American college football season
1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 17 |
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Record | 8–3 |
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Offensive coordinator | Merv Johnson (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium |
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The 1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. It was Dan Devine's first year as head coach, taking over for the retired Ara Parseghian.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 15 | 9:00 p.m. | vs. Boston College | No. 9 | | ABC | W 17–3 | 61,501 | [1] |
September 20 | 2:30 p.m. | at Purdue | No. 9 | | | W 17–0 | 69,795 | |
September 27 | 2:30 p.m. | Northwestern | No. 7 | | | W 31–7 | 59,075 | |
October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Michigan State | No. 8 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| | L 3–10 | 59,075 | |
October 11 | 1:30 p.m. | at North Carolina | No. 15 | | | W 21–14 | 49,500 | [2] |
October 18 | 3:05 p.m. | at Air Force | No. 15 | | | W 31–30 | 43,204 | |
October 25 | 1:50 p.m. | No. 3 USC | No. 14 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| ABC | L 17–24 | 59,075 | |
November 1 | 1:30 p.m. | Navy | No. 15 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| | W 31–10 | 59,075 | |
November 8 | 1:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech | No. 12 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| | W 24–3 | 59,075 | |
November 15 | 1:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | No. 9 | | | L 20–34 | 56,480 | |
November 22 | 7:30 p.m. | at Miami (FL) | | | | W 32–9 | 24,944 | |
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Personnel
Roster
1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | QB | 12 | Frank Allocco | Sr | OT | 68 | Ed Bauer | Sr | TE | 83 | Doug Buth | Jr | TE | 87 | John Driscoll | So | RB | 40 | Terry Eurick | So | WR | 82 | Kris Haines | Fr | RB | 30 | Jerome Heavens | Fr | RB | 25 | Al Hunter | So | OT | 62 | Dave Huffman | Fr | G | 65 | Ernie Hughes | So | WR | 80 | Dan Kelleher | Jr | RB | 21 | Dan Knott | So | TE | 81 | Ken MacAfee | So | OT | 71 | Steve McDaniels | So | G | 60 | Howard Meyer | Fr | QB | 3 | Joe Montana | Fr | G | 57 | Elton Moore | Jr | RB | 14 | Steve Orsini | So | FB | 36 | Tom Parise | Sr | C | 77 | Steve Quehl | Sr | OT | 50 | Bob Tull | So | G | 66 | Al Wujciak | Sr | | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | 4 | Tony Brantley | Sr | K | 99 | Pat McLaughlin | Sr | P/QB | 7 | Joe Restic | Fr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Coaching staff
- Head coach: Dan Devine
- Assistants: Greg Blache (JV), Brian Boulac (OL), Ed Chlebek (ST), Merv Johnson (OC), George Kelly (LB), Hank Kuhlmann (OB/ST), Johnny Roland (Receivers), Paul Shoults (DB), Ross Stephenson (Scouting/Volunteer Ast), Joe Yonto (DL)
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Game summaries
Boston College
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | Boston College | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 2 | 6:52 | ND | Dave Reeve 30-yard field goal | ND 3-0 | | 2 | 0:11 | BC | Fred Steinfort 45-yard field goal | Tied 3-3 | | 3 | 1:48 | ND | Jim Browner 10-yard run (kick good) | ND 10-3 | | 4 | | ND | Touchdown | ND 17-3 | |
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Purdue
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Notre Dame | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Reeve 29-yard field goal | Notre Dame 3-0 | | 4 | | ND | Bradley 99-yard interception return (Reeve kick) | Notre Dame 10-0 | | 4 | | ND | Hunter 1-yard run (Reeve kick) | Notre Dame 17-0 | |
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North Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 3 | | UNC | Voight 12-yard run (Biddle kick) | UNC 7-0 | | 3 | | UNC | Collins 38-yard pass from Paschall (Biddle kick) | UNC 14-0 | | 4 | | ND | Hunter 2-yard run (pass failed) | UNC 14-6 | | 4 | | ND | Hunter 2-yard run (Montana to Bush pass) | Tied 14-14 | | 4 | 1:03 | ND | Burgmeier 80-yard pass from Montana (McLaughlin kick) | ND 21-14 | |
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Georgia Tech
This was the famous game in which Rudy Ruettiger, a 5'6", 165-lb, walk-on, was inserted late in the game and recorded a quarterback sack. His story was the inspiration for the movie Rudy.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | • Notre Dame | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Heavens 16-yard run (Reeve kick) | ND 7-0 | | 2 | | ND | FG Reeve 29 | ND 10-0 | | 3 | | ND | Heavens 73-yard run (Reeve kick) | ND 17-0 | | 4 | | GT | FG Mealier 40 | 17-3 | | 4 | | ND | Knotter 3-yard run (Reeve kick) | ND 24-3 | |
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References
- ^ "17–3 for Devine, Assistants". Press (Binghamton, NY). September 16, 1975. p. 13A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "21 late points save Notre Dame". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 2011 Notre Dame football media supplement.
- ^ "Notre Dame Stops Boston College in Opener." Palm Beach Post. 1975 Sept 16.
- ^ "Interception Return Lifts Irish." Palm Beach Post. 1975 Sept 21.
- ^ "Irish Turn Back Tar Heels, 21-14." Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 12.
- ^ "Notre Dame Subdues Ga. Tech". The New York Times. November 9, 1975.
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