1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
1982 record	6–4–1
Head coach	Gerry Faust (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Lichtenberg
Defensive coordinator	Jim Johnson
MVP	Dave Duerson
Captain	Phil Carter
Captain	Dave Duerson
Captain	Mark Zavagnin
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1982 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Pittsburgh		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		–				8	–	3	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Miami		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				6	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Memphis		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Richmond		–		–				0	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	9:00 p.m.	No. 10 Michigan	No. 20	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 23–17	59,075
September 25	2:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 28–14	59,075
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 11	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 11–3	77,119
October 9	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Miami	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 16–14	59,075
October 16	2:30 p.m.	Arizona	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		L 13–16	59,075
October 23	4:00 p.m.	at Oregon	No. 15	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		T 13–13	40,381
October 30	1:00 p.m.	vs. Navy		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)		W 27–10	72,201
November 6	1:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		W 31–16	60,162
November 13	3:50 p.m.	No. 5 Penn State	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ABC	L 14–24	59,075
November 20	3:00 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 18	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		L 17–30	46,712
November 27	3:50 p.m.	at No. 17 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	CBS	L 13–17	76,459
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Roster

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 82 Bavaro, MarkMark Bavaro 3.0 !So RB 28 Bell, GregGreg Bell 5.0 !Jr RB 22 Carter, PhilPhil Carter 7.0 !Sr G 78 Ellis, RandyRandy Ellis 7.0 !Sr C 57 Fischer, MarkMark Fischer 7.0 !Sr T 65 Golic, GregGreg Golic 5.0 !Jr WR 24 Howard, JoeJoe Howard 3.0 !So TE 85 Hunter, TonyTony Hunter 7.0 !Sr QB 12 Karcher, KenKen Karcher 3.0 !So G 63 Kelley, MikeMike Kelley 3.0 !So QB 5 Kiel, BlairBlair Kiel 5.0 !Jr RB 39 Moriarty, LarryLarry Moriarty 7.0 !Sr QB 6 O'Hara, JimJim O'Hara 7.0 !Sr T 69 Perrino, MikeMike Perrino 1.0 !Fr RB 20 Pinkett, AllenAllen Pinkett 1.0 !Fr G 62 Plantz, RonRon Plantz 1.0 !Fr T 52 Putzstuck, JohnJohn Putzstuck 7.0 !Sr T 74 Shiner, MikeMike Shiner 5.0 !Jr RB 32 Smith, ChrisChris Smith 3.0 !So WR 1 Stone, ChrisChris Stone 7.0 !Sr G 64 Thayer, TomTom Thayer 7.0 !Sr G 75 Williams, LarryLarry Williams 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 37 Autry, JoeJoe Autry 5.0 !Jr CB 9 Brown, ChrisChris Brown 5.0 !Jr DT 91 Clasby, BobBob Clasby 7.0 !Sr DT 71 Dorsey, EricEric Dorsey 1.0 !Fr LB 43 DiBernardo, RickRick DiBernardo 1.0 !Fr DT 92 Dingens, GregGreg Dingens 1.0 !Fr DB 19 Driscoll, JustinJustin Driscoll 7.0 !Sr FS 23 Duerson, DaveDave Duerson 7.0 !Sr LB 58 Furjanic, TonyTony Furjanic 1.0 !Fr DE 78 Gann, MikeMike Gann 3.0 !So DE 55 Golic, MikeMike Golic 3.0 !So DT 93 Heffern, ShawnShawn Heffern 1.0 !Fr SS 27 Johnson, JoeJoe Johnson 3.0 !So LB 37 Naylor, RickRick Naylor 5.0 !Jr LB 51 Rudzinski, JoeJoe Rudzinski 7.0 !Sr FS 41 Schuster, DaveDave Schuster 7.0 !Sr CB 30 Toran, StaceyStacey Toran 5.0 !Jr LB 36 Weissenhofer, RonRon Weissenhofer 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 4 Johnson, MikeMike Johnson 7.0 !Sr P 3 Viracola, MikeMike Viracola 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Gerry Faust Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Staff

• Head coach: Gerry Faust
• Assistants: Greg Blache (DL), Brian Boulac (Ast HC), Jim Higgins (OL), Ron Hudson (WR), Jim Johnson (DC), George Kelly (LB), Tom Lichtenberg (OC/Recruiting Coordinator), Jay Robertson (DT), Carl Selmer (OL), Ross Stephenson (Volunteer/Scouting)

Game summaries

Michigan

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 7 10 17 • Notre Dame 3 10 10 0 23 Date: September 18 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana Source: [1] Scoring summary 1 ND Johnston 35-yard field goal ND 3-0 2 ND Moriarty 24-yard run (Johnston kick) ND 10-0 2 ND Johnston 37-yard field goal ND 13-0 3 MICH Carter 72-yard punt return (Haji-Sheikh kick) ND 13-7 3 ND Johnston 41-yard field goal ND 16-7 3 ND Bell 10-yard run (Johnston kick) ND 23-7 4 MICH Haji-Sheikh 42-yard field goal ND 23-10 4 MICH Rogers 39-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick) ND 23-17

The first night game played at Notre Dame Stadium.

Purdue

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 14 0 0 14 • Notre Dame 7 7 7 7 28 Date: September 25 Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Scoring summary 1 ND Moriarty 2-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 7-0 2 ND Moriarty 3-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 14-0 2 PUR King 2-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 PUR Benson 5-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Tie 14-14 3 ND Carter 6-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 21-14 4 ND Carter 10-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 28-14

Michigan State

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 2 9 0 0 11 Michigan St 0 0 3 0 3 Date: October 2 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI Game attendance: 77,119 Scoring summary Q1 ND Leister tackled in end zone ND 2–0 Q2 ND Johnston 33 yard field goal ND 5–0 Q2 ND Johnston 29 yard field goal ND 8–0 Q2 ND Johnston 42 yard field goal ND 11–0 Q3 MSU Mojsiejenko 50 yard field goal ND 11–3

Notre Dame's first victory in a game without scoring a touchdown since 1970 versus LSU.

Miami (FL)

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Miami 0 0 7 7 14 • Notre Dame 0 7 3 6 16 Date: October 9 Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075 Scoring summary Q2 2:25 ND Kiel 6 yard run (Johnson kick) ND 7–0 Q3 11:47 Miami Richt 1 yard pass to Dennison (Davis kick) Tie 7-7 Q3 2:53 ND Johnson 29 yard field goal ND 10-7 Q4 13:03 Miami Richt 79 yard pass to Belk (Davis kick) Miami 14-10 Q4 8:27 ND Johnson 42 yard field goal Miami 14-13 Q4 :11 ND Johnson 32 yard field goal ND 16-14

Arizona

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona 0 0 6 10 16 Notre Dame 10 0 0 3 13 Date: October 16 Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075 Scoring summary Q1 ND Johnson 22 yard field goal ND 3–0 Q1 ND Pinkett 25 yard run (Johnson kick) ND 10-0 Q3 Ariz Zendejas 38 yard field goal ND 10-3 Q3 Ariz Zendejas 32 yard field goal ND 10-6 Q4 ND Johnson 43 yard field goal ND 13-6 Q4 Ariz Freeman 1 yard run (Sendejas kick) 13-13 Q4 Ariz Zendejas 48 yard field goal Ariz 16-13

Oregon

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame 7 0 3 3 13 Oregon 3 0 3 7 13 Date: October 23 Location: Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR Game attendance: 40,381 Scoring summary Q1 7:27 ND Pinkett 6 yard run (Johnson kick) ND 7–0 Q1 3:52 Oregon Lee 37 yard field goal ND 7-3 Q3 9:37 Oregon Lee 39 yard field goal ND 7-6 Q3 :46 ND Johnson 42 yard field goal ND 10-6 Q4 10:27 Oregon Jones 6 yard run (Lee kick) Oregon 13-10 Q4 :11 ND Johnson 25 yard field goal Tie 13-13

Navy

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 0 13 14 0 27 Navy 0 0 2 8 10 Date: October 30 Location: Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey Game attendance: 72,201 Scoring summary 2 7:28 ND Smith 3-yard pass from Kiel (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 7-0 2 ND Johnston 40-yard field goal Notre Dame 10-0 2 ND Johnston 48-yard field goal Notre Dame 13-0 3 NAVY Safety, Kiel tackled in end zone Notre Dame 13-2 3 ND Moriarty 18-yard pass from Kiel (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 20-2 3 ND Pinkett 12-yard run (Johnston kick) Notre Dame 27-2 4 NAVY Cebak 26-yard pass from Torquinio (Clouse pass from Torquinio) Notre Dame 27-10

Statistics

• Passing: Blair Kiel 118/219, 1273 Yds, 3 TD
• Rushing: Phil Carter 179 Rush, 715 Yds, 2 TD
• Receiving: Tony Hunter 42 Rec, 507 Yds
• Scoring: Mike Johnston 76 Pts

Awards

• S Dave Duerson - 1st Team All-American (College & Pro Football Newsweekly, Football News, Football Writers Association of America)
• TE Tony Hunter - 1st Team All-American (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
• K Mike Johnston - 3rd Team All-American (Football News)
• LB Mark Zavagnin - 2nd Team All-American (Football News), 3rd Team All-American (Associated Press)