1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:1991
Dates:19 May – 15 September 1991
Teams:32
Team:Down
Titles:4th
Team2:Meath
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Meath
Ulster:Down
Connacht:Roscommon
Topscorer: Brian Stafford (4-62)
Matches:38
Next:1992

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 105th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 19 May 1991 and ended on 15 September 1991.

In the Munster semi-final Kerry ended Cork's 2 years as All Ireland champions.

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 Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Note for the first time since 1975 there's a full, straightforward or proper open draw: top county teams such as Dublin, Meath or Offaly no longer get byes to the teams to the Quarter-finals.

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

In 1991, for the first time in years, the Munster Championship got rid of its seeded draw system and moved to an open draw. With the exception of Tipperary in 1935, Kerry or Cork had won every Munster title since 1923. The open draw was expected to weaken Kerry and Cork, and improve Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. Since 1947, Cork vs Kerry was the most common Munster final until 1990, but less common from then on.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

See main article: 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Scoring

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Brian StaffordMeath4-6274107.40
2Ross CarrDown0-303065.00
3Maurice FitzgeraldKerry0-292947.25
4Derek DugganRoscommon1-252847.00
5Bernard FlynnMeath0-2727102.70
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Maurice FitzgeraldKerry0-1212Limerick
2Derek DugganRoscommon1-811Meath
3Noel DurkinMayo3-110London
Stefan WhiteLouth2-410Kildare
Brian StaffordMeath0-1010Dublin
6Mick LawlorLaois2-39Louth
Brian StaffordMeath1-69Dublin
Brian StaffordMeath1-69Wicklow
Brian StaffordMeath1-69Offaly
Ross CarrDown0-99Derry
Brian StaffordMeath0-99Roscommon
Ross CarrDown0-99Derry

Miscellaneous