Player Profile: Michael Irvin (1991)
From the Cowboys*96 Media Guide
(July, 1996)
1991: Irvin enjoyed one of the great receiving years
in league history en route to earning consensus All-Pro recognition.
The NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the Year set a new team season
standards for receiving yards (a league-leading 1,523 yards),
and in doing so, he had the sixth highest receiving yardage total
in NFL history to that point, Irvin finished second in the NFL
in receptions (93), a figure that was, at that time, the eighth
best performance in league history .
In addition, Irvin, set club marks for 100-yard receiving games
in a season with seven, tied the Cowboys' record for consecutive
100-yard receiving games with three and caught a career-high
eight touchdown passes, the most by a Cowboys player since 1985.
In two postseason games, he led Dallas with nine catches for
167 yards. The first Cowboys wide receiver to play in the Pro
Bowl since Tony Hill in 1985, Irvin caught eight passes for 125
yards and a touchdown to earn MVP honors in the all star game.
Irvin's most significant catches were against the NFL's best
cornerbacks during the Cowboys' five-game winning streak to end
the season. During that span, Irvin caught 37 passes, including
11 on third or fourth down for a first down, for 649 yards and
four touchdowns.
Against Washington (11/24) at RFK, Irvin caught nine passes for
130 yards and one score working mainly against Darrell Green.
He caught a 23-yard touchdown pass early in the final quarter,
then made a 13-yard grab on third-and-nine late in the game to
keep alive Dallas' drive to the game-winning field goal. Four
days later against Pittsburgh (11/28) and Ron Woodson, Irvin
snared eight balls for 157 yards and a touchdown - a 66-yard
catch that saw him change his route to avoid double coverage
and break Woodson's tackle near the 10-yard line.
Irvin's 29-yard catch on third-and-10 early in the fourth quarter
against New Orleans (12/8), gave him team season-records for
catches and receiving yards, and maintained Dallas' drive to
the game-winning field goal. In Philadelphia (12/15) against
a secondary led by Eric Allen, Irvin brought in five passes for
92 yards and one touchdown.
Midway through the fourth quarter vs. the Eagles, he caught a
36-yard pass to set up his four-yard touchdown catch. In the
season finale against a Falcons' squad with cornerback Deion
Sanders,
Irvin had what was then a single-game career-high for catches
with 10, and turned in his second-best regular season career
yardage day to date with 169 to earn NFC Offensive Player of
the Week honors. Irvin caught a 58-yard touchdown pass on the
game's first series and had five third-down catches that led
to first downs.
Irvin's Seasons: 1995, 1994,
1992-93, 1988-90
Irvin's College/Game Starts
Irvin's Personal Data
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