1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 5
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (5th season)
Captains	George Kunz Bob Olson
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State		–		11	–	0	–	0
Rutgers		–		8	–	2	–	0
West Texas State		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Florida State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Air Force		–		7	–	3	–	0
Army		–		7	–	3	–	0
Buffalo		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Houston		–		6	–	2	–	2
Utah State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	3	–	0
VPI		–		7	–	4	–	0
Pacific		–		6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	0
Xavier		–		6	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		4	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	6	–	1
San Jose State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1. In their final game of the season, they played No. 2 USC to a 21–21 tie.^[1]

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Oklahoma	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 45–21	59,075
September 28	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Purdue	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 22–37	59,075
October 5	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 51–28	58,043
October 12	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 27–7	59,075
October 19	2:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 58–8	59,075
October 26	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 5	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–21	77,339
November 2	1:30 p.m.	vs. Navy	No. 12	John F. Kennedy Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)		W 45–14	63,738
November 9	2:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 56–7	59,075
November 16	2:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 34–6	59,075
November 30	4:30 p.m.	at No. 2 USC	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	ABC	T 21–21	82,659
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Oklahoma

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	14	0	0	7	21
• Notre Dame	7	14	14	10	45

Date: September 21
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	ND	Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)	ND 7-0

1	OU	Eddie Hinton 72-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick)	Tied 7-7

1	OU	Steve Zabel 16-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick)	OU 14-7

2	ND	Jim Seymour 10-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick)	Tied 14-14

2	ND	Jim Seymour 7-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick)	ND 21-14

3	ND	Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)	ND 28-14

3	ND	Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)	ND 35-14

4	ND	Scott Hempel 31-yard field goal	ND 38-14

4	OU	Steve Zabel 11-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick)	ND 38-21

4	ND	Chuck Landolfi 5-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)	ND 45-21

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	3	20	0	14	37
Notre Dame	0	14	0	8	22

Date: September 28
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:00 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 59,075
Referee: Gene Calhoun
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson

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Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	21	10	6	14	51
Iowa	14	0	7	7	28

Date: October 5
Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, IA
Game start: 1:30 pm CDT

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Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	0	0	7	7
• Notre Dame	7	0	6	14	27

Date: October 12
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
Game attendance: 59,075

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Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	0	0	8	0	8
• Notre Dame	14	10	27	7	58

Date: October 19
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 59,075

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Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	7	3	7	0	17
• Michigan St.	7	7	7	0	21

Date: October 26
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	17	7	7	14	45
Navy	6	8	0	0	14

Date: November 2
Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

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Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	0	0	7	0	7
• Notre Dame	23	26	0	7	56

Date: November 9
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm CST

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Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	0	0	0	6	6
• Notre Dame	7	7	6	14	34

Date: November 16
Location: Notre Dame Stadium,
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CST

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USC

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	14	7	0	0	21
USC	7	0	7	7	21

Date: November 30
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Game start: 1:30 p.m. PST
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson

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Roster

1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Bob Belden	Sr
OT	`64`	Terry Brennan	Jr
RB	`20`	Bob Gladieux	Sr
QB	`5`	Terry Hanratty	Sr
G	`75`	Bob Kuechenberg	Sr
OT	`78`	George Kunz	Sr
C	`54`	Mike Oriard	Jr
WR	`85`	Jim Seymour	Sr
QB	`7`	Joe Theismann	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`47`	John Lavin	Sr
DT	`77`	Mike McCoy	Jr
LB	`36`	Bob Olson	Sr
LB	`49`	Brian Stenger	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Scott Hempel

Head coach

Ara Parseghian

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

References

^ "Football '68 - Settling the Score for '64" (PDF). Notre Dame Scholastic. December 12, 1968. pp. 20 & 21.
^ "1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1968 September 22.
^ Jenkins, Dan (December 9, 1968). "THE DAY THEY TIED UP O.J." Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 25, 2019.

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