1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
Aloha Bowl, L 20–27 vs. SMU
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–5
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorA. J. Christoff
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
No. 11 South Carolina   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
Army   –   –   8 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Florida State   –   –   7 – 3 – 2
Virginia Tech   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
West Virginia   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
No. 18 Miami (FL)   –   –   8 – 5 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   7 – 5 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   5 – 5 – 1
Navy   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Southern Miss   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   –   3 – 7 – 1
Tulane   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Louisville   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1984 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 81:30 p.m.vs. PurdueNo. 8
L 21–2360,672
September 151:00 p.m.at Michigan State
W 20–1776,919
September 222:30 p.m.Colorado
W 55–1459,075
September 293:50 p.m.at MissouriNo. 19
ABCW 16–1370,915
October 67:45 p.m.No. 14 Miami (FL)No. 17
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
ESPNL 13–3159,075
October 1312:20 p.m.Air Force
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
ESPNL 7–2159,075
October 2012:20 p.m.No. 11 South Carolina
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
ESPNL 32–3659,075
October 273:50 p.m.at No. 6 LSU
ABCW 30–2278,033
November 312:10 p.m.at Navy
ESPNW 18–1761,795
November 1712:20 p.m.Penn State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
ESPNW 44–759,075
November 243:40 p.m.at No. 14 USC
CBSW 19–766,342
December 298:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 SMUNo. 17
ESPNL 20–2741,777

Roster

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 2 Terry Andrysiak Fr
QB 7 Steve Beuerlein So
TE 82 Mark Bavaro Sr
WR 81 Tim Brown Fr
WR 24 Joe Howard Sr
RB 20 Allen Pinkett Jr
OT 62 Ron Plantz Jr
G 75 Larry Williams Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 40 Pat Ballage Jr
DB 13 Pat Cummings Sr
LB 48 John Wackowski Sr
LB 43 Rick DiBernardo Jr
DE 71 Eric Dorsey Jr
LB 58 Tony Furjanic Jr
DE 78 Mike Gann Sr
LB 55 Mike Golic Sr
SS 27 Joe Johnson Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 18 John Carney So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

vs. Purdue

1 234Total
• Boilermakers 3 1037 23
No. 8 Fighting Irish 14 007 21
Scoring summary
Q1PURRendina 31-yard field goalPUR 3–0
Q1NDPinkett 11-yard run (Carney kick)ND 7–3
Q1NDBrooks 3-yard run (Carney kick)ND 14–3
Q2PURPrice 6-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick)ND 14–10
Q2PURRendina 18-yard field goalND 14–13
Q3PURRendina 20-yard field goalPUR 16–14
Q4PURPrice 14-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick)PUR 23–14
Q4NDPinkett 6-yard run (Carney kick)PUR 23–21
See also: 1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team

[2]

at Michigan State

1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 0 3714 24
Spartans 17 030 20
Scoring summary
Q1MSUButler 15 yard run (kick failed)MSU 6–0
Q1MSUButler 23 yard run (Ingram pass from Yarema)MSU 14–0
Q1MSUMojsiejenko 24 yard field goalMSU 17–0
Q2NDCarney 42 yard field goalMSU 17–3
Q3NDPinkett 40 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)MSU 17–10
Q3MSUMojsiejenko 43 yard field goalMSU 20–10
Q4NDJackson 8 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)MSU 20–17
Q4NDPinkett 5 yard run (Carney kick)ND 24–20
See also: 1984 Michigan State Spartans football team

[3]

Colorado

See also: 1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team

South Carolina

1 234Total
• Gamecocks 7 7022 36
Fighting Irish 0 1796 32
Scoring summary
Q1SCARMitchell 1 yard run (Hogler kick)SCAR 7–0
Q2NDPinkett 4 yard run (Carney kick)Tie 7–7
Q2NDBavaro 5 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)ND 14–7
Q2SCARHagood 2 yard run (Hogler kick)Tie 14–14
Q2NDCarney 48 yard field goalND 17–14
Q3NDCarney 47 yard field goalND 20–14
Q3NDBeuerlein 6 yard pass from Pinkett (pass failed)ND 26–14
Q4SCARHold 1 yard run (Hagood run)ND 26–22
Q4SCARHold 33 yard run (Hogler kick)SCAR 29–26
Q4SCARLewis 4 yard run (Hogler kick)SCAR 36–26
Q4NDPinkett 1 yard run (pass failed)SCAR 36–32
See also: 1984 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

ND: Third straight home loss (first time since 1956) [4]

Navy

1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 7 0011 18
Midshipmen 0 773 17
  • Date: November 3
Scoring summary
1NDPinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick)ND 7-0
2NAVYBerner 6-yard run (Solomon kick)Tied 7-7
3NAVYByrne 2-yard pass from Lauletta (Solomon kick)NAVY 14-7
4NAVYSolomon 32-yard field goalNAVY 17-7
4NDPinkett 1-yard run (Beuerlein to Howard pass)NAVY 17-15
4NDCarney 44-yard field goalND 18-17
See also: 1984 Navy Midshipmen football team

Team players drafted into the NFL

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Gainesville Sun. September 9, 1984
  3. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1984 September 16.
  4. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1984 October 21. Retrieved 2016 September 11.
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