematch of the previous season's grand final, and Canberra's third in a row. The day also featured a tribute to the original 'Gladiators', Norm Provan and Arthur Summons on the Winfield Cup trophy's 10th anniversary (in the 50th Grand Final played) as well as a rendition of the national anthem by Anthony Warlow. The game was broadcast live on television throughout Australia by Channel Ten with match commentary by Graeme Hughes, Bill Anderson and Wayne Pearce.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Referee Bill Harrigan blew time on and the Panthers kicked off. Around seven minutes later when Penrith had made their way into good field position, their hooker Royce Simmons received the ball about ten metres from the try-line and ran it, stepping and spinning his way past several defenders to score a great individual try, his first of the season. Panthers captain Greg Alexander kicked the conversion for his side to lead 6–0.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Shortly after that Canberra's half-back Ricky Stuart got the ball a few metres into Penrith's half and kicked over to the open left corner of the field where his winger, Matthew Wood was racing through to grab the bouncing ball and dive over in the corner to score. Meninga's conversion attempt missed so the Panthers held their lead at 6–4. The scores were levelled a few minutes later though when Alexander appeared to be trying to put his knees into Meninga as he tackled him, drawing a penalty, which the Raiders captain successfully kicked to make it 6-6.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Meninga later opted to take the kick when awarded another penalty inside Penrith's half, but missed. Soon after that Canberra had the ball on the right wing around half way and swung it through the hands out to the left where their lock forward Bradley Clyde made a break and passed it on to Wood to again cross in the corner for his second try. Meninga's kick was wide again so the Raiders were leading 6-10.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The contest continued to be played from end to end of the field. In the final minutes of the first half, during one of Canberra's attacking raids they got another penalty and Matthew Wood took the kick, getting another two points for his side to lead 6-12 going into the break. The Raiders lead could have easily been 18-6 had Penrith winger Graham Mackay not pulled off a great try-saving tackle only metres from the line on his opposite number Paul Martin close to half-time. The half-time score replicated the position of the two teams at the same point in the previous year's decider.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Early in the second half Canberra were penalised for stripping in their own half of the field and Alexander took the kick at goal but missed. Then as the Raiders were trying to work the ball away from their goal-line, they knocked on, with Panthers' winger Paul Smith getting the ball and diving over in the corner. However referee Bill Harrigan called the play back after touch judge Martin Weekes reported that Canberra's Mark Bell had been taken out with a swinging arm. Penrith forward Mark Geyer's reaction to the ruling prompted Harrigan to send him to the sin bin for ten minutes. Later the Panthers appeared certain to score from close range through Brad Izzard but the Raiders' lone defender Laurie Daley stripped the ball in a one-on-one tackle.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Penrith's unsuccessful scoring opportunities continued until finally, after working the ball up to the opposition's half, they kept it alive on the third tackle till Brad Izzard broke free from over twenty metres out and ran to the try-line to touch down behind the uprights. The scores were brought level at 12 all when Alexander kicked the extra two points.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
With just under seven minutes of the match remaining, and again having worked the ball into Canberra's half of the field, the Panthers on the fifth tackle passed it to Greg Alexander just past the forty-metre line to kick a field goal, getting his side a one-point lead at 13–12.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Penrith continued to enjoy the majority of possession and field position, and when the Raiders attempted a short line drop-out Geyer got the bouncing ball in open space, passing it to 33-year-old Royce Simmons who scored in the corner, getting Penrith their first premiership in the last match of his career. Alexander kicked the conversion from the sideline so the final score was 19–12.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Penrith Panthers 19Tries: Simmons 2, IzzardGoals: Alexander 3/3Field Goal: Alexander


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Although MMI's unofficial man-of-the-match award went to Royce Simmons, the Governor of New South Wales Peter Sinclair awarded the Clive Churchill Medal to the losing side's Bradley Clyde, the second time that he won the prestigious award, having previously won the Clive Churchill medal in 1989. The Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke then presented Penrith captain Greg Alexander with the Winfield Cup trophy as well as the J. J. Giltinan Shield.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
It was the Penrith Panthers' first premiership and their young coach, Phil Gould has rated his team's second half in this game as an example of a perfect half of football. After failing to follow their first half game plan and squandering an early lead, in the second half the Panthers played to a formula of taking the ball up for full sets of six tackles, with Alexander then expertly kicking for the corners and the whole side pinning Canberra down at their own end with committed defence.


1991 NSWRL season, Finals, World Club Challenge
Having won the premiership, the Panthers travelled to England to face the British Champions, Wigan Warriors in the 1991 World Club Challenge on 9 October at Anfield, Liverpool. Penrith were defeated 4 to 21 in front of 20,152 spectators.


1991 NSWRL season, Player statistics
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 22.


1991 NSWRL season, Attendances
The regular season attendances for the 1991 season aggregated to a total of 2,413,218 at an average of 13,188 per game.


1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore
The 1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 28–31 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 20th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the ninth as a major championship.


1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore
At age 35, Amy Alcott broke her own scoring record to win her third Dinah Shore by eight strokes over runner-up Dottie Pepper, who won the following year. Alcott entered the final round with a seven-stroke lead; it was her fifth major title and 29th and final win on the LPGA Tour.


1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Alcott and caddy Bill Kurre had jumped into the water next to the 18th green after her previous victory in 1988, and she was not going to repeat it. Host Dinah Shore had written the foreword in Alcott's recent book, stating that she would join her in the jump if she won again, so Alcott, Kurre, and Shore took running leap together. The jump became a continuous tradition three years later when Donna Andrews won, followed by Nanci Bowen in 1995.


1991 Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh on 10 December 1991. It was approved by 99.98% of voters. It was unsuccessfully boycotted by the region's Azeri population, which then constituted 20% of its population.


1991 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 28 December 1991. A total of 81 members of the National Assembly were elected.


1991 NatWest Trophy
The 1991 NatWest Trophy was an limited-overs English county cricket tournament, held between 26 June and 7 September 1991. The competition was won by Hampshire who beat Surrey by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1991 NatWest Trophy, Format
The seventeen first-class counties, joined by 13 Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stages. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 7 September 1991.


1991 National Camogie League
The 1991 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Kilkenny in the final, played at Ballinough.


1991 National Camogie League, Arrangements
Cork opened their National League campaign in march with a resounding win over dual champions Kilkenny. Kilkenny were short many regulars. The Galway travelled to Ballincollig and defeated Cork, There was a three way tie at the top of Division One between Kilkenny, Galway and Cork. When Galway and Cork drew, Kilkenny reached the semi-finals with Galway and Cork playing off for the other place.


1991 National Camogie League, The Final
Kilkenny played with the wind in the first half and scored a goal and a point after five and a half minutes, only to trail 2-7 to 1-4 at half-time. Although Kilkenny scored two quick points at the start of the second half they never looked like regaining the lead. Kilkenny had to wait until the last minute to get their second goal, from Angela Downey.


1991 National Camogie League, Division 2
The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Limerick who defeated Roscommon in the final.


1991 National Invitation Tournament
The 1991 National Invitation Tournament was the 1991 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. This tournament adopted the tenths-second game clock in the final minute of every period.


1991 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.


1991 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.


1991 National League Championship Series
The 1991 National League Championship Series was played between the Atlanta Braves (94–68) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (98–64), with the Braves coming out on top in the Series 4–3. It was considered one of the best-pitched seven-game series of the modern era, featuring three 1–0 finishes and four shutouts, as well as four one-run games. The Braves went on to lose in the World Series to the Minnesota Twins in seven games.


1991 National League Championship Series
The Pirates had the best record in the National League in 1991, and were the first NL East team to win consecutive division championships since the Philadelphia Phillies, their in-state rivals, during their run of three straight NL East championships, from 1976–1978 (in fact, the Pirates won the 1991 NL East title in a game against their rivals). and were expected to win this Series and advance to the World Series. However, the Braves, who went from last place in the National League West in 1990 to first place in the division in 1991, were able to pull off the upset in their memorable run to the World Series versus the Minnesota Twins.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Wednesday, October 9, 1991 (8:41 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Pirates proved they would be tough to eliminate early when they stifled the Braves offense behind 1990 Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek and won the first game 5–1. Pittsburgh center fielder Andy Van Slyke's first-inning home run off of 1991 Cy Young Award winner Tom Glavine put them up 1–0. In the third, Jay Bell hit a leadoff single, then Van Slyke's double and Bobby Bonilla's single scored a run each. Steve Buechele doubled to lead off the sixth and scored on Doug Drabek's two-out double. The Pirates scored their last run in the eighth on Jose Lind's bases-loaded sacrifice fly off of Mike Stanton. David Justice hit a home run in the ninth inning off reliever Bob Walk for the Braves' only run.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
An injury to Pirates starter Doug Drabek was to have major ramifications for the Series. Drabek slid into third and injured himself in the sixth inning, leaving the game with what appeared to be a pulled hamstring. The injury cost Drabek an early start in either Game 4 or 5, and it ensured he would not be available for a third start in Game 7 if the Series went that far, as it ultimately did.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Thursday, October 10, 1991 (8:39 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In Game 2, both teams were kept in check by the outstanding pitching performances of Zane Smith for Pittsburgh and Steve Avery for Atlanta. However, Avery and the Braves would come out on top 1–0, after David Justice singled to lead off and Mark Lemke picked up a double and the only RBI of the game in the sixth inning. David Justice scored from second when Lemke's seemingly routine grounder got past Pirate third baseman Steve Buechele, allowing Justice to score. Alejandro Peña got the save and the combined shutout was complete. The series was now tied 1–1.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The win snapped a 10-game postseason losing streak for the Braves franchise that began with Game 5 of the 1958 World Series, when the team was still in Milwaukee.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Saturday, October 12, 1991 (3:00 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
With the Series tied at one game apiece, John Smoltz faced off against the Pirates' 20-game winner, John Smiley. Orlando Merced hit Smoltz's first pitch over the right field wall for a home run, but in the bottom of the first, two-out doubles by Ron Gant, David Justice and Brian Hunter put the Braves up 2–1 before Greg Olson's two-run homer to left made it 4–1. In the second, Lonnie Smith was hit by a pitch with two outs and scored on Terry Pendleton's double. Smiley was gone after that inning.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the third, Rafael Belliard's RBI single with two on off of Bill Landrum made it 6–1 Braves. Jose Lind's RBI single in the fourth with two on made it 6–2 Braves, then Jay Bell's home run in the seventh made it 6–3 and knock Smoltz out of the game, but the Braves got that run back in the bottom of the inning on Gant's home run off of Bob Kipper. In the top of the eighth, Alejandro Peña struck out Jay Bell with the bases loaded to end the Pirates' last threat. In the bottom of the inning, Rosario Rodriguez walked two to lead off and after a sacrifice bunt, Sid Bream's three-run home run increased the Braves' lead to 10–3. Pena retired the Pirates in order in the ninth to give the Braves a 2–1 series lead.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Sunday, October 13, 1991 (8:38 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The lone extra-inning game of the Series came in Atlanta before 51,109 fans. The Braves struck first when Lonnie Smith doubled to lead off the first off of Randy Tomlin, moved to third on a line out, and scored on Ron Gant's groundout, then three straight singles by David Justice, Brian Hunter and Greg Olson made it 2–0 Braves. However, they would not score for the rest of the game. Don Slaught's RBI single with two on in the second off of Charlie Leibrandt cut the lead to 2–1, then Gary Redus singled with two outs in the fifth and scored on a Jay Bell single along with a Braves error to tie the game.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Pirates tied the series with a run in the top of the tenth when Mike LaValliere, off of Mark Wohlers, singled in Andy Van Slyke, who had stolen second after being walked by Kent Mercker. Stan Belinda retired the Braves in order in the bottom of the inning.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Monday, October 14, 1991 (3:08 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Zane Smith had his second excellent game of the Series, but this time he won, beating Tom Glavine and the Braves 1–0 in almost a mirror image of Smith's start in Game 2. However, in Game 2, Smith had given up the one run and lost.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Controversy surrounded this game when David Justice appeared to score on a single to left, but he seemed to miss third base and was called out on an appeal. Replays were inconclusive, but Justice did stumble over third base, and the umpires called him out, preserving Smith's shutout.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The lone run in this game came when José Lind hit a simple RBI single in the fifth.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Wednesday, October 16, 1991 (8:39 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Pittsburgh hosted one of the best pitcher's duels of all-time on October 16, 1991, between Steve Avery and Doug Drabek. In the end, identical to Avery's last start, a combination of Avery and Alejandro Peña shut out the Pirates for all nine innings. The Pirates only got four hits. However, this time the Braves didn't score a run all the way through eight innings. Drabek matched Avery, pitch for pitch.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
But in the ninth inning, with the score tied 0–0, Greg Olson raked a double down the left field line that scored Ron Gant, who walked and stole second, and took the lead off a weary Drabek. He had pitched a complete game, but was the loser after the Pirates could not get Gary Varsho home from third in the bottom of the ninth. The Braves had not scored a run since the first inning of Game 4, a futility streak that reached 26+2⁄3 innings before Gant scored the winning run.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Thursday, October 17, 1991 (8:39 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Braves scored three runs in the first inning on Ron Gant's sacrifice fly with runners on first and third, followed by a Brian Hunter two-run home run, and never looked back. Twenty-game winner John Smiley made the start, fared poorly, was yanked after two-thirds of an inning and lost to John Smoltz, who shut out the Pirates. Although Bob Walk was masterful in middle relief, it was too little, too late, even though he pulled his groin trying to help his cause attempting to stretch a single into a double in the bottom of the seventh.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Hunter's RBI double in the fifth with two on capped the scoring as the Braves won 4–0 and nabbed the pennant. After Atlanta had gone 26+2⁄3 innings without scoring, the Pirates themselves went the final 22+1⁄3 innings without scoring. That streak would reach 30 innings before José Lind snapped it with a home run in the eighth inning of Game 1 in the 1992 NLCS.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Avery won the Series MVP award. Pitching 161⁄3 innings, the Braves starter did not allow a run, giving up nine hits and walking four while striking out 17. Avery said, "It's been the best time of my life."


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Braves scored 14 runs in the games Smiley pitched (Games 3 and 7), including nine off Smiley, but only five runs in the other five games combined. Smiley had been the Pirates' biggest winner in 1991, notching 20 victories for the only time in his career.


1991 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Atlanta Braves' World Series appearance was their first since 1958, and their first since moving to Atlanta in 1966. The Braves lost a memorable and dramatic seven-game series to the Minnesota Twins.