1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 5
1968 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (5th season)
Captain	George Kunz
Captain	Bob Olson
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

Template:1968 NCAA University Division independents football standings The 1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ara Parseghian and competed as an independent. The Irish finished with a final record of 7–2–1. In their final game of the season, they played No. 2 USC to a 21–21 tie.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Oklahoma	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 45–21	59,075
September 28	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Purdue	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	L 22–37	59,075
October 5	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 51–28	58,043
October 12	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 27–7	59,075
October 19	2:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 58–8	59,075
October 26	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 5	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	L 17–21	77,339
November 2	1:30 p.m.	vs. Navy	No. 12	John F. Kennedy Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)		W 45–14	63,738
November 9	1:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 56–7	59,075
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 34–6	59,075
November 30	4:30 p.m.	at No. 2 USC	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	T 21–21	82,659
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Oklahoma

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 14 0 0 7 21 • Notre Dame 7 14 14 10 45 Date: September 21 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075 Scoring summary 1 ND Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 7-0 1 OU Eddie Hinton 72-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick) Tied 7-7 1 OU Steve Zabel 16-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick) OU 14-7 2 ND Jim Seymour 10-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick) Tied 14-14 2 ND Jim Seymour 7-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick) ND 21-14 3 ND Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 28-14 3 ND Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 35-14 4 ND Scott Hempel 31-yard field goal ND 38-14 4 OU Steve Zabel 11-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick) ND 38-21 4 ND Chuck Landolfi 5-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 45-21

Roster

1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Belden, BobBob Belden 7.0 !Sr T 64 Brennan, TerryTerry Brennan 5.0 !Jr RB 20 Gladieux, BobBob Gladieux 7.0 !Sr QB 5 Hanratty, TerryTerry Hanratty 7.0 !Sr G 75 Kuechenberg, BobBob Kuechenberg 7.0 !Sr T 78 Kunz, GeorgeGeorge Kunz 7.0 !Sr C 54 Oriard, MikeMike Oriard 5.0 !Jr WR 85 Seymour, JimJim Seymour 7.0 !Sr QB 7 Theismann, JoeJoe Theismann 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 47 Lavin, JohnJohn Lavin 7.0 !Sr DT 77 McCoy, MikeMike McCoy 5.0 !Jr LB 36 Olson, BobBob Olson 7.0 !Sr LB 49 Stenger, BrianBrian Stenger 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ara Parseghian Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

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