1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

	1984 Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
	1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Aloha Bowl, L 20–27 vs. SMU
Conference	Independent
1984 record	7–5
Head coach	Gerry Faust (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff
Captain	Mike Golic
Captain	Joe Johnson
Captain	Larry Williams
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1984 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

RivalriesEdit

In the Shillelagh Trophy, Purdue beat Notre Dame.
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.
Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.

ScheduleEdit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	1:30 p.m.	vs. Purdue	No. 8	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 21–23	60,672
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 20–17	76,919
September 22	2:30 p.m.	Colorado		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 55–14	59,075
September 29	3:50 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	ABC	W 16–13	70,915
October 6	7:45 p.m.	No. 14 Miami	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 13–31	59,075
October 13	12:20 p.m.	Air Force		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 7–21	59,075
October 20	12:20 p.m.	No. 11 South Carolina		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 32–36	59,075
October 27	3:50 p.m.	at No. 6 LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ABC	W 30–22	78,033
November 3	12:10 p.m.	at Navy		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN	W 18–17	61,795
November 17	12:20 p.m.	Penn State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	W 44–7	59,075
November 24	3:40 p.m.	at No. 14 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	CBS	W 19–7	66,342
December 29	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 10 SMU	No. 17	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–27	41,777
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summariesEdit

PurdueEdit

Michigan StateEdit

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South CarolinaEdit

by Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
• South Carolina	7	7	0	22	36
Notre Dame	0	17	9	6	32

Date: October 20
Location: Notre Dame Stadium
Game attendance: 59,075

ND: Third straight home loss (first time since 1956) ^[3]

NavyEdit

by Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	7	0	0	11	18
Navy	0	7	7	3	17

Date: November 3

Source: [1]

RosterEdit

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Andrysiak, TerryTerry Andrysiak	1.0 !Fr
QB	`7`	Beuerlein, SteveSteve Beuerlein	3.0 !So
TE	`82`	Bavaro, MarkMark Bavaro	7.0 !Sr
WR	`81`	Brown, TimTim Brown	1.0 !Fr
WR	`24`	Howard, JoeJoe Howard	7.0 !Sr
G	`75`	Williams, LarryLarry Williams	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`13`	Cummings, PatPat Cummings	7.0 !Sr
LB	`58`	Furjanic, TonyTony Furjanic	5.0 !Jr
DE	`78`	Gann, MikeMike Gann	7.0 !Sr
LB	`55`	Golic, MikeMike Golic	7.0 !Sr
SS	`27`	Johnson, JoeJoe Johnson	7.0 !Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`18`	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	3.0 !So

Head coach

Gerry Faust

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFLEdit

Awards and honorsEdit

Former Fighting Irish player Red Sitko was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/notre_dame/1980-1984_yearly_results.php. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1984 Sept 16.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1984 Oct 21. Retrieved 2016-Sep-11.

[0] "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/notre_dame/1980-1984_yearly_results.php. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

[1] Gainesville Sun. 1984 Sept 16.

[2] Eugene Register-Guard. 1984 Oct 21. Retrieved 2016-Sep-11.

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v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1984 Division I-A independents football records
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Boston College		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
#11 South Carolina		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	3	–	0
#17 Florida State		–		–		7	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
#18 Miami (FL)		–		–		8	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

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