1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	5–6
Head coach	Gerry Faust (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff
Captains	Tony Furjanic; Mike Larkin; Allen Pinkett; Tim Scannell;
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	CBS	L 12–20	105,523
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Michigan State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	ESPN	W 27–10	59,075
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	TBS	L 17–35	69,338
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	L 15–21	52,123
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Army		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	United States, WGN	W 24–10	59,075
October 26	2:00 p.m.	USC		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)		W 37–3	59,075
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Navy		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–17	59,075
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Mississippi		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	W 37–14	59,075
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 6–36	84,000
November 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 LSU		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	L 7–10	59,075
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Miami		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	L 7–58	49,236
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Terry Andrysiak	So
QB	`7`	Steve Beuerlein	Jr
WR	`81`	Tim Brown	So
RB	`20`	Allen Pinkett	Sr
FB	`30`	Frank Stams	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
SS	`40`	Pat Ballage	Sr
LB	`43`	Rick DiBernardo	Sr
DE	`71`	Eric Dorsey	Sr
LB	`48`	Cedric Figaro	So
LB	`58`	Tony Furjanic	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`18`	John Carney	Jr

Head coach

Gerry Faust

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

at Michigan

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	1982	W 23–17

Michigan State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–17–1	1984	ND, 20–17

at Purdue

at Air Force

[2]

Army

[3]

USC

USC at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	0	0	3	0	3
• Fighting Irish	14	13	3	7	37

Date: October 26
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN

Source:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–23–4	1984	W 19–7

Navy

Ole Miss

Ole Miss at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	14	14
• Fighting Irish	3	14	14	7	38

Date: November 9
Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

[4]

at Penn State

[5]

LSU

LSU at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 17 Tigers	0	3	0	7	10
Fighting Irish	7	0	0	0	7

Date: November 23
Location:
Notre Dame Stadium,
South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075
Referee: Raymond Bower
TV announcers: Harry Kalas and Jack Ham

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	1984	W, 30–22

[6]

at Miami (FL)

Notre Dame at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Irish	0	7	0	0	7
• Hurricanes	13	14	10	21	58

Date: November 30
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–4–1	1984	L 13–31

[7]

Awards and honors

Allen Pinkett finished 8th in voting for the Heisman Trophy.[8]
Former Fighting Irish players Paul Hornung and Jim Martin were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club

[9]

References

"Notre Dame Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
"NOTRE DAME KICKS ONE AWAY TO AIR FORCE". Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
"Irish upset No. 19 Army to answer critics." Gainesville Sun. 1985 Oct 20.
Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 10.
"PENN STATE TROUNCES NOTRE DAME TO STAY UNBEATEN". The New York Times. November 17, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
"Wickersham Passes LSU to 10-7 Victory Over Irish". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
"FAUST ERA AT NOTRE DAME ENDS IN 58-7 HUMILIATION". The New York Times. December 10, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.

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[1] "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

[2] "NOTRE DAME KICKS ONE AWAY TO AIR FORCE". Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[3] "Irish upset No. 19 Army to answer critics." Gainesville Sun. 1985 Oct 20.

[4] Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 10.

[5] "PENN STATE TROUNCES NOTRE DAME TO STAY UNBEATEN". The New York Times. November 17, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[6] "Wickersham Passes LSU to 10-7 Victory Over Irish". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[7] "FAUST ERA AT NOTRE DAME ENDS IN 58-7 HUMILIATION". The New York Times. December 10, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[und.cstv.com-8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.

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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Nebraska Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC
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National championship seasons in bold

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll