27th Vanier Cup
| 1991 Vanier Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
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| CIAU National Championship Game 27th Vanier Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
Logo of the 27th Vanier Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | November 30, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SkyDome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Andy Cecchini (Wilfrid Laurier) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Lewis Orr Lester B. Pearson High School Choir | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Doug Rideout | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,191 | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | English: TSN French: RDS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Michael Landsberg (Play-by-Play) Jamie Bone (Analyst) Leif Pettersen (Sightlines) Larry Haylor (Guest Sightlines) Gord Miller (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1991 Vanier Cup was the 27th edition of the Vanier Cup and deciding game to determine the CIAU football national champion for the 1991 season. It was played on November 30, 1991, at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, representing the Ontario Universities Athletics Association, defeated the Mount Allison Mounties, representing the Atlantic Universities Athletics Association, by a score of 25–18. With the win, Wilfrid Laurier clinched the 1991 national championship, the team's first in its history. An estimated total of 30,191 people attended the game in person, second-most at the time, while surpassing approximately 600 thousand Canadian viewers watched the game on TSN television from the previous year.
The game kicked off at 3 p.m. EST, with Mount Allison receiving the opening kickoff from placekicker Pat O'Leary. Wilfrid Laurier scored first with a punt single by O'Leary and a 36-yard field goal by Spiros Anastasakis, before running back Andy Cecchini capped a drive with a touchdown run to give the Golden Hawks an 11 point lead. Mount Allison answered with a 38-yard field goal by Eric Deegan, but trailed by seven points at halftime. In the third quarter, Laurier capitalized on a Mounties fumble when Cecchini scored his second touchdown of the game, then caught a 20-yard pass from quarterback Bill Kubas for another, extending the lead by twenty points. The Mounties responded with a trick play as running back Grant Kearney rushed for a touchdown, cutting the deficit to 24–11 after three quarters. In the fourth quarter, quarterback Sean Hickey connected with running back Mark Huys on a 38-yard touchdown pass, and Deegan's conversion narrowed the margin to 24–18. Laurier's offense stalled late, but O'Leary added a single in the final minute to secure a 25–18 victory for the Golden Hawks.
For his performance in the game, Wilfrid Laurier wide receiver Andy Cecchini was named a recipient of the Teddy Morris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the game's most valuable player. Although Allison lost the game, several of its players won postseason awards—Sean Hickey won Offensive Player of the Game while George Wright wins Defensive Player of the Game award.