1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
1992 record 10–1–1
Head coach Lou Holtz (7th season)
Offensive coordinator Skip Holtz (1st season)
Captain Demetrius DuBose
Captain Rick Mirer
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1992 Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Notre Dame   –    10 –1 –1
Southern Miss   –    7 –4 –0
Penn State   –    7 –5 –0
Memphis   –    6 –5 –0
Army   –    5 –6 –0
East Carolina   –    5 –6 –0
Louisiana Tech   –    5 –6 –0
Louisville   –    5 –6 –0
Northern Illinois   –    5 –6 –0
Tulsa   –    4 –7 –0
Cincinnati   –    3 –8 –0
Arkansas State   –    2 –9 –0
Southwestern Louisiana   –    2 –9 –0
Tulane   –    2 –9 –0
Navy   –    1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1992 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 5 3:30 p.m. at Northwestern* No. 3 Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (rivalry) ABC W 42–7   64,877
September 12 1:30 p.m. No. 5 Michigan* No. 3 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (rivalry) NBC T 17–17   59,075
September 19 3:30 p.m. at Michigan State* No. 7 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) ABC W 52–31   76,188
September 26 1:30 p.m. Purdue* No. 6 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) NBC W 48–0   59,075
October 3 1:30 p.m. No. 19 Stanford* No. 7 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy) NBC L 16–33   59,075
October 10 7:45 p.m. at Pittsburgh* No. 14 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry) ESPN W 52–21   52,155
October 24 1:30 p.m. BYU* No. 10 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC W 42–16   59,075
October 31 1:00 p.m. vs. Navy* No. 10 Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry) W 38–7   58,769
November 7 1:30 p.m. No. 9 Boston College* No. 8 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Holy War) NBC W 54–7   59,075
November 14 1:30 p.m. No. 21 Penn State* No. 8 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC W 17–16   59,075
November 28 8:00 p.m. at No. 23 USC* No. 5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh) ABC W 31–23   90,063
January 1, 1993 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 Texas A&M* No. 5 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) NBC W 28–3   71,615
#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 6 Jerome Bettis Jr
RB 37 Travis Davis So
WR 87 Lake Dawson Jr
T 65 Lindsay Knapp Sr
TE 80 Oscar McBride Jr
QB 3 Rick Mirer Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 47 Pete Bercich Jr
S 9 Jeff Burris Jr
CB 32 Willie Clark Jr
CB 29 John Covington Jr
DT 44 Jim Flanigan Jr
DT 55 Oliver Gibson Jr
DE 97 Bryant Young Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Penn State

1 234Total
Penn State 6 0010 16
• Notre Dame 3 338 17
  • Source:

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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