1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 6–40 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 14
Record8–3
Head coach
Captains
  • John Dampeer
  • Greg Marx
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Penn State     10 2 0
No. 14 Notre Dame     8 3 0
Utah State     8 3 0
West Virginia     8 4 0
Florida State     7 4 0
Northern Illinois     7 4 0
Rutgers     7 4 0
No. 20 Georgia Tech     7 4 1
Air Force     6 4 0
Army     6 4 0
Virginia Tech     6 4 1
Houston     6 4 1
Tulane     6 5 0
Temple     5 4 0
Colgate     5 4 1
Holy Cross     5 4 1
Syracuse     5 6 0
Miami (FL)     5 6 0
Dayton     4 6 1
Boston College     4 7 0
Navy     4 7 0
South Carolina     4 7 0
Southern Miss     3 7 1
Xavier     3 8 0
Marshall     2 8 0
Cincinnati     2 9 0
Villanova     2 9 0
Pittsburgh     1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 232:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 13W 37–055,155
September 302:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 10W 35–1459,075
October 71:50 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 7ABCW 16–077,828
October 142:30 p.m.PittsburghNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 42–1659,075
October 212:30 p.m.MissouriNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 26–3059,075
October 282:30 p.m.TCUNo. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 21–059,075
November 41:30 p.m.vs. NavyNo. 12W 42–2343,089
November 113:05 p.m.at Air ForceNo. 12W 21–748,671
November 181:30 p.m.Miami (FL)No. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 20–1759,075
December 24:00 p.m.at No. 1 USCNo. 10ABCL 23–4575,243
January 1, 19738:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 NebraskaNo. 12NBCL 6–4080,010

[1]

Game summaries[edit]

Northwestern[edit]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 14 1670 37
Northwestern 0 000 0

Purdue[edit]

1 234Total
Purdue 0 0014 14
Notre Dame 14 7140 35

[2]

Michigan State[edit]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 3 3010 16
Michigan St. 0 000 0


Pittsburgh[edit]

1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 088 16
Notre Dame 7 7721 42

[3]

Missouri[edit]

1 234Total
Missouri 7 1463 30
Notre Dame 7 7012 26
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Rain, upper 40s
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit


TCU[edit]

1 234Total
TCU 0 000 0
Notre Dame 0 777 21
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Rain, mid-50s


Navy[edit]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 14 2107 42
Navy 0 0716 23

Air Force[edit]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 1407 21
Air Force 0 070 7

Miami (FL)[edit]

1 234Total
Miami 3 0014 17
Notre Dame 13 070 20
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Mid-30s

USC[edit]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 3 7130 23
USC 19 01313 45

Orange Bowl vs. Nebraska[edit]

1973 Orange Bowl
1 234Total
Nebraska 7 13200 40
Notre Dame 0 006 6

Roster[edit]

1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 Frank Allocco So
FB 23 Art Best Fr
G 62 Tom Bolger Jr
QB 8 Cliff Brown Jr
FB 30 Wayne Bullock So
TE 86 Dave Casper Jr
QB 2 Tom Clements So
WR 85 Peter Demmerle So
G 72 Gerry DiNardo So
RB 28 Gary Diminick Jr
OT 69 Dennis Lozzi Jr
G 56 Frank Pomarico Jr
OT 71 Steve Sylvester So
WR 80 Willie Townsend Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 79 Jay Achterhoff Fr
CB 14 Reggie Barnett So
LB 50 Greg Collins So
DT 70 Steve Niehaus Fr
DT 60 Kevin Nosbusch So
DHB 7 Tim Rudnick Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 98 Bob Thomas Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tom Pagna

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

Roster

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2011 Notre Dame football media guide
  2. ^ "Purdue smashed." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 1.
  3. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.