1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

	1975 NCAA Division I Independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
	1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
1975 record	8–3
Head coach	Dan Devine (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Merv Johnson (1st season)
Captain	Ed Bauer
Captain	Jim Stock
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. It was Dan Devine's first year as head coach, taking over for the retired Ara Parseghian.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	9:00 p.m.	vs. Boston College	No. 9	Schaefer Stadium Foxboro, MA (Holy War)	ABC	W 17–3	61,501
September 20	2:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 9	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 17–0	69,795
September 27	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 31–7	59,075
October 4	2:30 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)		L 3–10	59,075
October 11	1:30 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 15	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 21–14	49,500
October 18	3:05 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 15	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		W 31–30	43,204
October 25	1:50 p.m.	No. 3 USC	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 17–24	59,075
November 1	1:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 31–10	59,075
November 8	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 24–3	59,075
November 15	1:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 9	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		L 20–34	56,480
November 22	7:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)		Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 32–9	24,944
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`12`	Allocco, FrankFrank Allocco	7.0 !Sr
T	`68`	Bauer, EdEd Bauer	7.0 !Sr
TE	`83`	Buth, DougDoug Buth	5.0 !Jr
TE	`87`	Driscoll, JohnJohn Driscoll	3.0 !So
RB	`40`	Eurick, TerryTerry Eurick	3.0 !So
WR	`82`	Haines, KrisKris Haines	1.0 !Fr
RB	`30`	Heavens, JeromeJerome Heavens	1.0 !Fr
RB	`25`	Hunter, AlAl Hunter	3.0 !So
T	`62`	Huffman, DaveDave Huffman	1.0 !Fr
G	`65`	Hughes, ErnieErnie Hughes	3.0 !So
WR	`80`	Kelleher, DanDan Kelleher	5.0 !Jr
RB	`21`	Knott, DanDan Knott	3.0 !So
TE	`81`	MacAfee, KenKen MacAfee	3.0 !So
T	`71`	McDaniels, SteveSteve McDaniels	3.0 !So
G	`60`	Meyer, HowardHoward Meyer	1.0 !Fr
QB	`3`	Montana, JoeJoe Montana	1.0 !Fr
G	`57`	Moore, EltonElton Moore	5.0 !Jr
RB	`14`	Orsini, SteveSteve Orsini	3.0 !So
FB	`36`	Parise, TomTom Parise	7.0 !Sr
C	`77`	Quehl, SteveSteve Quehl	7.0 !Sr
T	`50`	Tull, BobBob Tull	3.0 !So
G	`66`	Wujciak, AlAl Wujciak	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`79`	Achterhoff, JayJay Achterhoff	7.0 !Sr
SS	`20`	Bradley, LutherLuther Bradley	3.0 !So
SS	`33`	Browner, JimJim Browner	1.0 !Fr
DE	`89`	Browner, RossRoss Browner	3.0 !So
SS	`28`	Christensen, RossRoss Christensen	3.0 !So
LB	`24`	DeCicco, NickNick DeCicco	3.0 !So
DT	`72`	Dike, KenKen Dike	3.0 !So
FS	`41`	Dubenetzky, JohnJohn Dubenetzky	5.0 !Jr
LB	`42`	Eastman, TomTom Eastman	5.0 !Jr
DE	`94`	Fry, WillieWillie Fry	3.0 !So
LB	`55`	Golic, BobBob Golic	1.0 !Fr
FS	`10`	Harrison, RandyRandy Harrison	3.0 !So
LB	`58`	Heimkreiter, SteveSteve Heimkreiter	1.0 !Fr
LB	`51`	Johnson, PetePete Johnson	3.0 !So
CB	`26`	Lopienski, TomTom Lopienski	7.0 !Sr
DT	`70`	Niehaus, SteveSteve Niehaus	7.0 !Sr
LB	`38`	Novakov, TonyTony Novakov	7.0 !Sr
LB	`54`	Russell, MarvMarv Russell	5.0 !Jr
DE	`45`	Ruettiger, RudyRudy Ruettiger	7.0 !Sr
CB	`29`	Sarb, PatPat Sarb	7.0 !Sr
LB	`48`	Stock, JimJim Stock	7.0 !Sr
DT	`74`	Weston, JeffJeff Weston	3.0 !So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`4`	Brantley, TonyTony Brantley	7.0 !Sr
K	`99`	McLaughlin, PatPat McLaughlin	7.0 !Sr
P/QB	`7`	Restic, JoeJoe Restic	1.0 !Fr

Head Coach: Dan Devine
Assistants: Greg Blache (JV), Brian Boulac (OL), Ed Chlebek (ST), Merv Johnson (OC), George Kelly (LB), Hank Kuhlmann (OB/ST), Johnny Roland (Receivers), Paul Shoults (DB), Ross Stephenson (Scouting/Volunteer Ast), Joe Yonto (DL)

by Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	3	0	0	14	17
Purdue	0	0	0	0	0

by Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	0	0	21	21
North Carolina	0	0	14	0	14

v · d · e	Conf			Overall
1975 NCAA Division I Independents football records
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Rutgers		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Penn State		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 West Virginia		–		9	–	3	–	0
Notre Dame		–		8	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		7	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		6	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		4	–	6	–	1
Tulane		–		4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	7	–	0
Florida State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		2	–	8	–	1
Houston		–		2	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Army		–		2	–	9	–	0
Holy Cross		–		1	–	10	–	0
Louisville		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll