1991 Fiesta Bowl

The 1991 Sunkist Fiesta Bowl, part of the 1990 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1991, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Louisville Cardinals, competing as a football independent. In what was the 20th anniversary of the Fiesta Bowl, Louisville won the game 34–7.

Teams

Alabama

The 1990 Alabama squad opened the season ranked No. 13 only to be upset by Southern Miss in the opening game en route to an 0–3 start. Following a victory over Auburn in the Iron Bowl, the Crimson Tide finished the regular season with a record of 7–4 and accepted a bid to play in the Fiesta Bowl.^[1] The appearance marked the first for Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl, and the first for Gene Stallings as Alabama's head coach.

Louisville

Game summary

Cardinals quarterback Browning Nagle started the scoring with a 70-yard touchdown pass to Latrell Ware to give Louisville an early 7–0 lead.^[2] Running back Ralph Dawkins scored next on a 5-yard touchdown run to increase Louisville's lead to 13–0.^[2] Nagle later threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Cummings giving the Cards a 19–0 lead after the 2-point conversion attempt failed.^[2] Alabama's next possession resulted in a blocked punt, which Louisville recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. Another failed 2-point conversion kept the lead at 25–0, a huge lead Louisville raced to after one quarter.^[2]

In the second quarter, Louisville had the ball again, before backup quarterback Jeff Brohm threw an interception, that was returned 49 yards for an Alabama touchdown. The interception returned for a touchdown cut the lead to 25–7, but those would be the only points Alabama would score the entire game. Louisville's defense shut down the powerful Alabama offense.^[2]

In the third quarter, Nagle threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Cummings to give Louisville a 32–7 lead. Louisville's last points came in the fourth quarter on a safety, when Alabama's quarterback was called for intentional grounding in the end zone.^[2]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Louisville	Alabama
1	7:35	2	73		Louisville	Latrell Ware 70-yard touchdown reception from Browning Nagle, Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick good	7	0
1	3:40	6	26		Louisville	Ralph Dawkins 5-yard touchdown run, Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick no good (blocked)	13	0
1	00:54	6	77		Louisville	Anthony Cummings 37-yard touchdown reception from Browning Nagle, 2-point pass incomplete	19	0
1	00:01	1	12		Louisville	Ray Buchanan recovery of a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown, 2-point pass failed	25	0
2	7:32	1	49		Alabama	Interception returned 49 yards for touchdown by Charles Garner, Philip Doyle kick good	25	7
3	10:17	5	59		Louisville	Anthony Cummings 19-yard touchdown reception from Browning Nagle, Ron Bell kick good	32	7
4	10:16	1	5		Louisville	Safety awarded after Danny Woodson was called for intentional grounding in the endzone	34	7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							34	7

References

↑ Hurt, Cecil (December 3, 1990). "Alabama's win defuses negatives in recruiting". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1C.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Hurt, Cecil (January 2, 1991). "Nightmare returns; Cards stun Alabama". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1B. Retrieved January 7, 2011.

1990–91 NCAA football bowl game season

California (Dec. 8) Independence (Dec. 15) Aloha (Dec. 25) Liberty (Dec. 27) Blockbuster (Dec. 28) All-American (Dec. 28) Peach (Dec. 29) Freedom (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Copper (Dec. 31) John Hancock (Dec. 31) Hall of Fame (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1)

Fiesta Bowl Game

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Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1996, 1999, and 2003. There was a Fiesta Bowl in January and December in 1997, 2014, and 2016. The game will be a College Football Playoff semifinal in its December 2016 edition.

Alabama Crimson Tide bowl games

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Louisville Cardinals bowl games

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