1991 Buffalo Bills season, Playoffs, Super Bowl
The two teams combined for the most points in a 3rd quarter in a Super Bowl history (24 total points: 14 for Washington and 10 for Buffalo) and the most combined in a second half (44 total points: 24 for Buffalo and 20 for Washington).


1991 Buffalo Bills season, Playoffs, Super Bowl
But Buffalo's hopes of a comeback faded when Washington advanced 79 yards in 11 plays on their ensuing drive, scoring on Clark's 30-yard touchdown reception to give the Redskins a 31–10 lead with 1:24 left in the third period. Then 3 plays after receiving the ensuing kickoff, Kelly fumbled the ball while being sacked by defensive back Alvoid Mays, and it was recovered by defensive end Fred Stokes. After the turnover, Washington drove to the Bills 7-yard line and increased their lead to 34–10 with Lohmiller's 25-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter.


1991 Buffalo Bills season, Playoffs, Super Bowl
Then on the Bills ensuing drive, Kelly was sacked for a 9-yard loss by Stokes, threw an incomplete pass, and then threw his second interception of the game to Edwards, who returned it 35 yards to Buffalo's 33-yard line. Five plays later, Lohmiller kicked his second field goal with 11:36 left in the game to increase Washington's lead to 37–10. With the game almost completely out of reach, the Bills managed to respond with a 15-play, 79-yard drive to cut the score to 37–17 on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Kelly to Metzelaars.


1991 Buffalo Bills season, Playoffs, Super Bowl
Then, after recovering an onside kick, the Bills drove 50 yards and scored another touchdown with Beebe's 4-yard reception to make the score 37–24. But the Bills’ second onside kick attempt was unsuccessful and the Redskins were able to run out the clock. From there, the Bills attempted one final pass play before time expired.


1991 Buffalo Bills season, Playoffs, Super Bowl
Kelly, completed 28 of a Super Bowl-record 58 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns, but was sacked four times, intercepted four times, and lost one fumble. Thomas ran for only 13 yards on 10 carries and was limited to 27 yards on four receptions. James Lofton was the top receiver for the Bills with 7 catches for 92 yards. But Reed was limited to just 5 catches for 31 yards. Clark had seven catches for 114 yards and a touchdown and Monk added seven for 113 yards. (Clark and Monk became the third pair of teammates to each have 100 yards receiving in a Super Bowl; they joined the Steelers’ John Stallworth and Lynn Swann who did it in Super Bowl XIII and the Bengals’ Cris Collinsworth and Dan Ross who did it in Super Bowl XVI).


1991 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1991 Bulgarian Cup Final was played at the Ivaylo Stadium in Veliko Tarnovo on May 29, 1991, and was contested between the sides of Levski Sofia and Botev Plovdiv. The match was won by Levski Sofia.


1991 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 13 October 1991. They were the first elections held under the country's first post-communist constitution, which had been promulgated three months earlier.


1991 Bulgarian parliamentary election
The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which won 110 of the 240 seats. The Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the Communist Party, finished a close second with 106 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%. Following the election, SDS leader Philip Dimitrov became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.


1991 Burgenland state election
The Burgenland state election of 1991 was held in the Austrian state of Burgenland on 23 June 1991.


1991 Burkinabé constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Burkina Faso on 9 June 1991. It followed a military coup in 1980, and would restore multi-party democracy. The new constitution retained the presidential system of government, created a bicameral parliament, and limited the President to two seven-year terms. It was approved by 92.83% of voters with a 48.8% turnout.


1991 Burkinabé presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 1 December 1991. They were the first elections in the country since 1978, but were boycotted by the opposition parties. The result was a victory for the only candidate, incumbent President Blaise Compaoré, although voter turnout was just 27.3%.


1991 Burlington mayoral election
The 1991 Burlington mayoral election was held on March 3, 1991 to elect the mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Incumbent independent Mayor Peter Clavelle ran as the candidate of the Progressive Coalition, and defeated Haik Bedrosian, Daniel Gregory, and Michael Hackett, who all ran as independent candidates. The Democratic and Republican parties did not run candidates in this election.


1991 Burlington mayoral election
Clavelle faced no opposition for the endorsement of the Progressive Coalition. The Democratic and Republican parties did not run candidates in the election with the Democrats stating that there were no viable candidates against Clavelle and the Republicans having nobody who could commit to the campaign. Haik Bedrosian, Daniel Gregory, and Michael Hackett ran as independent candidates.


1991 Burlington mayoral election
Clavelle won in the general election with over seventy percent of the popular vote, but the Democratic Party, which had focused on the city council elections, gained two seats. Voter turnout for this election was the lowest since the 1981 election.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Background
Peter Clavelle won the 1989 mayoral election as an independent candidate with the support of the Progressive Coalition. At the time of the 1991 mayoral election the composition of the city council was five Progressive Coalition members, four Democratic members, and four Republican members.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Democratic
Judith Stephany, who was the Democratic nominee in the 1983 mayoral election and Maurice Mahoney, a member of the city council from the 1st district, were speculated as possible candidates for the Democratic nomination. David W. Curtis, the chair of the Burlington Democratic Party, stated that the Democrats would run a candidate in the mayoral election. However, on January 23, 1991, the Democratic caucus did not nominate a candidate and a motion by Ion Laskaris to not run a candidate was approved. Laskaris stated that there were no candidates that could defeat Clavelle. The Democratic Party decided to not endorse Clavelle. The Democrats instead focused on winning control of the city council.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Progressive Coalition
Terry Bouricius, co-chair of the Progressive Coalition, stated that there was no interest within the coalition to primary Clavelle and he also stated that Clavelle "did not run just to run for one term". Nancy Chioffi, who was the 1989 Democratic mayoral nominee, stated that Clavelle was enjoying the position of mayor and that she would be "amazed if he didn't run". Clavelle announced on December 17, 1990, that he would run for reelection and that he would seek the endorsement of the coalition. Clavelle won the endorsement of the coalition on December 19, with a unanimous vote. Clavelle focused on the passage of ballot propositions of a 6.5 cent tax increase per $100 property value for school funding and a $1 million bond to expand two elementary schools.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Republican
The Republican Party, which had not run a candidate in the 1985, 1987, and 1989 elections, chose to not run a candidate in the election at its caucus on January 25. Bob Minkewicz, the chair of the Burlington Republican Party, stated that nobody could commit to running a campaign against Clavelle.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, Candidates, Other
Haik Bedrosian, a senior at Burlington High School, announced on January 22, 1991, that he would run for mayor as an independent candidate stating that he wanted to empower the youth and increase youth representation in office and due to the fact that there were no other candidates in the race. Clavelle welcomed Bedrosian and stated that he would not be "running against Haik or any other candidate", but instead running on "a record and a vision of the future". Daniel Gregory announced on January 28, that he would run as an independent. Michael Hackett, who had unsuccessfully run for office fifteen times, ran as an independent candidate.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, General election
Bedrosian called for Clavelle, Gregory, and Hackett to agree to a campaign finance limit of $5,000. Gregory did not agree to the limit, but stated that he would spend that much during the campaign. During the campaign there was one event where the mayoral candidates gave statements and answered questions and two debates.


1991 Burlington mayoral election, Campaign, General election
Clavelle won the election against Bedrosian, Gregory, and Hackett. Although Hackett lost the mayoral election he narrowly defeated David L.R. Houston, an incumbent member of the school commission from the 3rd district, by three votes. The mayoral election had a voter turnout of 36% which was the lowest turnout for a mayoral election since 1981. The Democrats gained two seats on the city council from the Republicans bringing the composition of the thirteen-member city council to five Progressive Coalition members, six Democratic members, and two Republican members.


1991 Burundian Charter of National Unity referendum
A referendum on the Charter of National Unity was held in Burundi on 9 February 1991. The charter would abolish ethnic discrimination and give a mandate for the government to write a new constitution. It was approved by 89.77% of voters with a 96% turnout. Following the Charter's approval, work began on the drafting of a new constitution which was approved in a referendum held on 9 March 1992. It was promulgated on 13 March 1992.


1991 CA-TennisTrophy
The 1991 CA-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna in Austria and was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 14 October through 21 October 1991. First-seeded Michael Stich won the singles title.


1991 CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Anders Järryd /  Gary Muller defeated  Jakob Hlasek /  Patrick McEnroe 6–4, 7–5


1991 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Udo Riglewski and Michael Stich were the defending champions of the doubles event at the CA-TennisTrophy tennis tournament but lost in the semifinals to Jakob Hlasek and Patrick McEnroe.


1991 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Anders Järryd and Gary Muller won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Hlasek and McEnroe.


1991 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Anders Järryd was the defending champion of the singles event at the CA-TennisTrophy tennis tournament but lost in the quarterfinals to Michael Stich.


1991 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Stich won in the final 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 against Jan Siemerink.


1991 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1991 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–4 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.


1991 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Richmond defeated fourth-seeded George Mason in the championship game, 81–78, to win their fourth (and second consecutive) CAA men's basketball tournament. The Spiders, therefore, earned an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the Second Round after upsetting Syracuse.


1991 CARIFTA Games
The 20th CARIFTA Games was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on March 30-April 1, 1991. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games.


1991 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 212 athletes (128 junior (under-20) and 88 youth (under-17)) from about 18 countries:  Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (27), Barbados (26), Bermuda (6), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (7), Dominica (3), French Guiana (3), Grenada (9), Guadeloupe (12), Guyana (5), Jamaica (42), Martinique (19), Saint Kitts and Nevis (3), Saint Lucia (3), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (39), US Virgin Islands (1).


1991 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Inez Turner from Jamaica. She won 2 gold medals (400m, and 800m) in the junior (U-20) category. In addition, she was probably part of at least one of the medal winning relay teams (there is no information on the team members).


1991 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
The 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 13th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 17 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Michael Andretti was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was his younger brother Jeff Andretti.


1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
The 1991 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his record-tying fourth victory in the event.


1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
Michael Andretti won a total of eight races, eight pole positions, and led more than half of the laps during the season, but the championship battle still went down to the final race of the season. Bobby Rahal won only one race, but had 11 podium finishes and 13 top tens. Rahal's consistent season put him in position to challenge Andretti for the title in the season finale at Laguna Seca. Andretti got off to a slow start to the season, dropping out of the first two races, and finished a heartbreaking second at Indianapolis.


1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
But after Indy, he shot to the top of the standings. He won four of the last five races of the season, and needed to finish 6th or better at Laguna Seca to clinch the title. When Bobby Rahal dropped out at Laguna Seca with overheating problems, Andretti cruised to the title.


1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed for the 1991 Indy Car World Series. All entrants used Goodyear tires.


1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, Season Summary, Schedule
O  Oval/Speedway R  Dedicated road course S  Temporary street circuitNC Non -championship event


1991 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1991 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 1 and March 9, 1991. First round games were played at campus sites, while 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Lake Superior State received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1991 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finished below eighth place in the standings was not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1991 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1991 CECAFA Cup
The 1991 CECAFA Cup was the 18th edition of the tournament. It was held in Uganda, and was won by Zambia. The matches were played between November 23–December 7.


1991 CFL Draft
The 1991 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where 63 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA.


1991 CFL season
The 1991 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 38th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 34th Canadian Football League season.


1991 CFL season, CFL News in 1991
Harry Ornest sold the Toronto Argonauts to Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy on Monday, February 25. On Wednesday, July 24, the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Rough Riders resigned, causing the CFL to assume the ownership duties of the franchise, two days later. Three months later, the Rough Riders were sold by the CFL to Bernie and Lonie Glieberman on Saturday, October 19. Furthermore, the Calgary Stampeders was purchased by Larry Ryckman from Stampeder Football Club Limited on Friday, October 24.


1991 CFL season, CFL News in 1991
All eight clubs combined for a record 64.2 points per game and attendance figures broke the 2 million mark for the 10th time in CFL history (2,001,858). The Grey Cup game was hosted by the city of Winnipeg for the first time on Sunday, November 24. In that game, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders 36–21 in front of 51,985 football fans. The Grey Cup game was also the most-watched Canadian television show with an audience of 3,531,000 viewers.


1991 CFL season, CFL News in 1991
J. Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner on Tuesday, December 31.


1991 CFL season, CFL News in 1991
After the shutdown of the Canadian Football Network, this left the CFL with two television outlets: CBC Television, which had coverage for some regular season games and exclusive coverage of all CFL playoff games, including the Grey Cup game, and TSN on cable, airing some regular season games.


1991 CFL season, Regular season standings, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1991 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs
The Toronto Argonauts are the 1991 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 36–21, at Winnipeg Stadium. This was the first championship for the Argonauts in eight years. The Argonaut's Raghib "Rocket" Ismail (WR) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Stampeder's Dave Sapunjis (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.


1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 27th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 7 April till 24 September 1991.


1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The teams were split in three zones (North, Central and Caribbean), each one qualifying the winner to the final tournament, where the winners of the Caribbean and Central zones played a semi-final to decide who was going to play against the Northern champion in the final. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.


1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Mexican club Puebla beat Trinidarian Police F.C. 4–2 on aggregate. Therefore Puebla won their first CONCACAF championship, which was also their first international title.


1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, North American Zone, Second Round
Brooklyn Italians and Pembroke Hamilton Zebras withdrew. Puebla and Universidad de Guadalajara automatically advanced to third round.


1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Semifinal
Venue: Hasely Crawford StadiumCity: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago


1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
The 1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of this defunct tournament contended between 1991 and 1998.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the football (soccer) championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of World Cup qualifying were considered continental champions.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The tournament was hosted by the United States and played in the Greater Los Angeles area of California at two venues: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl. The eight teams were broken up into two groups of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to the semifinals. The Gold Cup was won by the United States, who eliminated Mexico in the semi-finals match, and went on to beat Honduras on penalties after tying them in the final 0–0.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Squads
The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), with each team being allowed to make a sixth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match played on 7 July 1991 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. United States beat Honduras 4–3 on penalties after the game finished 0–0 after extra time. This was the United States' first major title. It was also the first ever Gold Cup Final and first to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. As Gold Cup champion, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage
The knockout phase of 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup began on 5 July 1991 with the quarter-finals and ended on 7 July 1991 with the final at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, United States.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups, qualified for the knockout stage.


1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads
Below are the player squads of the teams participating in the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.


1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament
The 1991 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was a North American international association football tournament, it determined the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship entrants from the CONCACAF region. The 1991 edition of the competition was held in Trinidad and Tobago, the second consecutive tournament to be held on the twin island nation.


1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament, Final round
Cuba, Mexico and USA qualified to the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Italy.


1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship
The 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the first staging of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, the international women's association football tournament for North American, Central American and Caribbean nations organized by CONCACAF. The tournament took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, between 18 and 27 April 1991 and consisted of eight national teams. The matches were 80 minutes long.


1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship
The United States won the tournament after defeating Canada 5–0 in the final match. They became CONCACAF's single qualifier for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, which was hosted by China in November and ended with a U.S. victory.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship
The 1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship was the european championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in England from 16 to 20 August 1991.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship, Venues
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Nottingham.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship, Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 4 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in the group advanced played in the final.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship, Format
ClassificationAthletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship, Format
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.


1991 CPISRA European Soccer Championship, Group stage
In the first group stage have seen the teams in a one group of four teams.


1991 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1991 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1991 NCAA Division II football season.


1991 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The Mustangs were led by fifth-year head coach Lyle Setencich and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 2–3 WFC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 271–272 for the season.


1991 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.


1991 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The 1991 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1991 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The Titans competed in the Big West Conference. The team was led by twelfth-year head coach Gene Murphy and played home games in Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, California. This was the last year they would play in Santa Ana Stadium, as the Titans would move to a new, on-campus stadium in 1992. They finished the season with two wins and nine losses (2–9, 1–6 Big West), and in last place in the Big West for the second consecutive year.


1991 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal State Fullerton players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.


1991 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The 1991 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward in the 1991 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC).


1991 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The Pioneers were led by head coach Tim Tierney in his 17th year. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. The Pioneers finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–4 NCAC). The Pioneers were outscored by their opponents 186–254 for the 1991 season.


1991 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.


1991 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
The 1991 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1991 NCAA Division II football season.


1991 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
Cal State Northridge competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The 1991 Matadors were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Burt. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–4 WFC). The Matadors were outscored by their opponents 175–287 for the season.


1991 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.


1991 Calder Cup playoffs
The 1991 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 2, 1991. Ten teams, five from each division, qualified for the playoffs. The top three teams in each division received a bye for the preliminary round while the fourth- and fifth-placed teams in each division played a two-game series with the winners advancing to the Division Semifinals; if each team won one game, the series winner was decided in sudden-death "super overtime" immediately following Game 2. The eight remaining teams then played best-of-seven series for Division Semifinals and Division Finals.


1991 Calder Cup playoffs
The division champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on May 24, 1991, with the Springfield Indians defeating the Rochester Americans four games to two to win the Calder Cup for the second consecutive year, and the seventh and final time in team history. This was a rematch of the 1990 Calder Cup Final where Springfield defeated Rochester four games to two. Similarly, a Springfield goaltender—this time Kay Whitmore -- won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.


1991 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 1990–91 AHL regular season, the top five teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. The Rochester Americans finished the regular season with the best overall record.


1991 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
In the preliminary round, the fourth-placed team is the home team for both games of the two-game series. In each subsequent round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


1991 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1991 Calgary Stampeders finished in 2nd place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. The Stampeders won their first playoff game(s) since 1979 and also appeared in the Grey Cup game for the first time in 20 years but they lost to the Toronto Argonauts.


1991 California Angels season
The California Angels 1991 season involved the Angels finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.


1991 California Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1991 California Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played, AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1991 California Angels season, Player stats, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1991 California Angels season, Player stats, Starting pitchers, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1991 California Angels season, Player stats, Starting pitchers, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1991 California Bowl
The 1991 California Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 14, 1991 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. The game pitted the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Bowling Green Falcons.


1991 California Bowl, Background
After five seasons that had ranged from mediocre to abysmal, the Falcons replaced Moe Ankney with Gary Blackney, an assistant coach from Ohio State. He began his tenure with a 17-6 win over Eastern Michigan and a 24-17 loss to West Virginia. After that, the Falcons did not lose another game for the rest of the season, winning all eight of their MAC games to win the Mid-American Conference for the first time since 1985.


1991 California Bowl, Background
This was their third bowl game in school history, and it was yet another game versus Fresno State, who had beaten them twice in 1982 and 1985. The Bulldogs began the season with seven straight victories, rising to #25 in the polls before a 20-19 loss to Utah State.


1991 California Bowl, Background
Fresno State finished strong, winning their last three games (over Pacific, Cal State Fullerton, and San Jose State) to clinch a share of the Big West Conference title, with an identical conference record (6-1) to San Jose State, though the Bulldogs would be the one given an invite to the California Bowl for the fifth time (1982, 1985, 1988, and 1989) in ten years.


1991 California Bowl, Game summary
The 14 point underdog Falcons were outrushed and outpassed, but the Falcons jumped out to a 14-0 lead after two touchdowns on the first two possessions. The teams traded touchdowns before going into the half, with the Falcons up 21-14. The second half started with defense, with the third quarter having just 65 yards gained on both sides and 0 points. Derek Mahoney attempted a 26-yard field goal in the third quarter, but the kick fell short. The Falcons took advantage of the miss, driving 80 yards while scoring early in the fourth quarter. The Falcons scored what turned out to be the winning points on a Smith touchdown run, though the Bulldogs clawed back on a Barsotti touchdown pass. There were three changes of possession for the rest of the game, with the last proving to be the most crucial.


1991 California Bowl, Game summary
With 2:29 remaining, Fresno State got the ball back on a Tony Brown interception on the Falcon 1-yard line. The Bulldogs managed to drive the ball all the way to the nine yard line of the Bulldogs, who called their last time out with :24 remaining. A running play gained six yards, making it just three more yards for the potential tying touchdown. Two incomplete passes from Barsotti set up a pivotal fourth and goal with three seconds remaining. On the final play, Barsotti's pass fell incomplete to his covered receivers, as the Falcons completed the upset.


1991 California Bowl, Game summary
The Bulldogs had 24 first downs, 198 rushing yards (on 42 carries), 286 passing yards, three turnovers, and had the ball for 29:14. The Falcons had 22 first downs, 115 rushing yards (on 39 carries), 268 passing yards, two turnovers, and had the ball for 30:46. Blackney was the third coach to ever win 11 games in his first season as coach.


1991 California Bowl, Aftermath
This was the final California Bowl played, due to NCAA certification being lost. The game would move to Las Vegas, Nevada, keeping the tie-ins to the Big West and the MAC while being christened as the Las Vegas Bowl. The Bulldogs joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1992. The Bulldogs won the WAC title in their first two seasons, winning the Freedom Bowl and losing the Aloha Bowl. However, Sweeney's last three season were all losing seasons (the first since 1978-81). The Bulldogs rebounded in 1999 with a WAC title under Sweeney's successor, Pat Hill. Incidentally, his first bowl game was in the successor to this bowl game, the Las Vegas Bowl.


1991 California Golden Bears football team
The 1991 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. California played their home games at Memorial Stadium. Led by head coach Bruce Snyder and quarterback Mike Pawlawski, the Golden Bears won the Florida Citrus Bowl, 37–13, finished with a 10–2 record, and climbed from being unranked in the preseason to being ranked eighth in the final AP Poll. California scored 443 points and allowed 239 points in 12 games.


1991 California Golden Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Mike Pawlawski with 2,517 passing yards, Russell White with 1,177 rushing yards, and Sean Dawkins with 723 receiving yards.


1991 California Golden Bears football team
During their opening game against the Pacific Tigers, California scored so often that the California Victory Cannon on Tightwad Hill ran out of ammunition. This game remains the only such instance in the cannon's history.


1991 California Golden Bears football team, Team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1992 NFL Draft.


1991 Cameroonian Premier League
In the 1991 Cameroonian Premier League season, 16 teams competed. Canon Yaoundé won the championship.


1991 Cameroonian Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Canon Yaoundé won the championship.


1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The 1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby  was won by the selection of  Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Rosario.


1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, "Campeonato" Tournament
The better eight teams played for title. They were divided in two pools of four, the first two each pools admitted to semifinals, the last relegated in secondo divisionPool A.


1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Torneo "Ascenso"
Eight team divided in two pools, the winner of each promoted, the last relegated


1991 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Torneo "Clasificacion"
Was played for the first time a "Third level" tournament, with a promotion in "Ascenso"


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 35th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The competition was won by São Paulo. Santos Futebol Clube's Paulinho McLaren, with 15 goals, was the competition's top goal scorer.


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and São Paulo won the championship. 20 teams played against each other once in the first stage. The four best-placed teams qualified to the semi-finals, played in two legs. The semi-final winners qualified to the final, played in two legs.


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, The final
São Paulo: Zetti; Cafu, Antônio Carlos, Ricardo Rocha and Leonardo; Ronaldão, Bernardo and Raí; Müller, Macedo and Elivélton (Mário Tilico). Head coach: Telê Santana.


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, The final
Bragantino: Marcelo; Gil Baiano, Júnior, Nei and Biro-Biro; Mauro Silva, Alberto and Mazinho Oliveira; Ivair (Luís Müller), Sílvio and Ronaldo Alfredo (Franklin). Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, The final
Bragantino: Marcelo; Gil Baiano, Júnior, Nei and Biro-Biro; Mauro Silva, Alberto and Mazinho Oliveira; Ivair (Luís Müller), Sílvio and João Santos (Franklin). Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, The final
São Paulo: Zetti; Zé Teodoro, Antônio Carlos, Ricardo Rocha and Leonardo; Ronaldão, Bernardo, Cafu and Raí; Macedo and Müller (Flávio). Head coach: Telê Santana.


1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1991, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from February to May 1991. The competition had 64 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A. The competition was won by Paysandu.


1991 Campeonato Carioca
The 1991 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on August 3, 1991 and ended on December 19, 1991. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Twenty-four teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 23rd time. Miguel Couto and Nova Cidade were relegated.


1991 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 71st season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on August 11, 1991 and ended in December 15, 1991. Twenty teams participated. Internacional beat holders Grêmio in the finals and won their 30th title. No teams were relegated.


1991 Campeonato Paulista
The 1991 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional was the 90th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship by the 17th time. São Bento was relegated.


1991 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The twenty-eight teams of the championship were divided into two groups of fourteen teams. The Green Group comprised the teams that had qualified to the Third Phase and the winners of the Second Phase's two groups in the previous year, and the Yellow Group comprised other the ten teams that had been eliminated in the Second Phase, and the four teams that had been promoted from the second level. The bottom team in the Yellow Group would be relegated.


1991 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The Second phase's eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with every team playing twice against the teams of its own group and the winners of each group qualifying to the Finals.


1991 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol
Statistics of Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol in the 1991 season.


1991 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino
The 1991 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio di Fonte dell'Ovo in the City of San Marino in San Marino and was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 29 July until 4 August 1991. First-seeded Guillermo Pérez Roldán won his second consecutive singles title at the event.


1991 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, Finals, Doubles
Jordi Arrese /  Carlos Costa defeated  Christian Miniussi /  Diego Pérez 6–3, 3–6, 6–3


1991 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The 1991 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy that was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and took place from 23 September until 29 September 1991. Unseeded Frédéric Fontang won the singles title.


1991 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Finals, Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Tom Kempers defeated  Emilio Sánchez /  Javier Sánchez 3–6, 6–3, 6–3


1991 Canada Cup
The 1991 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in August and September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeated the USA in a two-game sweep, to win the fifth and final Canada Cup. The tournament was replaced by the World Cup of Hockey in 1996.


1991 Canada Cup
Of the five Canada Cup tournaments, this is the only one in which a team went undefeated; Canada compiled a record of six wins and two ties in eight games. The first tie was a stunning 2–2 result with underdog Finland on the opening day of the tournament, who got spectacular goaltending from Markus Ketterer. Finland surprised many by finishing in third place in the round robin; the first time they had ever qualified for the semi-finals in the history of the Canada Cup. The Americans were also very strong, as they iced their best international line-up to date. They went a perfect 5–0 against European competition in the tournament, while losing three times to Canada.


1991 Canada Cup
The team representing the USSR was relatively weak compared to past tournaments, it did not have many of its top stars due to severe political turmoil at home, many players declining to play for the team, and purposely left off the roster (such as Pavel Bure, Vladimir Konstantinov, etc.) for fears of defection. It was not known until weeks before the start of the tournament that they would even send a team. This was the final major senior event in which a team representing the USSR would play.


1991 Canada Cup
Game 1 of the final is best remembered for the check on Wayne Gretzky by American defenseman Gary Suter, which knocked the Canadian captain out of the tournament and forced him to miss the first month of the NHL season. Game 2 was tied until late in the third period when Steve Larmer scored the tournament winner on a short-handed breakaway.


1991 Canada Cup rosters
Below is the list of national team rosters for the 1991 Canada Cup ice hockey tournament.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 2 June 1991. It was the fifth race of the 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix
The 69-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Benetton-Ford. Piquet took the 23rd and final win of his F1 career after old rival Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, suddenly stopped halfway round the last lap while leading by almost a minute. Stefano Modena took second in a Tyrrell-Honda (which also turned out to be the second and last podium of his career), while Mansell's team-mate Riccardo Patrese was third, having started from pole position.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Pre-race
Between the Monaco and Canadian Grands Prix, Cesare Fiorio had been fired as team manager of Ferrari and had been replaced by Piero Ferrari. Meanwhile, John Barnard had left as Benetton's technical director; he was replaced by Gordon Kimball (father of future IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball). The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve had been modified from the year before: the right-left sequence before the start-finish straight was altered to slow cars down.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Pre-race
On the driver front, Julian Bailey's funding ran out and he was replaced at Lotus by Johnny Herbert, who subsequently failed to qualify for the race, while Alex Caffi was out of action for Footwork as a result of injuries sustained in a road accident. His place was taken by Stefan Johansson.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
As at the previous Grand Prix in Monaco, the pre-qualifying session was dominated by the Scuderia Italia Dallara cars, and the Jordans. With Dallara's Emanuele Pirro fastest ahead of his team-mate JJ Lehto, followed by Jordan's Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot, there was over a second between the four pre-qualifiers and the rest.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Those who failed to progress to the main qualifying sessions included Olivier Grouillard, fifth fastest for Fondmetal, his best result of the season so far. The Modena team was starting to run into financial difficulties, and the performance of their Lambo cars was also slipping, as Nicola Larini and Eric van de Poele ended the session down in sixth and seventh positions. Slowest was Pedro Chaves in the Coloni, despite a new Hart-prepared Cosworth DFR engine.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
In practice Riccardo Patrese had a huge accident, walking away unhurt. In the qualifying sessions, Patrese took pole position from team-mate Mansell, out-qualifying him for the fifth straight race. Senna was third followed by Prost, Moreno, Berger, Alesi, Piquet, Modena, and Pirro.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start, Mansell got away well and led Patrese, Senna, Prost, Berger, and Moreno. Berger went out on lap 4 with electronics problems, while Aguri Suzuki retired when his Lola caught fire. Moreno was out on lap 10 when he spun off, while Prost was suffering from gearbox problems. The Frenchman had managed to hold on while he engaged in a battle with teammate Alesi and Piquet's Benetton.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Mansell led Patrese and Senna on lap 25 when Senna retired, leaving Mansell and Patrese a long way ahead of the Alesi–Prost–Piquet battle. This ended Senna's thus far perfect season, capping his winning streak at 4. Prost retired shortly after with a gearbox failure on lap 27 and Ferrari's misery was compounded on lap 34 when Alesi's engine blew up.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The Williams drivers were now well ahead of the pack, but Piquet closed on Patrese, the Italian suffering from gearbox troubles of his own. In the late stages Patrese was passed by Stefano Modena in the Tyrrell. On the last lap, Mansell led from Piquet, Modena, Patrese, de Cesaris, and Gachot when he suddenly slowed to a halt at the hairpin. There were rumours that Mansell had failed to change gear for the hairpin and stalled the car, or that he had turned off the engine accidentally while waving to the crowd during the final lap.


1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Mansell denied this, saying that the gearbox had gone into neutral as he shifted down, and Williams said that the car had suffered an electrical failure. This is technically true, but was induced by Mansell failing to keep the revs sufficiently high on the engine to drive the electrical and hydraulic systems, thus causing the gearbox barrel to get stuck. When the car was returned to the pits, the engine was re-fired and the gearbox worked perfectly. Piquet thus took an unexpected victory for Benetton at the expense of his old rival Mansell, who was classified sixth. Jordan's five points, their first in Formula One, meant that they would no longer have to pre-qualify when the draw was reshuffled at the halfway point of the season.


1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 1991 Pepsi Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held in Leduc, Alberta.


1991 Canadian Open (tennis)
The 1991 Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 102nd edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1991 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1991 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 22 through July 28, 1991, and the women's event at the  National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from August 5 through August 11, 1991.


1991 Canadian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Patrick Galbraith /  Todd Witsken defeated  Grant Connell /  Glenn Michibata, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1


1991 Canadian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland /  Natalia Zvereva defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková 1–6, 7–5, 6–2


1991 Canadian Open – Men's Singles
Michael Chang was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


1991 Canadian Open – Men's Singles
Andrei Chesnokov won the title, defeating Petr Korda 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season
The 1991 Canadian Soccer League season was the fifth season of play for the Canadian Soccer League, a Division 1 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Format and changes from previous season
Prior to the 1991 season, the league placed four franchises under suspension – Ottawa Intrepid, Edmonton Brick Men, Victoria Vistas, and London Lasers – due to financial difficulties. Ultimately, Ottawa, Edmonton, and Victoria folded, while London requested a one-year leave of absence. To avoid similar problems that the now defunct NASL had in its final year of operation, the league approved a $175,000 salary cap per team to further limit costs.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Format and changes from previous season
In addition, CSL commissioner Dale Barnes retired in January after directing the league since its inception, with Hamilton Steelers owner, Mario DiBartolomeo, taking over the responsibilities on a temporary basis. The league also approved a travel equalization plan that dramatically reduced costs for Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Nova Scotia.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Format and changes from previous season
The Nova Scotia Clippers joined the league as an expansion franchise. In addition, the Kitchener Spirit changed their name to the Kitchener Kickers following an ownership change.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Format and changes from previous season
The league shifted to a single eight-team division, after previously operating two East and West geographical divisions since its inception, resulting in team's playing a balanced schedule for the first time in league history, playing each other clubs four times, twice at home and twice on the road. The point system was also updated along with FIFA's change to 3–1–0 (win–draw–loss). With the shift to a single division, the league reverted to six teams qualifying for the playoffs, with the top two finishers during the season receiving a bye to the semi-finals. The playoff format remained the same as the previous year.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The regular season once again belonged to the Vancouver 86ers, who were only the second team to win 20 regular season games. In the playoffs, Vancouver won their fourth consecutive league title, defeating the Toronto Blizzard in the finals.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Playoffs
The playoffs were conducted with a total points system. Teams earned two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points following the two-game series advanced. If the teams were tied on points, they played a 30-minute mini-game for a bonus point, followed by a penalty shootout if the mini-game remained tied.


1991 Canadian Soccer League season, Honours
The following awards and nominations were awarded for the 1991 season.


1991 Canadian census
The 1991 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was June 4, 1991. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 27,296,859. This was a 7.9% increase over the 1986 Census of 25,309,331.


1991 Canadian census
The previous census was the 1986 census and the following census was in 1996 census.


1991 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1991-1992 was presented by Minister of Finance Michael Wilson in the House of Commons of Canada on 26 February 1991.


1991 Canadian federal budget, Legislative history
Provisions pertaining to federal transferts to provinces (EPF and PUITTA) and Unemployment Insurance were contained in the Budget Implementation Act, 1991 which received royal assent on 17 December 1991.


1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
The 1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 139 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.


1991 Canarian Island Cabildo elections, Island Cabildo control
The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.


1991 Canarian regional election
The 1991 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1991 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1991 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 20 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached three percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 7 for Fuerteventura, 15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.


1991 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1991 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Parliament were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 1991.


1991 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1991 Canarian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.


1991 Cannes Film Festival
The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. The Palme d'Or went to Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.


1991 Cannes Film Festival
The festival opened with Homicide, directed by David Mamet and closed with Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott.


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition:


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or:


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week (30e Semaine de la Critique):


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1991 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


1991 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 1991 Official selection awards:


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 4th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final.


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Final standings
The winner of each world cup race was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 15th place. Only the best three results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the world cup final.


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1
The first world cup race of the season took place in Mezzana from 29 to 30 June.


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2
The second world cup race of the season took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal from 6 to 7 July.


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3
The third world cup race of the season took place in Reals from 10 to 11 July.


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 4
The fourth world cup race of the season took place at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Ontario from 24 to 25 August.


1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Final
The final world cup race of the season took place in Wausau, Wisconsin from 31 August to 1 September.


1991 Cantabrian regional election
The 1991 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1991 Cantabrian regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under incumbent President Jaime Blanco went on to win its first and only regional election in Cantabria. Juan Hormaechea's Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA), a split from the People's Party (PP), won 15 seats and 33% of the vote, with the PP vote collapsing to 6 seats and 14% of the vote as a result. The Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) suffered from the UPCA's surge and returned to its 1983 results, while the Democratic and Social Centre did not reach the required 5% threshold and was expelled from parliament.


1991 Cantabrian regional election
Juan Hormaechea managed to get re-elected as regional President thanks to a UPCA-PP agreement. He had been forced to resign in late 1990, after a no-confidence motion was passed against him by an alliance of PSOE, PP, PRC and CDS.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Background
The 1987 election had seen AP candidate Juan Hormaechea win the election with 19 out of 39 seats, 1 short for the absolute majority. Hormaechea, who had been Mayor of Santander between 1974 and 1987 and stood as an independent within AP, was elected as President of Cantabria thanks to the abstention vote of the CDS two deputies.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Background
However, from the beginning Hormaechea's tenure as regional President was controversial. Shortly after being elected, in August 1987, Hormaechea announced "difficulties" in forming a regional government, claiming pressures from AP to force him to name prominent party members as regional ministers, accusing AP of "seeking to create wealth for themselves instead of wanting to serve the region" and threatening to resign from his office. The government crisis was temporarily solved with the naming of three independents and four AP members as regional ministers.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Background
Hormaechea would star another incidents throughout the legislature, including insults to other parties' deputies, accusations to the Assembly Speaker Eduardo Obregón (PSOE) of official misconduct (which resulted in a legal complaint against Hormaechea), as well as accusations from the three opposition parties (PSOE, PRC and CDS) of a continued disregard for the regional chamber. Hormaechea was also accused of political misconduct, such as extorting other deputies in exchange of their votes, bribing MPs from other parties, as well as influence peddling favoring family members and physically attacking a PSOE senator.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Background
Further, in late 1989, a controversy arose after Hormaechea declared he was not supporting the People's Party, successor party to AP, for that year's general election. From that point, the deteriorating relationship between the PP and Hormaechea as a result of the latter's personalism and marginalization of the party's structure in the region triggered a political crisis.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Background
Hormaechea's insults to party leaders in late 1990 motivated the PP's decision not to choose him as candidate for the incoming 1991 election, as well as the party presenting a motion of censure on Hormaechea to remove him from the regional government, with the support from the PSOE, PRC and CDS, electing PSOE leader Jaime Blanco as the head of a coalition administration for the remainder of the legislature. This caused a split within the regional PP, with 12 deputies supporting Hormaechea and 7 supporting the no-confidence motion against him. Hormaechea's grouping went on to form a separate party, the Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA), to stand for the 1991 election.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Regional Assembly of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Cantabrian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Regional Deputation. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 39 members of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Cantabria. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria expired four years after the date of its previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Regional Assembly were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 1991.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Regional Assembly of Cantabria could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Campaign
The unveiling of irregularities within the finances of Hormaechea's government conducted by Blanco's coalition government marked the electoral campaign into the 1991 election. Hormaechea's management of the regional budget had left a public debt worth of 80,000 million pesetas, while auditors discovered expenditures during the 1987-1990 period that were difficult to justify, with evidence pointing to embezzlement during Hormaechea's tenure.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Campaign
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) tried to benefit from the split in the centre-right vote, with former Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Guerra asking conservative voters to vote the PSOE "for this time", reminding the chaotic political situation of the community as a result of the infighting between former President Juan Hormaechea and the People's Party leadership.


1991 Cantabrian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 20 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria.


1991 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 13 January 1991, the country's first multi-party elections, having previously been a one-party state with the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) as the sole legal party. The number of seats was reduced from 83 to 79. The result was a victory for the Movement for Democracy, which won 56 of the 79 seats. Voter turnout was 75.3%.


1991 Cape Verdean presidential election
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Cape Verde on 17 February 1991, as previously the National Assembly had elected the President. The result was a victory for António Mascarenhas Monteiro of the Movement for Democracy, which had also won the parliamentary elections the previous month. He defeated incumbent Aristides Pereira of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde. Voter turnout was 61.4%.


1991 Cappagh killings
The 1991 Cappagh killings was a gun attack by the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 3 March 1991 in the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A unit of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade drove to the staunchly republican village and shot dead three Provisional IRA volunteers and a Catholic civilian at Boyle's Bar.


1991 Cappagh killings
Although nobody was ever charged in connection with the killings, it was widely believed by nationalists and much of the press that the attack had been planned and led by Billy Wright, the leader of the Mid-Ulster Brigade's Portadown unit. Wright himself took credit for this and boasted to the Guardian newspaper, "I would look back and say Cappagh was probably our best", though some sources are skeptical about his claim.


1991 Cappagh killings
There were allegations of collusion between the UVF and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) in the shootings.


1991 Cappagh killings, The shootings
On the evening of Sunday 3 March 1991, a unit of the Ulster Volunteer Force's Mid-Ulster Brigade drove into the heartland of the East Tyrone IRA, intent on wiping out an entire IRA unit that was based in the County Tyrone village of Cappagh. One team of the UVF men waited outside Boyle's Bar, whilst a second team waited on the outskirts of the town.


1991 Cappagh killings, The shootings
At 10.30 p.m. when a car pulled-up in the carpark outside the bar, the UVF gunmen opened fire with vz. 58 assault rifles, killing Provisional IRA volunteers John Quinn (23), Dwayne O'Donnell (17) and Malcolm Nugent (20). The victims and car were riddled with bullets. According to author Thomas G. Mitchell, Quinn, O’Donnell and Nugent were part of an IRA Active Service Unit (ASU). The gunmen then attempted to enter the pub but were unable to after the civilians inside realised what was happening and barricaded the door.


1991 Cappagh killings, The shootings
Unable to get into the bar, a UVF gunman shot through a high open toilet window killing local civilian, Thomas Armstrong (50) and badly wounding a 21-year-old man. Their intended target, IRA commander Brian Arthurs, escaped with his life by crouching behind the bar during the shooting. According to the Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN), the three IRA volunteers had only chosen to go to the pub "on the spur of the moment", thus they were unlikely to have been the UVF's original target.


1991 Cappagh killings, The shootings
After the attack, the UVF issued a statement: "This was not a sectarian attack on the Catholic community, but was an operation directed at the very roots of the Provisional IRA command structure in the Armagh–Tyrone area". The statement concluded with the promise that "if the Provisional IRA were to cease its campaign of terror, the Ulster Volunteer Force would no longer deem it necessary to continue with their military operations".


1991 Cappagh killings, The shootings
Privately the UVF were hugely pleased with the attack in a republican heartland and Billy Wright, leader of the Portadown unit of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade, who was alleged to have been centrally involved, told Jim Cusack and Henry McDonald the killings were "one of things we did militarily in thirty years. We proved we could take the war to the Provos in one of their strongest areas".


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
It was widely believed by nationalists and much of the media that the man who led the attack was Portadown UVF leader Billy Wright. According to investigative journalist Paul Larkin in his book A Very British Jihad: collusion, conspiracy and cover-up in Northern Ireland, a UVF volunteer who also participated in the Cappagh attack alleged that the other gunmen were forced to drag Wright into the car as he had become so frenzied once he had started shooting that he didn't want to stop. Wright was arrested by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) after the killings.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
During interrogation he told police he had been in Dungannon the evening of the attack. The RUC confirmed his alibi and he was released. Journalist Peter Taylor, on the other hand, said that he had been told by reliable UVF sources that Wright had not been involved at Cappagh. Whatever the truth of his involvement it was the Cappagh killings that propelled the still shadowy figure of "King Rat" into the popular media and his nickname soon became a by-word for UVF violence as a result of the attack.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
The attack was a surprise to the IRA's East Tyrone Brigade as it was different from previous loyalist attacks. Thomas Mitchell suggested that it was the "most effective attack ever mounted by the loyalists against a republican target". Wright considered Cappagh to have been a successful UVF operation and took personal credit for "wiping them out". He discussed this in the Guardian newspaper:


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
I genuinely believe that we were very successful, and that may sound morbid but they know that we hammered them into the ground and we didn't lose one volunteer. Indeed, members of the security forces had said that we done what they couldn't do, we put the East Tyrone brigade of the IRA on the run. It was the East Tyrone brigade which was carrying on the war in the North, including in Belfast. East Tyrone were decimated, the UVF wiped them out and that's not an idle boast.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
When asked about the military importance of specific UVF operations, Wright replied, "I would look back and say that Cappagh was probably our best".


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
The shootings took place in an area that is strongly republican with a notable IRA tradition and presence; accordingly, the locals were suspicious of strangers or unusual activity. Moreover, the lack of roadblocks following the emergency call which had allowed the gunmen to flee in the getaway car through winding country backroads that were difficult to access and exit if one was not familiar with them led journalist Peter Taylor to allege that the UVF unit probably received help from the security forces.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
Taylor suggested that the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was the authority in the best position to have known the exact movements of the IRA volunteers and to have passed-on the relevant information to the UVF hit squad. Police said that a rifle-muzzle cover like those used by British soldiers was found at the scene and was under forensic examination.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
In 2020 a Historical Enquiries Team report released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) revealed that intelligence had been received some time after the attack which named three serving UDR soldiers as responsible for the killings. The three soldiers named and two close associates (one of whom was also a UDR member) were arrested in December 1991 and questioned for several days about the Cappagh shootings and the murder of Sinn Féin member Tommy Casey near Cookstown in October 1990, before being released without charge.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
The arrests came from a joint investigation by the British Army and the RUC into security forces collusion in east Tyrone between 1988 and 1991. The RUC and British Army examination of intelligence relating to several murders and attempted murders between 1988 and 1991 "highlighted concerns in relation to several members of 8 UDR" - which covered parts of County Tyrone and had bases in Aughnacloy, Dungannon and Cookstown. The Historical Enquiries Team believed there were "probably four or five cases where UDR soldiers are linked to killings".


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
One of the vz. 58 assault rifles used in the attack, serial number R18837, was linked by the Historical Enquiries Team using forensic evidence or ballistic intelligence to as many as 12 murders and two attempted murders in eight separate different incidents in the east Tyrone and south Londonderry areas. The final victim of the weapon, 76-year-old Roseanne Mallon, was shot dead as she sat in a relative’s house near Dungannon in May 1994. The rifle was recovered nearby days later by the RUC.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
The rifle's stock had been removed and the letter 'T' and 'UVF' had been punched or drilled onto the rear plate. The Weapons and Explosives Research Centre, which was run by RUC Special Branch, had claimed the gun used to kill Roseanne Mallon had no known history; a coroner who presided at her inquest later said this claim was “entirely wrong”.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations
Wright shortly afterwards assumed command of the Mid-Ulster Brigade, taking over from Robin "The Jackal" Jackson, who had led the brigade since 1975. Wright formed the breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1996, after he and his Portadown unit were stood down by the UVF Brigade Staff for breaking the group's ceasefire. He was shot dead in the Maze Prison on 27 December 1997 by three inmates, all of whom were members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations, The Committee
Further allegations about the nature of the killing and the involvement of collusion were made in Sean McPhilemy's controversial book The Committee. According to Jim Sands, an Ulster Independence Movement activist and self-described member of the Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee who gave McPhilemy information about its activities, three car-loads of UVF members, including Wright, had travelled to Cappagh on the day of the shooting but had been directed there by a fourth car containing members of the RUC close to the committee.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations, The Committee
As a result of this escort, the cars were able to pass through two police checkpoints, one outside Pomeroy and the other outside Dungannon. Sands added that the attack had been planned hastily, based on intelligence that a meeting of the IRA's East Tyrone Brigade was taking place at the bar. Members of the RUC's "Inner Force", as Sands named those he claimed to be in league with the committee, had met with Wright in Dungannon and quickly drew up plans for the attack.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations, The Committee
Sands would later claim that ten UVF members had been involved in the attack and that this had constituted the entirety of the "Rat Pack", as Wright's hit team was known. He also added that Mid-Ulster Brigade commander Robin Jackson had been angry that the Rat Pack had not forced their way fully into the bar and killed all the patrons but according to Sands this was the hallmark of an Inner Force hit as they employed a quick in and quick out approach to avoid complications and minimise the possibility of witnesses.


1991 Cappagh killings, Allegations, The Committee
In a subsequent interview carried out by journalist John Coulter with an anonymous figure who claimed to have been a member of the RUC Inner Force, the Committee member claimed that the main target of the raid on the bar had in fact not been killed in the attack. He did not reveal who this target had been.


1991 Cappagh killings, Provisional IRA retaliation
The Provisional IRA initially did not acknowledge that three of the victims were within its ranks, apparently with the aim of garnering sympathy from the wider world (particularly in the Republic) towards nationalists in Northern Ireland.


1991 Cappagh killings, Provisional IRA retaliation
The first reprisal took place on 9 April 1991, when alleged UVF member Derek Ferguson, a cousin of local MP Reverend William McCrea, was shot and killed in Coagh by members of the East Tyrone Brigade. His family denied any paramilitary links. In the months following the 1991 shootings, two former UDR soldiers were killed by the IRA near Cappagh. One of them was shot dead while driving along Altmore Road on 5 August 1991.


1991 Cappagh killings, Provisional IRA retaliation
The other former soldier was blown up by an IRA bomb planted inside his car at Kildress on 25 April 1993; it was claimed that he had loyalist paramilitary connections. The 1993 bombing led to allegations that the IRA was killing Protestant land-owners in Tyrone and Fermanagh in an orchestrated campaign to drive Protestants out of the region. There were at least five botched IRA attempts against the life of Billy Wright before the INLA succeeded in killing him in 1997 inside the Maze Prison.


1991 Cappagh killings, 1974 attack
This was not the first time the UVF carried out an attack on Boyle's Bar in Cappagh. On 17 January 1974 at around 19:40 two masked UVF gunmen entered the pub and opened fire indiscriminately on the customers with a Sterling submachine gun and a Smith & Wesson revolver, firing at least 35 shots. A Catholic civilian and retired farmer Daniel Hughes (73) was shot 11 times and killed in the attack and three other people were injured. A group calling itself the "Donaghmore-Pomeroy Battalion of the UVF" claimed responsibility for the shooting. The attack was linked to the notorious Glenanne gang.


1991 Cardiff City Council election
The 1991 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to the district council of Cardiff in South Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in Wales and England. The Labour Party regained a majority on Cardiff City Council, after sharing government for the previous four years.


1991 Cardiff City Council election
The previous Cardiff City Council took place in 1987. The 1991 election was to be the final election to the district council before its dissolution and replacement, in 1995, by the new County Council of the City and County of Cardiff unitary authority.


1991 Cardiff City Council election, Overview
All 65 council seats were up for election, though the election in the safe Conservative ward of Heath was delayed, with the results coming later (though not affecting Labour's majority control). Since 1987 Labour had governed in coalition with the SDP-Liberal Alliance. Following the 1991 election it regained a majority on the council.


1991 Cardiff City Council election, Overview
One of the major upsets of the election was the next Cardiff Lord Mayor-to-be, Gerald Brinks, losing his Roath seat. His designated successor, Anthea Thomas, also lost her seat in Llanishen. This meant Cllr Jeff Sainsbury unexpectedly became the new Lord Mayor, four years earlier than planned, as well as leader of the Conservative group on the council.


1991 Cardiff City Council election, Overview
Labour made 11 gains and lost only one seat, to Independent Betty Campbell, in Butetown. The Conservatives lost 8 seats and the Liberal Democrats lost three.


1991 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Heath (3 seats)
The contest in the Heath ward was suspended until after the main election, with the result declared at a later date.


1991 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)
(a) Elections Centre source also indicates pre-existing 'retiring' ward councillors, whether candidate is female, compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward


1991 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)
(b) South Wales Echo source also indicates pre-existing 'retiring' ward councillors, candidates' full initials, whether the result was 'no change' or a 'gain'


1991 Caribbean Cup
The 1991 Caribbean Cup (known as the Shell Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the Caribbean Cup, the football championship of the Caribbean, one of the CONCACAF zones. The final round of the competition was held from the 24 May to 2 June and saw six teams qualifying through to the final round where they joined defending champions Trinidad and Tobago and hosts Jamaica.


1991 Caribbean Cup
The eight teams (seven after Cuba withdrew from the competition) were separated into two groups of four with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the knockout stage where the semi-finals winners qualifying through to the Gold Cup which was held four weeks after the Caribbean tournament. In the final, Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 with goals from Paul Davis and Winston Anglin securing Jamaica's first title as they qualified to the Gold Cup with Trinidad and Tobago. In the third place play-off, Saint Lucia defeated Guyana 4-1.


1991 Caribbean Cup, Qualifying tournament
Jamaica (as hosts) and  Trinidad and Tobago (as holders) qualified for thefinal stage automatically.


1991 Caribbean Cup, Qualifying tournament, Group 3
Cuba received a bye to the Final Stage, apparently because of regional strength.


1991 Caribbean Series
The thirty-third edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was a baseball competition played in 1991. It was held from February 2 through February 9 with the champion teams from the Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Potros de Tijuana; Puerto Rico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and Venezuela, Cardenales de Lara. All games were held at Bobby Maduro Stadium in Miami, Florida.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
Unlike previous years, the four teams played a six-game round robin schedule, each team facing the other teams once, followed by a three-game playoff round and a best-of-three series.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
This time, the Tigres del Licey became the first Dominican Republic club to clinch two Caribbean Series titles with an undefeated record. The Tigres had won its first title in 1971 edition. As a result, Licey is the only team with an undefeated record in two editions of the Series.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
Licey, with John Roseboro at the helm, won the Series behind a strong offensive outburst and fine pitching performance, outscoring its rivals 50–8 to set a Series record. In the first round, the Dominican team defeated Puerto Rico 8–2, blanked Mexico 4–0, and crushed Venezuela 12–1. Then, they extended their overwhelming dominance over Venezuela in the final round with scores of 13–4 and 13–1.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
Outfielders Gerónimo Berroa (.479 BA) and Jerry Brooks (.473) led the Series hitters and shared MVP honors. Licey also received offensive support from Henry Rodríguez, Andújar Cedeño, Francisco Cabrera, Gilberto Reyes, Juan Bell and Silvestre Campusano. The pitching staff was headed by Mélido Pérez, who posted a 2-0 record and a perfect 0.00 ERA in 12 innings pitched.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
Other contributions came from Juan Guzmán (1-0, 2.35 ERA, 7⅔ IP) and Efraín Valdez (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP), being backed by a bullpen that featured Rod Beck, Jeff Hartsock, Mel Rojas and José Tapia. Also in the roster were Pedro Astacio, Braulio Castillo, Stan Javier and José Rijo.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
Each of the remaining teams finished 1-2 in the round-robin part of the tournament, leading to a semi final playoff in which Venezuela beat both Mexico and Puerto Rico once each. The Venezuelan Cardenales de Lara included players as Luis Aponte, Willie Banks, Derek Bell, William Cañate, Giovanni Carrara, Tony Castillo, José Escobar, Tobias Hernández, Alexis Infante, Randy Knorr, Robert Pérez, Luis Sojo, Mike Timlin and Mark Whiten.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Mexican Potros de Tijuana recorded their lone win against Venezuela during the round-robin with a 10-hit, 3–0 shutout, on a combined pitching effort. Their roster included Matías Carrillo, Vinny Castilla, Tommy Hinzo, José Tolentino and Ray Torres, among others.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
Puerto Rico's Cangrejeros de Santurce disappointed, even though they fielded an impressive squad which included Eric Anthony, Luis Aquino, Kevin Brown, Jacob Brumfield, Casey Candaele, Mike Cubbage, Carlos Delgado, Tony Fossas, Leo Gómez, Mark Lemke, Jaime Navarro, Andy Tomberlin and David West. The Cangrejeros defeated Tijuana, 6–1, for their only victory in the tournament.


1991 Caribbean Series, Summary
The playing format, which was named Winterball I, was not used again in the Series.


1991 Carlow County Council election
An election to Carlow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


1991 Carmarthen District Council election
An election to Carmarthen District Council was held on 2 May 1991. It was preceded by the 1987 election and followed, after local government reorganization, by the first election to Carmarthenshire County Council in 1995. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.


1991 Carmarthen District Council election, Overview
There were some limited changes as a result of the election, including the capture of three seats by the Labour Party in Carmarthen Town.


1991 Carmarthen District Council election, Results, Carmarthen Town West (three seats)
An Independent candidate had won a seat at a by-election following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councilor Malcolm Jones.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election
The 1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Cortes of the autonomous community of Castile and León. All 84 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Castile and León were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castile and León, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Leonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
All members of the Cortes of Castile and León were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, being allocated one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Cortes of Castile and León expired four years after the date of their previous election. Legal amendments earlier in 1991 established that elections to the Cortes were to be fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 10 June 1987, setting the election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 26 May 1991.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The Cortes of Castile and León could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected procurators merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1991 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 43 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Castile and León.


1991 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
The 1991 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 3rd Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 47 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1991 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
For the third consecutive time, the election was won by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, which under José Bono obtained a new absolute majority, with 27 out of 47 seats and over 52% of the share. The People's Party (PP), a party formed in 1989 from the merger of the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party and the Liberal Party (PL), obtained 19 seats and 35.9% of the vote. United Left (IU) entered the Courts for the first time with 1 seat.


1991 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
The three parties' gains came at the cost of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which lost 2/3 of its votes and its 4 seats, being expelled from the Courts as a result.


1991 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Manchegan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta of Communities. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1991 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 47 members of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of five seats, with the remaining 22 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.