All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1991
| All-Ireland Champions | |
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| 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) |
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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.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
In 1991 for the first time in years the Munster Championship gets rid of its seeded draw system and moves to an open draw. Although Kerry and Cork had always won the Munster title since 1923. Only Tipperary in 1935 were the only time and only year that title went not to Kerry or Cork, The open draw would be expected to weaken Kerry & Cork, and improve Clare, Limerick, Tipperary & Waterford. Since 1947 the Cork vs Kerry was the most common Munster final until 1990 but less common from now on.
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