1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (FACT, Matthews, Sagarin), Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 24–11 vs. Texas
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 2
1970 record10–1
Head coachAra Parseghian (7th season)
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Notre Dame   –    10 –1 –0
Villanova   –    9 –2 –0
No. 16 Air Force   –    9 –3 –0
No. 13 Georgia Tech   –    9 –3 –0
Boston College   –    8 –2 –0
No. 19 Houston   –    8 –3 –0
West Virginia   –    8 –3 –0
No. 17 Tulane   –    8 –4 –0
No. 18 Penn State   –    7 –3 –0
West Texas State   –    7 –3 –0
Cincinnati   –    7 –4 –0
Florida State   –    7 –4 –1
Virginia Tech   –    5 –6 –0
Syracuse   –    6 –4 –0
Dayton   –    5 –4 –1
Pittsburgh   –    5 –5 –0
Rutgers   –    5 –5 –0
Utah State   –    5 –5 –0
Colgate   –    5 –6 –0
Southern Miss   –    5 –6 –0
New Mexico State   –    4 –6 –0
Miami (FL)   –    3 –8 –0
Northern Illinois   –    3 –7 –0
Marshall   –    3 –6 –0
Buffalo   –    2 –9 –0
Navy   –    2 –9 –0
Army   –    1 –9 –1
Xavier   –    1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 192:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 6
W 35–1450,049
September 261:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 6
W 48–059,075
October 32:30 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 4
W 29–076,103
October 101:30 p.m.ArmyNo. 3
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 51–1059,075
October 173:50 p.m.at No. 18 MissouriNo. 3
ABCW 24–764,200
October 311:30 p.m.vs. NavyNo. 3
W 56–745,226
November 71:30 p.m.PittsburghNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 46–1459,075
November 141:30 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 10–759,075
November 211:30 p.m.No. 7 LSUNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 3–059,075
November 284:15 p.m.at USCNo. 4
ABCL 28–3864,694
January 1, 19712:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 TexasNo. 6
CBSW 24–1173,000

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Roster
1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 22 Denny Allan
FB 33 Bill Barz Jr
TE Mike Creaney
G 67 John Dampeer
G 56 Larry DiNardo
T 70 Tom Gasseling
WR 44 Tom Gatewood Jr
RB 12 Ed Gulyas
T 73 Mike Martin
  Bob Minnix
C 50 Dan Novakow Jr
QB 7 Joe Theismann Sr
WR 80 Willie Townsend So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 17 Mike Crotty Jr
DB 23 Clarence Ellis Jr
DB 5 Terry Garner So
DT 72 Mike Kadish Sr
LB 42 Tim Kelly
DT 75 Greg Marx Jr
LB 43 Tom McHale
DB 1 Tom Menie
LB 81 Jim O'Malley So
DE 85 Walt Patulski Jr
LB 61 Mike Webb So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Scott Hempel
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Northwestern
1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 14 14 7 0 35
Northwestern 0 14 0 0 14

Purdue
See also: 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Shillelagh Trophy (Notre Dame–Purdue)
Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 0 000
Notre Dame 10 14 71748

at Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

  • Date: September 26
  • Game weather: Rainy
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Box Score

Michigan State
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 1507 29
Michigan St 0 000 0
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
  • Game attendance: 76,103
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit

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Army
1 2 3 4 Total
Army 0 3 7 0 10
Notre Dame 21 9 14 7 51

Missouri

Originally, Missouri was scheduled to host this game at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, but the St. Louis Cardinals forced the game to be moved to the University of Missouri campus because they anticipated hosting Game 6 of the World Series.[3] As it turned out, the Cardinals finished a distant fourth place in the National League East, 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates, and were below .500 from July 1 through the end of the season.[4]

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 3 0147 24
Missouri 0 070 7
  • Date: October 17
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Columbia, MO
  • Game start: 2:50 p.m. CDT
  • Television network: ABC
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 28714 56
Navy 7 000 7
  • Date: October 31
  • Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4 Total
Pittsburgh 0 14 0 0 14
Notre Dame 7 18 6 15 46

Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia Tech 0 0 7 0 7
Notre Dame 0 0 3 7 10

Louisiana State
1 234Total
LSU 0 000 0
• Notre Dame 0 003 3

Southern Cal

Notre Dame quarterback Joe Theismann completed 33 of 58 passes for a school-record 526 yards, and the Irish outgained the Trojans 557-359, but committed eight turnovers to zero for Southern Cal.[6]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 777 28
• So. Cal. 21 3140 38

1971 Cotton Bowl vs. Texas

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#6 Notre Dame vs. #1 Texas
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 14 1000 24
Texas 3 800 11
Main article: 1971 Cotton Bowl Classic
See also: 1970 Texas Longhorns football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 1969 L 17-21

References
  2. "Irish Rout Michigan State." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4. Retrieved 2014-Dec-01.
  3. South Bend Tribune, Oct. 16, 1970, p. 37.
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1970-schedule-scores.shtml
  5. Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 November 1.
  6. South Bend Tribune, Nov. 29, 1970, pp. 1, 48.
  7. Jenkins, Dan (November 30, 1970). "NOTRE DAME GOES KICKING INTO THE COTTON". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 25, 2019.


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