1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	5–6
Head coach	Gerry Faust (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff
Captain	Tony Furjanic
Captain	Mike Larkin
Captain	Allen Pinkett
Captain	Tim Scannell
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1985 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–				4	–	8	–	0
Memphis		–		–				2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	CBS	L 12–20	105,523
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Michigan State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	ESPN	W 27–10	59,075
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	TBS	L 17–35	69,338
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	L 15–21	52,123
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Army		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	United States, WGN	W 24–10	59,075
October 26	2:00 p.m.	USC		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)		W 37–3	59,075
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Navy		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–17	59,075
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Mississippi		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	W 37–14	59,075
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 6–36	84,000
November 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 LSU		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	L 7–10	59,075
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Miami		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	L 7–58	49,236
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Army

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Army 0 7 3 0 10 • Notre Dame 14 0 7 3 24 Date: Saturday, October 19 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075 Scoring summary 1 ND Pernell Taylor 1-yard run (John Carney kick) ND 7-0 1 ND Tim Brown 19-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Carney kick) ND 14-0 2 ARMY Bill Lampley 4-yard run (Craig Stopa kick) ND 14-7 3 ARMY Craig Stopa 22-yard field goal ND 14-10 3 ND Allen Pinkett 1-yard run (John Carney kick) ND 21-10 4 6:23 ND John Carney 21-yard field goal ND 24-10

USC

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 0 3 0 3 • Notre Dame 14 13 3 7 37 Date: October 26 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN Source: [1] Scoring summary 1 ND Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7-0 1 ND Beuerlein 6-yard run (Carney kick) ND 14-0 2 ND Carney 26-yard field goal ND 17-0 2 ND Stams 5-yard run (Carney kick) ND 24-0 2 ND Carney 33-yard field goal ND 27-0 3 USC Shafer 39-yard field goal ND 27-3 3 ND Carney 43-yard field goal ND 30-3 4 ND Williams 8-yard pass from Andrysiak (Carney kick) ND 37-3

Ole Miss

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Ole Miss 0 0 0 14 14 • Notre Dame 3 14 14 7 38 Date: November 9 Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Scoring summary 1 ND Carney 41-yard field goal Notre Dame 3-0 2 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 10-0 2 ND Brown 14-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) Notre Dame 17-0 3 ND Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 24-0 3 ND Redher 22-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) Notre Dame 31-0 4 MISS Meyers 10-yard pass from Osgood (Owen kick) Notre Dame 31-7 4 MISS Cleveland 1-yard run (Owen kick) Notre Dame 31-14 4 ND Southall 7-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 38-14

Roster

1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Andrysiak, TerryTerry Andrysiak 3.0 !So QB 7 Beuerlein, SteveSteve Beuerlein 5.0 !Jr WR 81 Brown, TimTim Brown 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 48 Figaro, CedricCedric Figaro 3.0 !So LB 58 Furjanic, TonyTony Furjanic 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 Carney, JohnJohn Carney 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Gerry Faust Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Awards and honors

• Allen Pinkett finished 8th in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
• Former Fighting Irish players Paul Hornung and Jim Martin were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame