1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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.

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Aloha Bowl, L 20–27 vs. SMU
ConferenceIndependent
1984 record7–5
Head coachGerry Faust (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorA. J. Christoff
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Rivalries

  • In the Shillelagh Trophy, Purdue beat Notre Dame.
  • Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.
  • Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.

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.ColoradoW 55–1459,075
September 293:50 p.m.at MissouriNo. 19ABCW 16–1370,915
October 67:45 p.m.No. 14 MiamiNo. 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 NavyESPNW 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 USCCBSW 19–766,342
December 298:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 SMUNo. 17ESPNL 20–2741,777

Roster

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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
T 62 Ron Plantz Jr
G 75 Larry Williams Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 40 Pat Ballage Jr
DB 13 Pat Cummings 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.#NameClass
K 18 John Carney So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

vs. Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 3 1037 23
Notre Dame 14 007 21
  • Date: September 8
  • Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis
  • Game attendance: 60,672
  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)

[2]

at Michigan State

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 3714 24
Michigan St 17 030 20

[3]

Colorado

South Carolina

1 234Total
South Carolina 7 7022 36
Notre Dame 0 1796 32

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

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 0011 18
Navy 0 773 17
  • Date: November 3
  • Source:

Team players drafted into the NFL

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. 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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