1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Consensus national champion
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
1966 record 9–0–1
Head coach Ara Parseghian (3rd season)
Base defense 4–4
Captain Jim Lynch
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –  –   9 –0 –1
Colgate   –  –   8 –1 –1
No. 8 Georgia Tech   –  –   9 –2 –0
Army   –  –   8 –2 –0
Dayton   –  –   8 –2 –0
Houston   –  –   8 –2 –0
Memphis   –  –   7 –2 –0
No. 9 Miami (FL)   –  –   8 –2 –1
VPI   –  –   8 –2 –1
Syracuse   –  –   8 –3 –0
Colorado State   –  –   7 –3 –0
New Mexico State   –  –   7 –3 –0
West Texas State   –  –   7 –3 –0
Villanova   –  –   6 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  –   6 –3 –1
Southern Miss   –  –   6 –4 –0
Texas Western   –  –   6 –4 –0
Rutgers   –  –   5 –4 –0
Tulane   –  –   5 –4 –1
Florida State   –  –   6 –5 –0
Buffalo   –  –   5 –5 –0
Penn State   –  –   5 –5 –0
Air Force   –  –   4 –6 –0
Boston College   –  –   4 –6 –0
Navy   –  –   4 –6 –0
Utah State   –  –   4 –6 –0
Xavier   –  –   4 –6 –0
Pacific   –  –   4 –7 –0
San Jose State   –  –   3 –7 –0
Pittsburgh   –  –   1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1966 college football season. The Irish, coached by Ara Parseghian, ended the season undefeated with nine wins and one tie, winning a national championship. The Fighting Irish earned a consensus title after beating No. 10 Oklahoma 38–0 in Norman, tying unbeaten and No. 2 Michigan State 10–10, and ending the season defeating No. 10 USC, 51–0, in the Coliseum[1] The 1966 squad became the eighth Irish team to win the national title and the first under Parseghian. The Irish outscored its opponents 362–38.[1] The 10–10 tie between The Spartans and the Irish remains one of the controversial games of college football, and is considered today to be one of the great "games of the century".[2]

Roster

1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 28 Rocky Bleier
RB 32 Larry Conjar
RB 21 Frank Criniti
RB 38 Ron Dushney
RB 47 Nick Eddy
G 68 Roger Fox
RB 20 Bob Gladieux
TE 80 Don Gmitter
C 54 George Goeddeke
G 57 Tim Gorman
RB 22 Dave Haley
WR 86 Curt Heneghan
QB 5 Terry Hanratty
C 58 Gerald Kelly
T 73 Rudy Konieczny
G 75 Bob Kuechenberg
TE 78 Mike Kuzmicz
G 69 Joe Marsico
RB 31 Paul May
T 79 Tom McKinley
C 55 Tim Monty
QB 3 Coley O’Brien
G 62 Steve Quinn
WR 89 Kevin Rassas
G 76 Tom Regner
T 70 Fred Schnurr
T 71 Paul Seiler
WR 85 Jim Seymour
WR 49 Brian Stenger
G 59 Dick Swatland
TE 96 Jim Winegardner
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 77 Harry Alexander
S 33 Mike Burgener
DT 64 Pete Duranko
DT 75 Kevin Hardy
CB 34 Dan Harshman
LB 51 John Horney
LB 65 Ron Jeziorski
DE 93 Chick Lauck
LB 41 John Lavin
CB 40 Tom O’Leary
LB 61 Jim Lynch
LB 56 Dave Martin
LB 60 Mike McGill
DT 72 Eric Norri
DE 81 Alan Page
LB 50 John Pergine
CB 19 Tom Quinn
DE 87 Tom Rhoads
DE 88 Allen Sack
S 7 Tom Schoen
DE 94 Bill Skoglund
CB 25 Jim Smithberger
LB 89 Al VanHuffel
LB 54 Ed Vuillemin
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 90 Joe Azzaro
K 11 Jim Ryan
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 24 No. 8 Purdue No. 6 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) W 26-14   59,075
October 1 at Northwestern No. 4 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (rivalry) W 35-7   55,356
October 8 Army No. 3 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry) W 35-0   59,075
October 15 North Carolina No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 32-0   59,075
October 22 at No. 10 Oklahoma No. 1 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 38-0   63,439
October 29 vs. Navy No. 1 JFK Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 31-7   70,101
November 5 Pittsburgh No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry) W 40-0   59,075
November 12 Duke No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 64-0   59,075
November 19 at No. 2 Michigan State No. 1 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) T 10-10   80,011
November 26 at No. 10 USC No. 1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles (Jeweled Shillelagh) W 51-0   88,520
#Rankings from AP. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Purdue

Purdue at Notre Dame
1 234Total
Purdue 7 007 14
• Notre Dame 7 7012 26

[3]

Oklahoma

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 0 17210 38
Oklahoma 0 000 0

[4]

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 3 7147 31
Navy 0 007 7

[5]

Michigan State

Notre Dame at Michigan State
1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 703 10
Michigan St 0 1000 10

[6]

USC

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 14 17137 51
USC 0 000 0

[7]

Post-season

Award winners

Heisman Voting:

Nick Eddy, 3rd,[9]
Terry Hanratty, 6th[9]

All-Americans:

Name AP UPI NEA FC SN L T CP FN
† Nick Eddy, HB11112111
† Jim Lynch, LB111111111
‡ Tom Regner, G11111111
Alan Page, DE22111111
Pete Duranko, DT3112
Kevin Hardy, DT223111
Jim Seymour, E32231
Paul Seiler, T32
George Goeddeke, C3233
Tom Schoen, DB32
Larry Conjar, FB3331
Terry Hanratty, QB33
†denotes unanimous selection
‡denotes consensus selection      Source:[1]

College Football Hall of Fame Inductees:

Name Position Year Inducted
Jim LynchLinebacker1992
Alan PageDefensive End1993
Ara ParseghianCoach1980

[10] Notre Dame leads all universities in players inducted.

1967 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Paul SeilerGuard1(12)12New York Jets
† Alan PageDefensive End1(15)15Minnesota Vikings
Thomas RegnerGuard1(23)23Houston Oilers
Larry ConjarRunning Back2(20)46Cleveland Browns
† Jim LynchLinebacker2(21)47Kansas City Chiefs
George GoeddekeCenter3(6)59Denver Broncos
Tom RhoadsDefensive End3(17)70Buffalo Bills
Allen SackLinebacker16(15)408Los Angeles Rams
† Pro Football Hall of Famer      Source:[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175)". und.cstv.com. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  2. ↑ Mike Celzic. The Biggest Game of Them All: Notre Dame, Michigan State and the Fall of 1966. ISBN 0-671-75817-9.
  3. ↑ "Irish Uncover Soph Aerial Attack, Smash Purdue." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Sep 25.
  4. ↑ "ND Stomps Sooners." Palm Beach Post. 1966 Oct 23.
  5. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1966 Oct 30.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Army Borrows 'Air Force'; Irish Rout Troy." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Nov 27.
  8. ↑ "The Maxwell Award Collegiate Player of the Year: Past Recipients". The Maxwell Football Club. Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  9. 1 2 "Heisman Voting". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  10. ↑ "College Football Hall of Famers". collegefootball.org. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  11. ↑ "Notre Dame NFL Draft History". uhnd.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
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