The 1891 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected by Caspar Whitney as the best players at their positions for the 1891 college football season. Whitney began publishing his All-America team in 1889, and 1891 was the first year Whitney's list was published in Harper's Weekly.
All-American selections for 1891
Key
- CW = Caspar Whitney, published in Harper's Weekly magazine.
- Bold = Consensus All-American
Ends
Tackles
Guards
Center
Quarterback
- Philip King, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(CW)</small>
Halfbacks
- Everett J. Lake, Harvard (later Governor of Connecticut) <small>(CW)</small>
- Lee McClung, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(CW)</small>
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Notes