Southeastern Massachusetts University changed its name to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth before the start of the 1991 season. Its football program hence changed from the Southeastern Massachusetts Corsairs to the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs
The 1991 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 19th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's
Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the second time. Like the previous six tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.[2]