1991 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

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1991 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Nevada Wolf Pack alternate logo (vect).svg
BSC champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 28–30 vs. Youngstown State
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
1991 record12–1 (8–0 BSC)
Head coach
  • Chris Ault (16th season)
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
(Capacity: 14,000)
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Big Sky Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Nevada $^ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
No. 15 Weber State ^ 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Montana 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Eastern Washington 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Idaho 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Boise State 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Idaho State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Northern Arizona 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Montana State 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1991 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 16th season under head coach Chris Ault, the Wolf Pack compiled a 12–2 record (8–0 against conference opponents), won the BSC championship and lost to Youngstown State, the eventual national champion, in the NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.[1][2]

This was the Wolf Pack's last year as a member of the BSC and I-AA (now FCS) as they joined the Big West Conference and the NCAA Division I-A—now the known as the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)—for the 1992 season.

Previous season[]

The Wolf Pack finished the 1990 season 13–2 and 7–1 in BSC play to finish in first place and lost the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game to Georgia Southern by a score of 36–13.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7UNLV*No. 5
W 50–824,123
September 14Northwestern State*No. 2
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 45–1418,382
September 21North Texas*No. 1
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 72–019,180[3]
September 28Montana StateNo. 1
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 54–1218,005
October 51:00 p.m.at No. 14 IdahoNo. 1
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
W 31–2314,500
October 12Idaho StatedaggerNo. 1
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 41–2022,630
October 19at Eastern WashingtonNo. 1
  • Woodward Field
  • Cheney, WA
W 51–14
October 26No. 10 Boise StateNo. 1
W 17–1427,668
November 2Weber StateNo. 1
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 55–4921,031
November 9at MontanaNo. 1
W 35–28 2OT
November 16at Northern ArizonaNo. 1
W 45–16
November 30No. 19 McNeese State*No. 1
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)
W 22–1615,962
December 7No. 13 Youngstown State*No. 1
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)
L 28–3013,476
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

References[]

  1. ^ "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 137. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Wipeout - Nevada 72, North Texas 0". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 22, 1991. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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