1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

American college football season

1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles football

Conference| Mid-American Conference
Record| 3–7–1 (3–4–1 MAC)
Head coach|

* Jim Harkema (9th season)

Offensive coordinator| Bill Schmitz (1st season)
Captain| Game captains
Home stadium| Rynearson Stadium

Seasons

<- 1990

1992 ->

1991 Mid-American Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bowling Green $  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
Central Michigan | 3  | - | 1  | - | 4 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 4
Miami (OH) | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 1
Toledo | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 1
Ball State | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Western Michigan | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Eastern Michigan | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 1
Ohio | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 1
Kent State | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jim Harkema, the Eagles compiled a 3–7–1 record (3–4–1 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Mid-American Conference, and were outscored by their opponents, 232 to 144. The team lost to two Big Ten Conference opponents, Purdue (3–49) and Wisconsin (6–21).[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Kwame McKinnon with 849 passing yards, Cameron Moss with 452 rushing yards, and Jon Pfeifer with 241 receiving yards.[3]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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August 31| at Bowling Green|

* Doyt Perry Stadium
* Bowling Green, OH

| L 6–17|
September 7| at Purdue*|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| L 3–49|
September 14| at Miami (OH)|

* Yager Stadium
* Oxford, OH

| L 3–29|
September 21| Louisiana Tech*|

* Rynearson Stadium
* Ypsilanti, MI

| L 14–17| [4]
September 28| at Wisconsin*|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| L 6–21|
October 5| at Kent State|

* Dix Stadium
* Kent, OH

| W 21–20|
October 12| Ball State|

* Rynearson Stadium
* Ypsilanti, MI

| L 8–10|
October 19| Western Michigan|

* Rynearson Stadium
* Ypsilanti, MI

| W 42–24|
November 2| Central Michigan |

* Rynearson Stadium
* Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)

| T 14–14|
November 9| at Ohio|

* Peden Stadium
* Athens, OH

| W 13–10|
November 16| Toledo|

* Rynearson Stadium
* Ypsilanti, MI

| L 14–21|

* *Non-conference game

## Personnel

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1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB | `` | Kwame McKinnon | Fr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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| `30` | Cazzie Nelson
| `5` | Ronald Rice
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `` | Jim Langeloh

Head coach

* Jim Harkema

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## References

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1. ^ "1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
2. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 166, 170. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
3. ^ "1991 Eastern Michigan Eagles Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
4. ^ "Late FG does in EMU". Detroit Free Press. September 22, 1991. Retrieved July 14, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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Eastern Michigan Eagles football

Venues|

* Normal Field (1927–1936)
* Briggs Field (1937–1968)
* Rynearson Stadium (1969–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Central Michigan
* Central Michigan, Western Michigan: Michigan MAC Trophy

Culture & lore|

* Marching band
* Swoop

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

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