1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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.

1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 9–10 vs. Colorado
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1990 record9–3
Head coachLou Holtz (5th season)
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1990 NCAA 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 State   –    4 –6 –1
Boston College   –    4 –7 –0
Tulane   –    4 –7 –0
West Virginia   –    4 –7 –0
Akron   –    3 –7 –1
Pittsburgh   –    3 –7 –1
Rutgers   –    3 –8 –0
Tulsa   –    3 –8 –0
Cincinnati   –    1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Rivalries
  • Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
  • Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy.
  • In the Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry, Notre Dame beat Michigan.
  • Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.
  • Notre Dame lost to 1-3 Stanford to lose the Legends Trophy, and costing them a shot at the national championship.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 159:00 p.m.No. 4 MichiganNo. 1
CBSW 28–2459,075
September 223:30 p.m.at No. 24 Michigan StateNo. 1
ABCW 20–1980,401
September 2912:00 p.m.PurdueNo. 1
W 37–1159,075
October 612:00 p.m.StanfordNo. 1
L 31–3659,075
October 1312:00 p.m.Air ForceNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 57–2759,075
October 203:30 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)No. 6
CBSW 29–2059,075
October 277:45 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 3
ESPNW 31–2256,500
November 312:00 p.m.vs. NavyNo. 2
W 52–3170,382
November 102:30 p.m.at No. 9 TennesseeNo. 1
CBSW 34–2997,123
November 174:00 p.m.No. 18 Penn StateNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
ESPNL 21–2459,075
November 248:00 p.m.at No. 18 USCNo. 7
ABCW 10–691,639
January 1, 19918:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 ColoradoNo. 5
NBCL 9–1077,062

Roster
1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 6 Jerome Bettis Fr
RB 40 Tony Brooks Jr
TE 86 Derek Brown Jr
RB 5 Rodney Culver Jr
WR 87 Lake Dawson Fr
WR 25 Raghib Ismail Sr
WR 10 Adrian Jarrell So
T 65 Lindsay Knapp Jr
RB 4 Dorsey Levens So
{{{pos}}} 42 Micheal Stonebreaker Jr
TE 80 Oscar McBride Fr
T 76 Gene McGuire Jr
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
DT 93 Bob Dahl Sr
LB 31 Demetrius DuBose So
CB 1 Todd Lyght Sr
LB 46 Brian Ratigan So
CB 21 Rod Smith Jr
DT 97 Bryant Young Fr
DT 50 Chris Zorich Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 28 Craig Hentrich So
P 16 Jim Sexton Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Michigan
See also: 1990 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–10 1989 ND, 24–19
Michigan Wolverines (0–0) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0)
1 2 34Total
Michigan 3 7 14024
Notre Dame 14 0 01428

at Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

  • Date: September 15
  • Game time: night
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Box Score

Michigan State
#1 Notre Dame at #24 Michigan State
1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 7 0014 21
Spartans 0 1270 19
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
  • Source:
See also: 1990 Michigan State Spartans football team and Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–18–1 1989 W 21–13

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

Purdue
See also: 1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–21–2 1989 W 40–7

Stanford
Stanford at #1 Notre Dame
1 234Total
• Cardinal 7 8147 36
Fighting Irish 7 1770 31
  • Source:
See also: 1990 Stanford Cardinal football team and Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 1989 W 27–17

Air Force
See also: 1990 Air Force Falcons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–4 1989 W 41–27

Miami (FL)
#2 Miami (FL) at #6 Notre Dame
1 234Total
Hurricanes 10 703 20
• Fighting Irish 10 667 29
       
See also: 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–7–1 1989 L 10–27

[2]

Pittsburgh
See also: 1990 Pittsburgh Panthers football team and Notre Dame–Pittsburgh football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–16–1 1989 W 45–7
#2 Notre Dame vs. Navy
1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 7 32121 52
Midshipmen 0 10714 31
See also: 1990 Navy Midshipmen football team and Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
53–9–1 1989 W 41–0

[3]

Tennessee
#1 Notre Dame at #9 Tennessee
1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 7 3717 34
Volunteers 6 0149 29
  • Source:
See also: 1990 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 1979 L 18–40

Penn State
See also: 1990 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–6–1 1989 W 34–23

USC
See also: 1990 USC Trojans football team and Notre Dame–USC football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–23–4 1989 W 28–24

Colorado (Orange Bowl)
#5 Notre Dame vs. #1 Colorado
1 234Total
Fighting Irish 0 630 9
• Buffaloes 0 370 10
  
Main article: 1991 Orange Bowl
See also: 1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 1990 W 21–6

[4] [5]

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.[6] The Ismail signing included four million dollars upfront.[7]

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. Gainesville Sun. 1990 Nov 4. Retrieved 2018-Dec-15.
  4. "Top-Ranked Colorado Holds Off Notre Dame". The New York Times. January 2, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. "FLAG WIPED THE EGG OFF MCCARTNEY". The Washington Post. January 3, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. Drake, Stephen (2009). Weird Facts about Canadian Football: Strange, Wacky and Hilarious Stories. OverTime Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3.
  7. Drake, Stephen (2009). Weird Facts about Canadian Football: Strange, Wacky and Hilarious Stories. OverTime Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20080106231937/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html
  9. "Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards (Page 3)". The Walter Camp Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  10. "Winners & Finalists". Rotary Club of Houston. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-02.


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