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1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
1992 record10–1–1
Head coachLou Holtz (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorSkip Holtz (1st season)
CaptainDemetrius DuBose
CaptainRick Mirer
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Division I-A independents football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 4 Notre Dame         10 1 1
Southern Miss         7 4 0
Penn State         7 5 0
Memphis         6 5 0
Army         5 6 0
East Carolina         5 6 0
Louisiana Tech         5 6 0
Louisville         5 6 0
Northern Illinois         5 6 0
Tulsa         4 7 0
Cincinnati         3 8 0
Arkansas State         2 9 0
Southwestern Louisiana         2 9 0
Tulane         2 9 0
Navy         1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Rivalries[]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:30 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 3ABCW 42–764,877
September 121:30 p.m.No. 6 MichiganNo. 3NBCT 17–1759,075
September 193:30 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 7ABCW 52–3176,188
September 261:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 6
NBCW 48–059,075
October 31:30 p.m.No. 18 StanfordNo. 6
NBCL 16–3359,075
October 107:45 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 13ESPNW 52–2152,155
October 241:30 p.m.BYUNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
NBCW 42–1659,075
October 311:00 p.m.vs. NavyNo. 10W 38–758,769
November 71:30 p.m.No. 9 Boston CollegeNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (Holy War)
NBCW 54–759,075
November 141:30 p.m.No. 22 Penn StateNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
NBCW 17–1659,075
November 288:00 p.m.at No. 19 USCNo. 5ABCW 31–2390,063
January 1, 19931:00 p.m.vs. No. 4 Texas A&MNo. 5NBCW 28–371,615

Roster[]

1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 6 Bettis, JeromeJerome Bettis Jr
RB 40 Brooks, ReggieReggie Brooks Sr
RB 37 Davis, TravisTravis Davis So
WR 87 Dawson, LakeLake Dawson Jr
T 65 Knapp, LindsayLindsay Knapp Sr
TE 80 McBride, OscarOscar McBride Jr
QB 15 McDougal, KevinKevin McDougal Jr
QB 3 Mirer, RickRick Mirer Sr
C 61 Ruddy, TimTim Ruddy Jr
TE 84 Smith, IrvIrv Smith Sr
T 75 Taylor, AaronAaron Taylor Jr
RB 34 Zellars, RayRay Zellars So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 47 Bercich, PetePete Bercich Jr
S 9 Burris, JeffJeff Burris Jr
CB 13 Carter, TomTom Carter Jr
CB 32 Clark, WillieWillie Clark Jr
CB 29 Covington, JohnJohn Covington Jr
LB 31 DuBose, DemetriusDemetrius DuBose Sr
DT 44 Flanigan, JimJim Flanigan Jr
DT 55 Gibson, OliverOliver Gibson Jr
FS 25 Lalli, MikeMike Lalli Sr
CB 21 Taylor, BobbyBobby Taylor Fr
DE 48 Wynn, RenaldoRenaldo Wynn So
DE 97 Young, BryantBryant Young Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 28 Hentrich, CraigCraig Hentrich Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[]

Northwestern[]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Irish 7 7 14 14 42
Wildcats 7 0 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–7–2 1976 W 48–0

[2]

Michigan[]

Overall record Last meeting Result
9–14 1991 L 14–24


Michigan State[]

Purdue[]

Stanford[]

Pittsburgh[]

BYU[]

Navy[]

Notre Dame vs. Navy
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Irish 7 24 0 7 38
Midshipmen 0 0 0 7 7

[3]

Boston College[]

Penn State[]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Penn State 6 0 0 10 16
Notre Dame 3 3 3 8 17

The Snow Bowl

USC[]


Cotton Bowl[]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Irish 0 7 14 7 28
Aggies 0 0 0 3 3


Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Rick Mirer Quarterback 1 2 Seattle Seahawks
Jerome Bettis Running back 1 10 Los Angeles Rams
Tom Carter Cornerback 1 17 Washington Redskins
Irv Smith Tight end 1 20 New Orleans Saints
Demetrius DuBose Linebacker 2 34 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Reggie Brooks Running Back 2 45 Washington Redskins
Devon McDonald Linebacker 4 107 Indianapolis Colts
Lindsay Knapp Guard 5 130 Kansas City Chiefs
Craig Hentrich Kicker 8 200 New York Jets

Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/notre_dame/1990-1994_yearly_results.php. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. "1992 Football Review". http://archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1992s.pdf.
  3. Gainesville Sun. 1992 Nov 1. Retrieved 2018-Dec-15.
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