1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Dunkel)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 5
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainJim Lynch
Home stadiumRocky Bleier
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     8 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame     8 2 0
Syracuse     8 2 0
No. 10 Penn State     8 2 1
New Mexico State     7 2 1
UTEP     7 2 1
Utah State     7 2 1
Florida State     7 2 2
West Texas State     8 3 0
Houston     7 3 0
VPI     7 3 0
Memphis State     6 3 0
Southern Miss     6 3 0
Dayton     6 3 1
Xavier     6 3 1
Miami (FL)     7 4 0
Buffalo     6 4 0
Navy     5 4 1
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Colorado State     4 5 1
Pacific     4 5 0
Boston College     4 6 0
Georgia Tech     4 6 0
Villanova     4 6 0
Air Force     2 6 2
Tulane     3 7 0
San Jose State     2 7 0
Colgate     2 8 0
Pittsburgh     1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 8–2.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 232:30 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 1W 41–859,075
September 302:30 p.m.No. 10 PurdueNo. 1L 21–2862,316
October 72:30 p.m.IowaNo. 6
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 56–659,075
October 142:30 p.m.No. 1 USCNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalryh)
L 7–2459,075
October 212:30 p.m.at IllinoisW 47–771,227
October 282:30 p.m.Michigan State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ABCW 24–1259,075
November 42:30 p.m.NavyNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 43–1459,075
November 111:30 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 9W 38–054,075
November 182:00 p.m.at Georgia TechNo. 9W 36–360,024
November 248:15 p.m.at MiamiNo. 6W 24–2277,265

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Game summaries[edit]

California[edit]

1 234Total
Golden Bears 0 008 8
• No. 1 Fighting Irish 7 17107 41

Purdue[edit]

1 234Total
No. 1 Fighting Irish 7 077 21
• No. 10 Boilermakers 6 0814 28

Iowa[edit]

1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 060 6
• No. 6 Fighting Irish 14 21714 56
  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: cloudy, 63 degrees

USC[edit]

USC won at Notre Dame for the first time since 1939, ending a string of 10 consecutive losses at Notre Dame Stadium. Despite entering the game ranked No. 1, the Trojans were a 12-point underdog against the No. 5 Fighting Irish, who committed nine turnovers (including seven intercepted passes).

1 234Total
• No. 1 Trojans 0 0177 24
No. 5 Fighting Irish 0 700 7
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: sunny, 68 degrees

Illinois[edit]

1 234Total
Fighting Irish 13 2077 47
Fighting Illini 0 070 7

Michigan State[edit]

1 234Total
Spartans 0 0012 12
Fighting Irish 7 1070 24

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Navy[edit]

1 234Total
Midshipmen 0 086 14
• No. 10 Fighting Irish 7 2808 43
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Snow, low 30s

Pittsburgh[edit]

1 234Total
• No. 9 Fighting Irish 14 1068 38
Panthers 0 000 0

Georgia Tech[edit]

This was Notre Dame's 500th all-time football victory. The attendance of 60,034 was the largest at any football game in Georgia up to that point.

1 234Total
• No. 9 Fighting Irish 0 2169 36
Yellow Jackets 3 000 3

Miami (Florida)[edit]

The crowd of 77,265 was the largest to attend a football game in Florida at the time. This was Notre Dame's third Friday night game in history; the others were in 1951 at Detroit and 1955 at Miami.

1 234Total
• No. 6 Fighting Irish 3 777 24
Hurricanes 0 1606 22
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Miami Orange Bowl
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 75 degrees, 85% humidity

Roster[edit]

1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 28 Rocky Bleier Sr
RB 20 Bob Gladieux Jr
QB 5 Terry Hanratty Jr
G 75 Bob Kuechenberg Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P/K 90 Joe Azzaro
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame Rips Spartans, 24-12." Ocala Star-Banner. 1967 Oct 29.