1991 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

American college football season

1991 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 28–30 vs. Youngstown State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	12–1 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Chris Ault (16th season)
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium
Seasons← 1990 1992 →

1991 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	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
Boise State	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Idaho	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Washington	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Idaho State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
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.

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	UNLV*	No. 5	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)	W 50–8	24,123
September 14	Northwestern State*	No. 2	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 45–14	18,382
September 21	North Texas*	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 72–0	19,180
September 28	Montana State	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 54–12	18,005
October 5	at No. 14 Idaho	No. 1	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 31–23	14,500
October 12	Idaho State	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 41–20	22,630
October 19	at Eastern Washington	No. 1	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 51–14	4,704
October 26	No. 10 Boise State	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (rivalry)	W 17–14	27,668
November 2	Weber State	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 55–49	21,031
November 9	at Montana	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 35–28	12,644
November 16	at Northern Arizona	No. 1	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 45–16	3,679
November 30	No. 19 McNeese State*	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 22–16	15,962
December 7	No. 13 Youngstown State*	No. 1	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 28–30	13,476
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

"Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 137. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
"Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
"Rivalry? Pack routs Rebels". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 8, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Nevada's Gatlin pleases big crowd". The Montana Standard. September 15, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Wipeout - Nevada 72, North Texas 0". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 22, 1991. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Nevada grinds up Bobcats". Great Falls Tribune. September 29, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Sahlberg, Bert (October 6, 1991). "Vandal offense takes second half off in 31-23 loss". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
"Nevada finally subdues Bengals". The Billings Gazette. October 13, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Wolf Pack leaves EWU cold". The Spokesman-Review. October 20, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Buddy's block bails out Pack". Reno Gazette-Journal. October 27, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Behind 49–14, Nevada stuns Weber State". The Billings Gazette. November 3, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Pack comes back to beat Grizzlies". The Independent-Record. November 10, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Washington's three TSs lead Nevada over N. Arizona 45–16". The Sacramento Bee. November 17, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Not pretty, but a win". Reno Gazette-Journal. December 1, 1991. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Nevada comes up short, loses to Youngstown State". The Sacramento Bee. December 8, 1991. Retrieved January 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Nevada Wolf Pack football
Venues	Evans Field (1896–1905) Mackay Field and Stadium (I) (1915–1965) Mackay Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State UNLV (Fremont Cannon)
Culture & lore	Alphie and Wolfie Jr. KTHX-FM
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Big Sky Conference football champions
College Division / Division II	Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977)
I-AA/FCS	Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) Montana State (2024)
National championships in bold

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