1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 9–10 vs. Colorado
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 6
1990 record 9–3
Head coach Lou Holtz (5th season)
Captain Mike Heldt
Captain Chris Zorich
Captain Todd Lyght
Captain Ricky Watters
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1990 Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Louisville   –    10 –1 –1
No. 3 Miami   –    10 –2 –0
No. 4 Florida State   –    10 –2 –0
No. 6 Notre Dame   –    9 –3 –0
No. 11 Penn State   –    9 –3 –0
Louisiana Tech   –    8 –3 –1
Southern Miss   –    8 –4 –0
Temple   –    7 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    7 –4 –2
Army   –    6 –5 –0
Northern Illinois   –    6 –5 –0
South Carolina   –    6 –5 –0
Virginia Tech   –    6 –5 –0
East Carolina   –    5 –6 –0
Southwestern Louisiana   –    5 –6 –0
Navy   –    5 –6 –0
Memphis   –    4 –6 –1
Boston College   –    4 –7 –0
Tulane   –    4 –7 –0
West Virginia   –    4 –7 –0
Akron   –    3 –7 –1
Arkansas State   –    3 –7 –1
Pittsburgh   –    3 –7 –1
Rutgers   –    3 –8 –0
Tulsa   –    3 –8 –0
Cincinnati   –    1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Rivalries

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 15 9:00 p.m. No. 4 Michigan No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (rivalry) CBS W 28–24   59,075
September 22 3:30 p.m. at No. 24 Michigan State No. 1 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) ABC W 20–19   80,401
September 29 12:00 p.m. Purdue No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) W 37–11   59,075
October 6 12:00 p.m. Stanford No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy) L 31–36   59,075
October 13 12:00 p.m. Air Force No. 8 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN W 57–27   59,075
October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 2 Miami (FL) No. 6 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Catholics vs Convicts) CBS W 29–20   59,075
October 27 7:45 p.m. at Pittsburgh No. 3 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry) ESPN W 31–22   56,500
November 3 12:00 p.m. vs. Navy No. 2 Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry) W 52–31   70,382
November 10 2:30 p.m. at No. 9 Tennessee No. 1 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN CBS W 34–29   97,123
November 17 4:00 p.m. No. 18 Penn State No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN ESPN L 21–24   59,075
November 24 8:00 p.m. at No. 18 USC No. 7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh) ABC W 10–6   91,639
January 1, 1991 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Colorado No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) NBC L 9–10   77,062
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Michigan

Rick Mirer threw a 18-yard touchdown pass to Adrian Jarrell with 1:40 left to play in the first night game in Notre Dame Stadium history.

Michigan State

#1 Notre Dame at #24 Michigan State
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 0014 21
Michigan St 0 1270 19
  • Source:

The Immaculate Deflection - Rick Mirer's 24-yard completion to Adrian Jarrell, which bounced off hands of MSU LB Todd Murray up and into Jarrell's arms at MSU 2. Three plays later, Culver scored. "There's definitely somebody looking out for us. There's somebody on our side," said Mirer.

  • Notre Dame's 60th victory as No. 1 ranked team & 5-0-1 vs. MSU when ranked #1

Stanford

#1 Notre Dame vs. Stanford
1 234Total
• Stanford 7 8147 36
Notre Dame 7 1770 31
  • Source:

Miami (FL)

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 10 703 20
• Notre Dame 10 667 29
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium

[2]

Tennessee

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 3717 34
Tennessee 6 0149 29
  • Source:

Roster

1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 6 Jerome Bettis Fr
RB 40 Tony Brooks Jr
RB 5 Rodney Culver Jr
WR 87 Lake Dawson Fr
T 65 Lindsay Knapp Jr
TE 80 Oscar McBride Fr
QB 3 Rick Mirer So
G 52 Tim Ryan Sr
WR 12 Ricky Watters Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 9 Jeff Burris Fr
CB 32 Willie Clark Fr
CB 29 John Covington Fr
CB 1 Todd Lyght Sr
DT 97 Bryant Young Fr
DT 50 Chris Zorich Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

  • Despite being drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders, the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League signed Raghib Ismail to a four-year contract worth 18 million dollars in April 1991.[3] The Ismail signing included four million dollars upfront.[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1990 Sep 21. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  3. ↑ Drake, Stephen (2009). Weird Facts about Canadian Football: Strange, Wacky and Hilarious Stories. OverTime Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3.
  4. ↑ Drake, Stephen (2009). Weird Facts about Canadian Football: Strange, Wacky and Hilarious Stories. OverTime Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080106231937/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html
  6. ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards (Page 3)". The Walter Camp Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  7. ↑ "Winners & Finalists". Rotary Club of Houston. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
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