1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1984 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Aloha Bowl, L 20–27 vs. SMU
Conference	Independent
1984 record	7–5
Head coach	Gerry Faust (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff
Captains	Mike Golic Joe Johnson Larry Williams
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 South Carolina		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Florida State		–		–				7	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–				8	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Tulane		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Rivalries

• In the Shillelagh Trophy, Purdue beat Notre Dame.
• Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.
• Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	1:30 p.m.	vs. Purdue	No. 8	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 21–23	60,672
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 20–17	76,919
September 22	2:30 p.m.	Colorado		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 55–14	59,075
September 29	3:50 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	ABC	W 16–13	70,915
October 6	7:45 p.m.	No. 14 Miami	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 13–31	59,075
October 13	12:20 p.m.	Air Force		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 7–21	59,075
October 20	12:20 p.m.	No. 11 South Carolina		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 32–36	59,075
October 27	3:50 p.m.	at No. 6 LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ABC	W 30–22	78,033
November 3	12:10 p.m.	at Navy		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN	W 18–17	61,795
November 17	12:20 p.m.	Penn State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	W 44–7	59,075
November 24	3:40 p.m.	at No. 14 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	CBS	W 19–7	66,342
December 29	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 10 SMU	No. 17	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–27	41,777
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Terry Andrysiak Fr QB 7 Steve Beuerlein So TE 82 Mark Bavaro Sr WR 81 Tim Brown Fr WR 24 Joe Howard Sr RB 20 Allen Pinkett Jr T 62 Ron Plantz Jr G 75 Larry Williams Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 40 Pat Ballage Jr DB 13 Pat Cummings Sr LB 43 Rick DiBernardo Jr DE 71 Eric Dorsey Jr LB 58 Tony Furjanic Jr DE 78 Mike Gann Sr LB 55 Mike Golic Sr SS 27 Joe Johnson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 John Carney So	Head coach Gerry Faust Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

vs. Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 3 10 3 7 23 Notre Dame 14 0 0 7 21 Date: September 8 Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis Game attendance: 60,672 Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary Q1 PUR Rendina 31-yard field goal PUR 3–0 Q1 ND Pinkett 11-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7–3 Q1 ND Brooks 3-yard run (Carney kick) ND 14–3 Q2 PUR Price 6-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) ND 14–10 Q2 PUR Rendina 18-yard field goal ND 14–13 Q3 PUR Rendina 20-yard field goal PUR 16–14 Q4 PUR Price 14-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 23–14 Q4 ND Pinkett 6-yard run (Carney kick) PUR 23–21

See also: 1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 0 3 7 14 24 Michigan St 17 0 3 0 20 Date: September 15 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan Game attendance: 76,919

Scoring summary Q1 MSU Butler 15 yard run (kick failed) MSU 6–0 Q1 MSU Butler 23 yard run (Ingram pass from Yarema) MSU 14–0 Q1 MSU Mojsiejenko 24 yard field goal MSU 17–0 Q2 ND Carney 42 yard field goal MSU 17–3 Q3 ND Pinkett 40 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) MSU 17–10 Q3 MSU Mojsiejenko 43 yard field goal MSU 20–10 Q4 ND Jackson 8 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) MSU 20–17 Q4 ND Pinkett 5 yard run (Carney kick) ND 24–20

See also: 1984 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Colorado

See also: 1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total • South Carolina 7 7 0 22 36 Notre Dame 0 17 9 6 32 Date: October 20 Location: Notre Dame Stadium Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary Q1 SCAR Mitchell 1 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 7–0 Q2 ND Pinkett 4 yard run (Carney kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 ND Bavaro 5 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) ND 14–7 Q2 SCAR Hagood 2 yard run (Hogler kick) Tie 14–14 Q2 ND Carney 48 yard field goal ND 17–14 Q3 ND Carney 47 yard field goal ND 20–14 Q3 ND Beuerlein 6 yard pass from Pinkett (pass failed) ND 26–14 Q4 SCAR Hold 1 yard run (Hagood run) ND 26–22 Q4 SCAR Hold 33 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 29–26 Q4 SCAR Lewis 4 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 36–26 Q4 ND Pinkett 1 yard run (pass failed) SCAR 36–32

ND: Third straight home loss (first time since 1956) [4]

Navy

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 0 0 11 18 Navy 0 7 7 3 17 Date: November 3 Source:

Scoring summary 1 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7-0 2 NAVY Berner 6-yard run (Solomon kick) Tied 7-7 3 NAVY Byrne 2-yard pass from Lauletta (Solomon kick) NAVY 14-7 4 NAVY Solomon 32-yard field goal NAVY 17-7 4 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Beuerlein to Howard pass) NAVY 17-15 4 ND Carney 44-yard field goal ND 18-17

Team players drafted into the NFL

Awards and honors

• Former Fighting Irish player Red Sitko was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

References

1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
2. Gainesville Sun. September 9, 1984
3. Gainesville Sun. 1984 September 16.
4. Eugene Register-Guard. 1984 October 21. Retrieved 2016 September 11.