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1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Florida State   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
UNLV   –   –   9 – 1 – 2
No. 17 Temple   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
Tulane   –   –   9 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee State   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   7 – 3 – 1
No. 20 Penn State   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   6 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   –   7 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
North Texas State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
West Virginia   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Louisville   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
William & Mary   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Illinois State   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Army   –   –   2 – 8 – 1
Air Force   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Richmond   –   –   0 – 11 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Irish finished unranked in both major polls for the first time since 1963.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 153:20 p.m.at No. 6 MichiganNo. 9
ABCW 12–10105,111[1][2]
September 222:30 p.m.at No. 17 PurdueNo. 5
L 22–2870,567
September 292:30 p.m.No. 7 Michigan StateNo. 15
W 27–359,075
October 62:30 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 21–1359,075
October 133:30 p.m.at Air ForceNo. 10
W 38–1334,881
October 2012:50 p.m.No. 4 USCNo. 9
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ABCL 23–4259,075
October 272:30 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 14
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 18–1759,075[3]
November 31:30 p.m.NavyNo. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 14–059,075
November 101:30 p.m.at TennesseeNo. 13
L 18–4086,489[4]
November 171:30 p.m.No. 14 Clemson
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 10–1659,075
November 2411:00 p.m.vs. Miami (FL)
W 40–1562,574[5]

[6]

Roster

1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
G 65 Bob Burger Jr
WR 80 Dave Condeni So
QB 2 Mike Courey Jr
C 53 Jeff Crippin Sr
WR 1 Ty Dickerson Jr
RB 32 Vagas Ferguson Sr
OT 73 Tim Foley Sr
WR 31 Pete Holohan Jr
G 78 Tim Huffman Jr
QB 13 Greg Knafelc Jr
QB 6 Rusty Lisch Sr
OT 75 Rob Martinovich Sr
TE 86 Dean Masztak So
OT 71 Phil Pozderac So
C 57 John Scully Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 94 Tom Bock So
LB 43 Bob Crable So
DL Mark Czaja
S 22 Dave Duerson Fr
CB 27 Tom Gibbons Jr
DE Joe Gramke
DT Kevin Griffith
DE John Hankerd
DT Don Kidd
DT Pat Kramer
CB 19 John Krimm So
LB 61 Bobby Leopold Sr
DB 34 Dave Waymer Sr
LB 54 Mike Whittington Sr
DE 70 Scott Zettek Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P Dick Boushka
K Chuck Male Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured     Injured
  • Redshirt     Redshirt

Game summaries

At Michigan

See also: 1979 Michigan Wolverines football team
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) at Michigan Wolverines (1–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 3 3 6012
Michigan 3 7 0010

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Game information

Bob Crable (10 tackles) leaped to block the potential-game winning field in the final seconds.

[7]

At Purdue

Michigan State

Georgia Tech

At Air Force

See also: 1979 Air Force Falcons football team
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 10 2107 38
Air Force 0 760 13
Scoring summary
Q1NDFerguson 5 yard run (Male kick)ND 7–0
Q1NDMale 43 yard field goalND 10–0
Q2NDLisch 1 yard run (Male kick)ND 17–0
Q2AFAJames 1 yard run (Sturch kick)ND 17–7
Q2NDVehr 2 yard pass from Lisch (Male kick)ND 24–7
Q2NDFerguson 23 yard run (Male kick)ND 31–7
Q3AFASchafer 2 yard pass from Ziebart (run failed)ND 31–13
Q4NDHunter 75 yard pass from Lisch (Male kick)ND 38–13

[8]

USC

See also: 1979 USC Trojans football team

South Carolina

A football gifted by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to President Gerald Ford, commemorating their 18–17 victory over South Carolina on October 27.

Navy

1 234Total
Navy 0 000 0
• Notre Dame 7 007 14
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium
  • Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary
Q1NDLisch 1 yard run (Male kick)ND 7–0
Q4NDFerguson 3 yard run (Male kick)ND 14–0
  • ND: Ferguson 34 Rush, 155 Yds (first player in school history with 3,000 career rushing yards)

[9]

At Tennessee

Clemson

Vs. Miami (FL)

Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Vagas Ferguson Running back 1 25 New England Patriots
Dave Waymer Conerback 2 41 New Orleans Saints
Tim Foley Tackle 2 51 Baltimore Colts
Rusty Lisch Quarterback 4 89 St. Louis Cardinals
Bobby Leopold Linebacker 8 210 San Francisco 49ers
Rob Martinovich Tackle 10 261 Kansas City Chiefs

References

  1. ^ Mick McCabe (September 17, 1979). "Irish upend punchless U-M, 12-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 5F – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Billy Neff (September 16, 1979). "Irish upend Wolverines, 12-10". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 12 – via Bentley Historical Library.
  3. ^ "Irish escape Gamecocks". The Indianapolis Star. October 21, 1979. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Irish humbles by Vols, 40–18". The Indianapolis Star. November 11, 1979. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Irish run to victory over Miami". The Kokomo Tribune. November 26, 1979. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 2011 Notre Dame football media guide.
  7. ^ "Irish Topple Michigan On Walk-on's Field Goals." Palm Beach Post. 1979 September 16.
  8. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1979 October 14.
  9. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 November 4. Retrieved 2018-December-22.


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