1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1995 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 26–31 vs. Florida State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 11
1995 record	9–3
Head coach	Lou Holtz (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Davie
Captains	Paul Grasmanis Derrick Mayes Shawn Wooden Dusty Ziegler
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1995 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
East Carolina			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
Louisville			–					7	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati			–					6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	5	–	0
Army			–					5	–	5	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tulsa			–					4	–	7	–	0
Memphis			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana			–					2	–	9	–	0
North Texas			–					2	–	9	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 15–17	59,075
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 25	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	W 35–28	70,569
September 16	2:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 24	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 41–0	59,075
September 23	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Texas	No. 21	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 55–27	59,075
September 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Ohio State	No. 15	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 26–45	95,537
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Washington	No. 23	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 29–21	74,023
October 14	12:00 PM	at Army	No. 17	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–27	74,218
October 21	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 USC	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	W 38–10	59,075
October 28	2:30 p.m.	Boston College	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Holy War)	NBC	W 20–10	59,075
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 35–17	59,075
November 18	7:45 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 8	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN	W 44–14	54,482
January 1, 1996	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Florida State	No. 6	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	CBS	L 26–31	72,198
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 82 Bobby Brown Fr TE 98 Pete Chryplewicz Sr FB 44 Marc Edwards Jr RB 31 Robert Farmer Jr QB 7 Jarious Jackson Fr WR 83 Malcolm Johnson So RB 26 Randy Kinder Jr QB 11 Thomas Krug Jr WR 1 Derrick Mayes Sr T 54 Luke Petitgout Fr QB 3 Ron Powlus Jr G 79 Mike Rosenthal Fr T 71 Jerry Wisne Fr C 77 Dusty Zeigler Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 13 Bertrand Berry Jr LB 6 Lyron Cobbins Jr CB 23 Autry Denson Fr DT 93 Paul Grasmanis Sr LB 27 Bobbie Howard Fr LB 4 Kory Minor Fr CB 15 Allen Rossum So LB 2 Kinnon Tatum Jr CB 22 Shawn Wooden Sr DE 48 Renaldo Wynn Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 20 Kevin Kopka Fr P 8 Hunter Smith Fr	Head coach Lou Holtz Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Northwestern

Northwestern at #9 Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Wildcats 7 3 7 0 17 Fighting Irish 0 9 0 6 15 Date: September 2 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075 TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Bob Trumpy, John Dockery

Scoring summary Q1 6:15 NW Dave Beazley 6-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick) NW 7–0 Q2 ND Kevin Kopka 35-yard field goal NW 7–3 Q2 NW Sam Valenzisi 37-yard field goal NW 10–3 Q2 2:35 ND Robert Farmer 5-yard run (kick failed) NW 10–9 Q3 NW D'Wayne Bates 26-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick) NW 17–9 Q4 6:15 ND Randy Kinder 2-yard run (conversion failed) NW 17–15

See also: 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team and Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–7–2	1994	W 42–15

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Army

#17 Notre Dame at Army

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 14 7 7 0 28 Army 7 0 7 13 27 Date: Saturday, October 14 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game attendance: 74,218

Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Denson 2 yard run (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 7-0 1 Army Leshinski 1 yard pass from McAda (Parker kick) Tie 7-7 1 Notre Dame Edwards 2 yard run (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 Notre Dame Denson 2 yard run (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 21-7 3 Notre Dame Edwards 46 yard pass from Powlus (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 28-7 3 Army Conroy 5 yard run (Parker kick) Notre Dame 28-14 4 Army Conroy 3 yard run (Parker kick) Notre Dame 28-21 4 Army Gantt 7 yard pass from McAda (pass failed) Notre Dame 28-27

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Awards and honors

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

References

1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
2. "Northwestern vs. Notre Dame". USA Today. September 2, 1995. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
3. Gainesville Sun. 1995 Oct 15.