1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 24–11 vs. Texas
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 2
1970 record	10–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (7th season)
Captain	Larry DiNardo
Captain	Tim Kelly
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame			–					10	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech			–					9	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston			–					8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane			–					8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
Florida State			–					7	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech			–					5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	0
Utah State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					3	–	7	–	0
Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	9	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	9	–	0
Army			–					1	–	9	–	1
Xavier			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 6	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)		W 35–14	50,049
September 26	1:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 48–0	59,075
October 3	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 4	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 29–0	76,103
October 10	1:30 p.m.	Army	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 51–10	59,075
October 17	3:50 p.m.	at No. 18 Missouri	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	ABC	W 24–7	64,200
October 31	1:30 p.m.	vs. Navy	No. 3	John F. Kennedy Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)		W 56–7	45,226
November 7	1:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 46–14	59,075
November 14	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 10–7	59,075
November 21	1:30 p.m.	No. 7 LSU	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 3–0	59,075
November 28	4:15 p.m.	at USC	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 28–38	64,694
January 1, 1971	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 1 Texas	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 24–11	73,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Allan, DennyDenny Allan FB 33 Barz, BillBill Barz 5.0 !Jr TE Creaney, MikeMike Creaney G 67 Dampeer, JohnJohn Dampeer G 56 DiNardo, LarryLarry DiNardo T 70 Gasseling, TomTom Gasseling WR 44 Gatewood, TomTom Gatewood 5.0 !Jr RB 12 Gulyas, EdEd Gulyas T 73 Martin, MikeMike Martin   Minnix, BobBob Minnix C 50 Novakow, DanDan Novakow 5.0 !Jr QB 7 Theismann, JoeJoe Theismann 7.0 !Sr WR 80 Townsend, WillieWillie Townsend 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 17 Crotty, MikeMike Crotty 5.0 !Jr DB 23 Ellis, ClarenceClarence Ellis 5.0 !Jr DB 5 Garner, TerryTerry Garner 3.0 !So DT 72 Kadish, MikeMike Kadish 7.0 !Sr LB 42 Kelly, TimTim Kelly DT 75 Marx, GregGreg Marx 5.0 !Jr LB 43 McHale, TomTom McHale DB 1 Menie, TomTom Menie LB 81 O'Malley, JimJim O'Malley 3.0 !So DE 85 Patulski, WaltWalt Patulski 5.0 !Jr LB 61 Webb, MikeMike Webb 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Hempel, ScottScott Hempel	Head coach Ara Parseghian Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	OT
Notre Dame	14	14	7	0	35
Northwestern	0	14	0	0	14

Purdue

See also: 1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Shillelagh Trophy (Notre Dame–Purdue)

Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame 10 14 7 17 48 at Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Date: September 26 Game weather: Rainy Game attendance: 59,075 Box Score Game information Purdue Notre Dame Joe Theismann 16/24, 274 Yds, 3 TD Tom Gatewood 12 Rec, 192 Yds, 3 TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Information Score Plays Yards TOP PUR ND 1 Notre Dame 19-yard field goal by Hempel 0 3 1 80 Notre Dame Allan 4-yard touchdown run, Hempel kick good 0 10 2 Notre Dame Gatewood 17-yard touchdown reception from Theismann, Hempel kick good 0 17 2 6:09 Notre Dame Gatewood 7-yard touchdown reception from Theismann, Hempel kick good 0 24 3 Notre Dame Gatewood 20-yard touchdown reception from Theismann, Hempel kick good 0 31 4 Notre Dame 37-yard field goal by Hempel 0 34 4 Notre Dame Dewan 4-yard touchdown run, Hempel kick good 0 41 4 Notre Dame Parker 63-yard touchdown run, Hempel kick good 0 48 "TOP" = Time of Possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 48

Michigan State

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 15 0 7 29 Michigan St 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 3 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI Game attendance: 76,103 Referee: Jerry Markbreit Scoring summary Q1 ND Barz 1 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 7–0 Q2 ND Minnix 1 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 14–0 Q2 ND Gulyas 2 yard run (Theismann run) ND 22–0 Q4 ND Parker 4 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 29–0

• Joe Theismann 12/17, 147 Yds, 13 Rush, 107 Yds
• First Notre Dame game on artificial turf
• First Notre Dame win in East Lansing since 1949

Army

	1	2	3	4	OT
Army	0	3	7	0	10
Notre Dame	21	9	14	7	51

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	OT
Notre Dame	3	0	14	7	24
Missouri	0	0	7	0	7

Navy

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 28 7 14 56 Navy 7 0 0 0 7 Date: October 31 Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Dewan 3-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 7-0 1 Navy Dillon 5-yard run (Lanning kick) Tie 7-7 2 Notre Dame Barz 2-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 Notre Dame Barz 1-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 21-7 2 Notre Dame Gatewood 6-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 28-7 2 Notre Dame Gatewood 29-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 35-7 3 Notre Dame Allan 3-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 42-7 4 Notre Dame Diestowski 30-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 49-7 4 Notre Dame Minnix 5-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 56-7

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pittsburgh	0	14	0	0	14
Notre Dame	7	18	6	15	46

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT
Georgia Tech	0	0	7	0	7
Notre Dame	0	0	3	7	10

LSU

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total LSU 0 0 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 0 0 0 3 3 Date: November 21 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST Game attendance: 59,075 Game weather: mostly cloudy, 47 degrees, wind S 15-18 MPH Referee: Jerry Markbreit Scoring summary 4 02:54 Notre Dame Hempel 24-yard field goal Notre Dame 3-0

USC

	1	2	3	4	OT
Notre Dame	7	3	7	7	24
USC	21	3	14	0	38

References

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