1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Down (4th win)
Captain Paddy O'Rourke
Manager Pete McGrath
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Down
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Colm O'Rourke (Meath)
1990
1992

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September 1990. Down defeated Meath in the final by a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-14. The Ulster county's victory was to be the start of four consecutive All-Ireland titles for the province. For Meath, it was their second consecutive defeat in a final, having lost to Cork in the 1990 final.

The Championship was noted for the tie between Dublin and Meath that took three replays to decide.

Results

Connacht

2 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Mayo 6-14 – 2-9 London
Ruislip
Attendance: 5,000

9 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Leitrim 1-16 – 0-5 Sligo
Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 8,000

23 June 1991
Semi-Final
Mayo 3-11 – 0-8 Galway
Castlebar
Attendance: 18,000

30 June 1991
Semi-Final
Roscommon 0-12 – 0-8 Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 11,000

14 July 1991
Final
Mayo 0-14 – 0-14 Roscommon
Castlebar
Attendance: 25,000

28 July 1991
Final Replay
Mayo 1-9 – 0-13 Roscommon
Roscommon
Attendance: 24,000

Leinster

19 May 1991
Preliminary Round
Wexford 3-14 – 2-7 Carlow

26 May 1991
Preliminary Round
Louth 2-13 – 2-12 Longford

2 June 1991
Preliminary Round
Meath 1-12 – 1-12 Dublin
Croke Park
Attendance: 30,000

9 June 1991
Preliminary Round-Replay
Dublin 1-11 – 1-11
AET
Meath
Croke Park
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Tommy Howard

23 June 1991
Preliminary Round-Replay No. 2
Meath 1-14 – 2-11
AET
Dublin
Croke Park
Attendance: 64,000

6 July 1991
Preliminary Round-Replay No.3
Meath 2-10 – 0-15 Dublin
Croke Park
Attendance: 62,000

16 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Louth 2-11 – 2-10 Kildare

16 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Offaly 1-7 – 0-7 Wexford
Wexford
Referee: D Guerin

14 July 1991
Quarter-Final
Meath 1-9 – 0-12 Wicklow

21 July 1991
Quarter-Final Replay
Meath 1-12 – 1-9 Wicklow

7 July 1991
Semi-Final
Laois 1-10 – 2-7 Louth

14 July 1991
Semi-Final Replay
Laois 2-14 – 0-12 Louth

28 July 1991
Semi-Final
Meath 2-13 – 0-7 Offaly
Croke Park
Referee: J Woods

10 August 1991
Final
Meath 1-11 – 0-8 Laois

Munster

In 1991 for the first time in years the Munster football championship gets rid of its seeded draw system and moves to an open draw.

26 May 1991
Quarter-Final
Kerry 5-16 – 2-12 Clare

26 May 1991
Quarter-Final
Limerick 0-14 – 2-7 Tipperary

16 June 1991
Semi-Final
Kerry 1-10 – 0-11 Cork

23 June 1991
Semi-Final
Limerick 0-13 – 0-11 Waterford

21 July 1991
Final
Kerry 0-23 – 3-12 Limerick

Ulster

19 May 1991
Preliminary Round
Derry 1-9 – 1-8 Tyrone

26 May 1991
Quarter-Final
Fermanagh 3-12 – 1-8 Antrim
Casement Park, Belfast
Referee: T Mc Dermott

2 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Donegal 2-14 – 0-12 Cavan

9 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Down 1-7 – 0-8 Armagh

16 June 1991
Quarter-Final
Derry 0-13 – 0-8 Monaghan

23 June 1991
Semi-Final
Donegal 1-18 – 0-13 Fermanagh

30 June 1991
Semi-Final
Down 0-13 – 1-10 Derry

14 July 1991
Semi-Final Replay
Down 0-14 – 0-9 Derry

28 July 1991
Final
Down 1-15 – 0-10 Donegal
Clones
Attendance: 22,000

All-Ireland

11 August 1991
Semi-Final
Down 2-9 - 0-8 Kerry

18 August 1991
Semi-Final
Meath 0-15 - 1-11 Roscommon

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15 September 1991
Final
Down 1-16 - 1-14 Meath