1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
National champion (Dunkel)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 5
1967 record8–2
Head coach
  • Ara Parseghian (4th season)
CaptainRocky Bleier
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 1
New Mexico State   –   7 – 2 – 1
UTEP   –   7 – 2 – 1
Utah State   –   7 – 2 – 1
Florida State   –   7 – 2 – 2
West Texas State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Houston   –   7 – 3 – 0
VPI   –   7 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Southern Miss   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
Xavier   –   6 – 3 – 1
Miami (FL)   –   7 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Colorado State   –   4 – 5 – 1
Pacific   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   2 – 6 – 2
Tulane   –   3 – 7 – 0
San Jose State   –   2 – 7 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 232:30 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 41–859,075
September 302:30 p.m.No. 10 PurdueNo. 1
L 21–2862,316
October 72:30 p.m.IowaNo. 6
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 56–659,075
October 142:30 p.m.No. 1 USCNo. 5
L 7–2459,075
October 212:30 p.m.at Illinois
W 47–771,227
October 282:30 p.m.Michigan State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)
ABCW 24–1259,075
November 42:30 p.m.NavyNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 43–1459,075
November 111:30 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 9
W 38–054,075
November 182:00 p.m.at Georgia TechNo. 9
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 36–360,024
November 248:15 p.m.at MiamiNo. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 24–2277,265
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[1]

Roster[]

1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 28 Rocky Bleier Sr
RB 20 Bob Gladieux Jr
QB 5 Terry Hanratty Jr
G 75 Bob Kuechenberg Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P/K 90 Joe Azzaro
Head coach
  • Ara Parseghian
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[]

California[]

1 234Total
Golden Bears 0 008 8
• No. 1 Fighting Irish 7 17107 41
  • Date: September 23
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075

Purdue[]

1 234Total
No. 1 Fighting Irish 7 077 21
• No. 10 Boilermakers 6 0814 28
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT

Iowa[]

1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 060 6
• No. 6 Fighting Irish 14 21714 56
  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075

USC[]

USC won at Notre Dame for the first time since 1939, ending a string of 10 consecutive losses at Notre Dame Stadium. Despite entering the game ranked No. 1, the Trojans were a 12-point underdog against the No. 5 Fighting Irish, who committed nine turnovers (including seven intercepted passes).

1 234Total
• No. 1 Trojans 0 0177 24
No. 5 Fighting Irish 0 700 7
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075

Illinois[]

1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 13 2077 47
Fighting Illini 0 070 7
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT

Michigan State[]

1 234Total
Spartans 0 0012 12
• Fighting Irish 7 1070 24
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Television network: ABC
See also: 1967 Michigan State Spartans football team and Megaphone Trophy

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Navy[]

1 234Total
Midshipmen 0 086 14
• No. 10 Fighting Irish 7 2808 43
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Snow, low 30s

Pittsburgh[]

1 234Total
• No. 9 Fighting Irish 14 1068 38
Panthers 0 000 0
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Game start: 1:30 pm EST
  • Game weather: Low 60s, windy

Georgia Tech[]

This was Notre Dame's 500th all-time football victory. The attendance of 60,034 was the largest at any football game in Georgia up to that point.

1 234Total
• No. 9 Fighting Irish 0 2169 36
Yellow Jackets 3 000 3
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Grant Field, Atlanta, GA
  • Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 65 degrees

Miami (Florida)[]

The crowd of 77,265 was the largest to attend a football game in Florida at the time. This was Notre Dame's third Friday night game in history; the others were in 1951 at Detroit and 1955 at Miami.

1 234Total
• No. 6 Fighting Irish 3 777 24
Hurricanes 0 1606 22
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Miami Orange Bowl
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 75 degrees, 85% humidity

References[]

  1. ^ "1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame Rips Spartans, 24-12." Ocala Star-Banner. 1967 Oct 29.


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