1991 Fiesta Bowl

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Name=1991 Fiesta Bowl
Date=January 1, 1991
Year=1990
Visitor School=University of Louisville
Visitor Name Short=Louisville
Visitor Nickname=Cardinals
Visitor Record=9-1-1
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=18
Visitor Coach=H. Schnellenberger
Visitor1=25
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=7
Visitor4=2
Home School=University of Alabama
Home Name Short=Alabama
Home Nickname=Crimson Tide
Home Record=7-4
Home

Home Coaches=25
Home Coach=Gene Stallings
Home1=0
Home2=7
Home3=0
Home4=0
Type=bg
Stadium=Sun Devil Stadium
City=Tempe, Arizona
Attendance=69,098
MVP=QB Browning Nagle & DB Ray Buchanan
Odds=
Anthem=
Referee=
Halftime=
US Network=NBC
US Announcers=Charlie Jones, Todd Christensen
Ratings=6.2
Intl Network=
Intl Announcers=

The 1991 Sunkist Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 1991, featured the Louisville Cardinals and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The game marked the 20th anniversary of the Fiesta Bowl.

Cardinals quarterback Browning Nagle started the scoring with a 70 yard touchdown pass to Latrell Ware to give Louisville an early 7-0 lead. Running back Ralph Dawkins later scored on a 5 yard touchdown run to increase Louisville's lead to 13-0. 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. 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 1.

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.

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 on a safety, when Alabama's quarterback was called for intentional grounding in the end zone.

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