1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
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)
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	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

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.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	CBS	L 12–20	105,523	^[2]
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Michigan State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–10	59,075
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	TBS	L 17–35	69,338
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	ABC	L 15–21	52,123
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Army		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	USA, WGN	W 24–10	59,075
October 26	2:00 p.m.	USC		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		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.	Ole Miss		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	W 37–14	59,075	^[3]
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	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	^[4]
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–58	49,236
Rankings from AP 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

Notre Dame at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Fighting Irish	3	6	3	0	12
• Wolverines	0	3	14	3	20

Date: September 14
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Game start: 3:30 pm
Game attendance: 105,523
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger (play-by-play) and Ara Parseghian (analyst)

Scoring summary

1		ND	John Carney 34-yard field goal	ND 3–0

2		ND	John Carney 37-yard field goal	ND 6–0
		Mich	Mike Gillette 21-yard field goal	ND 6–3
		ND	John Carney 47-yard field goal	ND 9–3

3		Mich	Jim Harbaugh 10-yard run (Gillette kick)	Michigan 10–9
		ND	John Carney 25-yard field goal	ND 12–10
		Mich	Gerald White 3-yard run (Gillette kick)	Mich 17–12

4	5:12	Mich	Mike Gillette 22-yard field goal	Mich 20–12

Michigan State

At Purdue

at No. 17 Air Force

^[5]

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cadets	0	7	3	0	10
• Notre Dame	14	0	7	3	24

Date: Saturday, October 19
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1		ND	Pernell Taylor 1-yard run (John Carney kick)	ND 7-0

1		ND	Tim Brown 19-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Carney kick)	ND 14-0

2		ARMY	Bill Lampley 4-yard run (Craig Stopa kick)	ND 14-7

3		ARMY	Craig Stopa 22-yard field goal	ND 14-10

3		ND	Allen Pinkett 1-yard run (John Carney kick)	ND 21-10

4	6:23	ND	John Carney 21-yard field goal	ND 24-10

^[6]

USC

Notre Dame played the first half in navy blue jerseys and changed into green jerseys for the second half.

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: [1]

Scoring summary

1	ND	Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick)	ND 7-0

1	ND	Beuerlein 6-yard run (Carney kick)	ND 14-0

2	ND	Carney 26-yard field goal	ND 17-0

2	ND	Stams 5-yard run (Carney kick)	ND 24-0

2	ND	Carney 33-yard field goal	ND 27-0

3	USC	Shafer 39-yard field goal	ND 27-3

3	ND	Carney 43-yard field goal	ND 30-3

4	ND	Williams 8-yard pass from Andrysiak (Carney kick)	ND 37-3

Navy

Ole Miss

Notre Dame finally had the opportunity to exact revenge on the Rebels for a 20-13 loss at Jackson eight years earlier.

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

Scoring summary

1	ND	Carney 41-yard field goal	Notre Dame 3-0

2	ND	Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 10-0

2	ND	Brown 14-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 17-0

3	ND	Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 24-0

3	ND	Redher 22-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 31-0

4	MISS	Meyers 10-yard pass from Osgood (Owen kick)	Notre Dame 31-7

4	MISS	Cleveland 1-yard run (Owen kick)	Notre Dame 31-14

4	ND	Southall 7-yard run (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 38-14

^[7]

at No. 1 Penn State

Notre Dame at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Irish	0	0	0	6	6
• No. 1 Nittany Lions	7	13	10	6	36

Date: November 16
Location: Beaver Stadium, College Pennsylvania, PA
Game attendance: 84,000
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson (play-by-play), Frank Broyles (analyst), and Tim Brant (sideline)

^[8]

No. 17 LSU

Ironically, Gerry Faust's last game in Notre Dame Stadium was against the same school he faced in his first game as Irish coach four years earlier.

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 start: 12:30 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: 33 degrees, cloudy with snow flurries
Referee: Raymond Bower
TV announcers (USA): Harry Kalas and Jack Ham

Scoring summary

1	9:26	ND	Tim Brown 18-yard run (John Carney kick)	ND 7–0

2	0:00	LSU	Matt DeFrank 27-yard field goal	ND 7–3

4	3:26		Garry James 2-yard run (Ron Lewis kick)	LSU 10–7

^[9]

at No. 4 Miami (FL)

Notre Dame at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Irish	0	7	0	0	7
• No. 4 Hurricanes	13	14	10	21	58

Date: November 30
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian

Scoring summary

1		MIA	Greg Cox 39-yard field goal	MIA 3-0

1		MIA	W. Williams 6-yard run (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 10-0

1		MIA	Greg Cox 47-yard field goal	MIA 13-0

2		MIA	Bennie Blades 61-yard interception return (Cox kick)	MIA 20-0

2		ND	Allen Pinkett 3-yard run (John Carney kick)	MIA 20-7

2		MIA	Melvin Bratton 7-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Cox kick)	MIA 27-7

3		MIA	Greg Cox 48-yard field goal	MIA 30-7

3		MIA	Michael Irvin 15-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 37-7

4		MIA	Vinny Testaverde 1-yard run (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 44-7

4		MIA	Andre Brown 17-yard pass from Geoff Torretta (Seelig kick)	MIA 51-7

4	4:44	MIA	Bill Hawkins recovered blocked punt in end zone (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 58-7

^[10]

Awards and honors

Allen Pinkett finished 8th in voting for the Heisman Trophy.^[11]
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

^[12]

References

^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
^ Tommy George (September 15, 1985). "U-M defense bogs down Irish, 20–12". Detroit Free Press. p. D1.
^ "Notre Dame crushes Ole Miss". The Courier-Journal. November 10, 1985. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tigers attack Irish". The Indianapolis Star. November 24, 1985. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ "NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH - Football". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
^ "1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.

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