American college football season
1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent Coaches No. 5 AP No. 2 1970 record 10–1 Head coach Ara Parseghian (7th season)Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium Seasons
The 1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 19 2:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 6 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry )W 35–1450,049
September 26 1:30 p.m. Purdue No. 6 W 48–059,075
October 3 2:30 p.m. at Michigan State No. 4 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy )W 29–076,103
October 10 1:30 p.m. Army No. 3 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry ) W 51–1059,075
October 17 3:50 p.m. at No. 18 Missouri No. 3 ABC W 24–764,200
October 31 1:30 p.m. vs. Navy No. 3 John F. Kennedy Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry )W 56–745,226
November 7 1:30 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry ) W 46–1459,075
November 14 1:30 p.m. Georgia Tech No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN W 10–759,075
November 21 1:30 p.m. No. 7 LSU No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN W 3–059,075
November 28 4:15 p.m. at USC No. 4 ABC L 28–3864,694
January 1, 1971 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Texas No. 6 CBS W 24–1173,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Roster [ ]
1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
RB
22
Denny Allan
FB
33
Bill Barz
Jr
WR
John Cieszkowski
TE
Mike Creaney
OG
67
John Dampeer
RB
Daryll Dewan
OG
56
Larry DiNardo
RB
Bill Gallagher
OT
70
Tom Gasseling
WR
44
Tom Gatewood
Jr
RB
12
Ed Gulyas
RB
Denny Gutkowski
RB
Ron Johnson
OL
Gary Kos
OT
73
Mike Martin
RB
Bob Minnix
RB
Chuck Nightingale
C
50
Dan Novakow
Jr
RB
Larry Parker
QB
Pat Steenberge
WR
John Tereschuk
QB
7
Joe Theismann
Sr
WR
80
Willie Townsend
So
WR
Bill Trapp
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DB
17
Mike Crotty
Jr
DB
23
Clarence Ellis
Jr
DB
5
Terry Garner
So
DT
72
Mike Kadish
Sr
LB
42
Tim Kelly
DT
75
Greg Marx
Jr
LB
43
Tom McHale
DB
1
Tom Menie
DL
Bob Neidert
LB
81
Jim O'Malley
So
LB
Eric Patton
DE
85
Walt Patulski
Jr
DB
Ralph Stepaniak
LB
Rick Thomann
LB
61
Mike Webb
So
LB
Jim Wright
DL
Mike Zikas
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
Scott Hempel
P
Jim Yoder
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
Northwestern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Notre Dame
14
14
7
0
35
Northwestern
0
14
0
0
14
Purdue [ ]
Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1
2
3 4 Total
Purdue
0
0
0 0 0
Notre Dame
10
14
7 17 48
at Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Date : September 26Game weather : RainyGame attendance : 59,075Box Score
Game information
Purdue
Notre Dame
Joe Theismann 16/24, 274 Yds, 3 TD
Tom Gatewood 12 Rec, 192 Yds, 3 TD
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
PUR
ND
1
Notre Dame
19-yard field goal by Hempel
0
3
1
80
Notre Dame
Allan 4-yard touchdown run, Hempel kick good
0
10
2
Notre Dame
Gatewood 17-yard touchdown reception from Theismann , Hempel kick good
0
17
2
6:09
Notre Dame
Gatewood 7-yard touchdown reception from Theismann, Hempel kick good
0
24
3
Notre Dame
Gatewood 20-yard touchdown reception from Theismann, Hempel kick good
0
31
4
Notre Dame
37-yard field goal by Hempel
0
34
4
Notre Dame
Dewan 4-yard touchdown run, Hempel kick good
0
41
4
Notre Dame
Parker 63-yard touchdown run, Hempel kick good
0
48
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
0
48
Michigan State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
7
15 0 7
29
Michigan St
0
0 0 0
0
Date: October 3Location: Spartan Stadium , East Lansing, MI Game attendance: 76,103Referee: Jerry Markbreit
Scoring summary Q1 ND Barz 1 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 7–0
Q2 ND Minnix 1 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 14–0
Q2 ND Gulyas 2 yard run (Theismann run) ND 22–0
Q4 ND Parker 4 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 29–0
Joe Theismann 12/17, 147 Yds, 13 Rush, 107 Yds
First Notre Dame game on artificial turf
First Notre Dame win in East Lansing since 1949
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Army [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Army
0
3
7
0
10
Notre Dame
21
9
14
7
51
Missouri [ ]
Originally, Missouri was scheduled to host this game at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis , but the St. Louis Cardinals forced the game to be moved to the University of Missouri campus because they anticipated hosting Game 6 of the World Series .[3] As it turned out, the Cardinals finished a distant fourth place in the National League East , 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates , and were below .500 from July 1 through the end of the season.[4]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
3
0 14 7
24
Missouri
0
0 7 0
7
Date: October 17Location: Memorial Stadium , Columbia, MO Game start: 2:50 p.m. CDT Television network: ABC
Navy [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
7
28 7 14
56
Navy
7
0 0 0
7
Date: October 31Location: JFK Stadium , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Dewan 3-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 7-0
1 Navy Dillon 5-yard run (Lanning kick) Tie 7-7
2 Notre Dame Barz 2-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 14-7
2 Notre Dame Barz 1-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 21-7
2 Notre Dame Gatewood 6-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 28-7
2 Notre Dame Gatewood 29-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 35-7
3 Notre Dame Allan 3-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 42-7
4 Notre Dame Diestowski 30-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 49-7
4 Notre Dame Minnix 5-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 56-7
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Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Pittsburgh
0
14
0
0
14
Notre Dame
7
18
6
15
46
Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Georgia Tech
0
0
7
0
7
Notre Dame
0
0
3
7
10
Louisiana State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
LSU
0
0 0 0
0
• Notre Dame
0
0 0 3
3
Date: November 21Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, Indiana Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST Game attendance: 59,075Game weather: mostly cloudy, 47 degrees, wind S 15-18 MPHReferee: Jerry Markbreit
Scoring summary 4 02:54 Notre Dame Hempel 24-yard field goal Notre Dame 3-0
Southern Cal [ ]
Notre Dame quarterback Joe Theismann completed 33 of 58 passes for a school-record 526 yards, and the Irish outgained the Trojans 557–359, but committed eight turnovers to zero for Southern Cal.[6]
1
2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame
7
7 7 7
28
• So. Cal.
21
3 14 0
38
Date: November 28Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Game start: 1:30 p.m. PST Game weather: High 50s, heavy rainTV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel , Bud Wilkinson
1971 Cotton Bowl vs. Texas [ ]
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#6 Notre Dame vs. #1 Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
14
10 0 0
24
Texas
3
8 0 0
11
Date: January 1, 1971Location: Cotton Bowl , Dallas, Texas Game start: 1:00 CST Game attendance: 72,000TV announcers (CBS ): Lindsey Nelson , Tom Brookshier
References [ ]
^ "1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results" .
^ "Irish Rout Michigan State." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4. Retrieved 2014-Dec-01.
^ South Bend Tribune, Oct. 16, 1970, p. 37.
^ "1970 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule" .
^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 November 1.
^ South Bend Tribune, Nov. 29, 1970, pp. 1, 48.
^ Jenkins, Dan (November 30, 1970). "NOTRE DAME GOES KICKING INTO THE COTTON" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
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