1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 26–31 vs. Florida State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 11
1995 record	9–3
Head coach	Lou Holtz (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Davie
Captain	Paul Grasmanis
Captain	Derrick Mayes
Captain	Shawn Wooden
Captain	Dusty Ziegler
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1995 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
East Carolina			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
Louisville			–					7	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati			–					6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	5	–	0
Army			–					5	–	5	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tulsa			–					4	–	7	–	0
Memphis			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana			–					2	–	9	–	0
North Texas			–					2	–	9	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1995 college football season. The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 15–17	59,075
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 25	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	W 35–28	70,569
September 16	2:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 24	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 41–0	59,075
September 23	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Texas	No. 21	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 55–27	59,075
September 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Ohio State	No. 15	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 26–45	95,537
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Washington	No. 23	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 29–21	74,023
October 14	12:00 PM	at Army	No. 17	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–27	74,218
October 21	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 USC	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	W 38–10	59,075
October 28	2:30 p.m.	Boston College	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Holy War)	NBC	W 20–10	59,075
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 35–17	59,075
November 18	7:45 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 8	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN	W 44–14	54,482
January 1, 1996	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Florida State	No. 6	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	CBS	L 26–31	72,198
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 82 Brown, BobbyBobby Brown 1.0 !Fr TE 98 Chryplewicz, PetePete Chryplewicz 7.0 !Sr FB 44 Edwards, MarcMarc Edwards 5.0 !Jr RB 31 Farmer, RobertRobert Farmer 5.0 !Jr QB 7 Jackson, JariousJarious Jackson 1.0 !Fr WR 83 Johnson, MalcolmMalcolm Johnson 3.0 !So RB 26 Kinder, RandyRandy Kinder 5.0 !Jr WR 1 Mayes, DerrickDerrick Mayes 7.0 !Sr T 54 Petitgout, LukeLuke Petitgout 1.0 !Fr QB 3 Powlus, RonRon Powlus 5.0 !Jr G 79 Rosenthal, MikeMike Rosenthal 1.0 !Fr T 71 Wisne, JerryJerry Wisne 1.0 !Fr C 77 Zeigler, DustyDusty Zeigler 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 13 Berry, BertrandBertrand Berry 5.0 !Jr LB 6 Cobbins, LyronLyron Cobbins 5.0 !Jr CB 23 Denson, AutryAutry Denson 1.0 !Fr DT 93 Grasmanis, PaulPaul Grasmanis 7.0 !Sr LB 27 Howard, BobbieBobbie Howard 1.0 !Fr LB 4 Minor, KoryKory Minor 1.0 !Fr CB 15 Rossum, AllenAllen Rossum 3.0 !So LB 2 Tatum, KinnonKinnon Tatum 5.0 !Jr CB 22 Wooden, ShawnShawn Wooden 7.0 !Sr DE 48 Wynn, RenaldoRenaldo Wynn 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 20 Kopka, KevinKevin Kopka 1.0 !Fr P 8 Smith, HunterHunter Smith 1.0 !Fr	Head coach Lou Holtz Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Northwestern

Northwestern at #9 Notre Dame

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Wildcats 7 3 7 0 17 Fighting Irish 0 9 0 6 15 Date: September 2 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075 Scoring summary Q1 6:15 NW Dave Beazley 6-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick) NW 7–0 Q2 ND Kevin Kopka 35-yard field goal NW 7–3 Q2 NW Sam Valenzisi 37-yard field goal NW 10–3 Q2 2:35 ND Robert Farmer 5-yard run (kick failed) NW 10–9 Q3 NW D'Wayne Bates 26-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Valenzisi kick) NW 17–9 Q4 6:15 ND Randy Kinder 2-yard run (conversion failed) NW 17–15

See also: 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team and Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–7–2	1994	W 42–15

Army

#17 Notre Dame at Army

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 14 7 7 0 28 Army 7 0 7 13 27 Date: Saturday, October 14 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game attendance: 74,218 Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Denson 2 yard run (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 7-0 1 Army Leshinski 1 yard pass from McAda (Parker kick) Tie 7-7 1 Notre Dame Edwards 2 yard run (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 Notre Dame Denson 2 yard run (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 21-7 3 Notre Dame Edwards 46 yard pass from Powlus (Kopka kick) Notre Dame 28-7 3 Army Conroy 5 yard run (Parker kick) Notre Dame 28-14 4 Army Conroy 3 yard run (Parker kick) Notre Dame 28-21 4 Army Gantt 7 yard pass from McAda (pass failed) Notre Dame 28-27

Awards and honors

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