1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 104th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

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Meath had beaten Dublin in the famous four-game saga, but Down stormed into an 11-point lead and Meath's rally was too little, too late.

This was Down's fourth appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and their fourth win from four.

15 September 199115:30 IST (UTC+1)

Down	1–16 – 1–14	Meath
Ross Carr 0–5 (0–4f), Gary Mason 0–4 (0–3f), Barry Breen 1–0, James McCartan 0–3, Éamonn Burns 0–2, Mickey Linden 0–1, Greg Blaney 0–1		Bernard Flynn 0–6, Brian Stafford 0–5 (0–4f), Liam Hayes 1–1, Colm O'Rourke 0–1, David Beggy 0–1

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 64,500Referee: Séamus Prior (Leitrim)

Down

Meath

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons

Finals

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Associated competitions

Statistics and awards

v t e Down county football team matches
All-Ireland SFC finals	1960 1961 1968 1991 1994 2010
Ulster SFC finals	1940 1942 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1973 1974 1975 1978 1981 1986 1991 1994 1996 1999 2003 2012 2017
Tailteann Cup finals	2023 2024

v t e Meath county football team matches
All-Ireland SFC finals	1895 1939 1949 1951 1952 1954 1966 1967 1970 1987 1988 1990 1991 1996 1999 2001
Leinster SFC finals	1894 1895 1896 1911 1923 1930 1939 1940 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1964 1966 1967 1970 1973 1974 1976 1977 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2010 2012 2013 2014 2019 2020
Tailteann Cup finals	2023