American college football season
1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent 1984 record 7–5 Head coach Defensive coordinator A. J. Christoff Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)Seasons
The 1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1984 college football season .[1] 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 8 1:30 p.m. vs. Purdue No. 8 L 21–2360,672
September 15 1:00 p.m. at Michigan State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy )W 20–1776,919
September 22 2:30 p.m. Colorado Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 55–1459,075
September 29 3:50 p.m. at Missouri No. 19 ABC W 16–1370,915
October 6 7:45 p.m. No. 14 Miami (FL) No. 17 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ESPN L 13–3159,075
October 13 12:20 p.m. Air Force Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ESPN L 7–2159,075
October 20 12:20 p.m. No. 11 South Carolina Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ESPN L 32–3659,075
October 27 3:50 p.m. at No. 6 LSU Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA ABC W 30–2278,033
November 3 12:10 p.m. at Navy Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry )ESPN W 18–1761,795
November 17 12:20 p.m. Penn State Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ESPN W 44–759,075
November 24 3:40 p.m. at No. 14 USC CBS W 19–766,342
December 29 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 10 SMU No. 17 ESPN L 20–2741,777
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
2
Terry Andrysiak
Fr
QB
7
Steve Beuerlein
So
TE
82
Mark Bavaro
Sr
WR
81
Tim Brown
Fr
WR
24
Joe Howard
Sr
RB
20
Allen Pinkett
Jr
T
62
Ron Plantz
Jr
G
75
Larry Williams
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
CB
40
Pat Ballage
Jr
DB
13
Pat Cummings
Sr
LB
48
John Wackowski
Sr
LB
43
Rick DiBernardo
Jr
DE
71
Eric Dorsey
Jr
LB
58
Tony Furjanic
Jr
DE
78
Mike Gann
Sr
LB
55
Mike Golic
Sr
SS
27
Joe Johnson
Sr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
18
John Carney
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
vs. Purdue [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
3
10 3 7
23
Notre Dame
14
0 0 7
21
Date: September 8Location: Hoosier Dome , Indianapolis Game attendance: 60,672Game weather: Indoors (dome)
Scoring summary Q1 PUR Rendina 31-yard field goal PUR 3–0
Q1 ND Pinkett 11-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7–3
Q1 ND Brooks 3-yard run (Carney kick) ND 14–3
Q2 PUR Price 6-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) ND 14–10
Q2 PUR Rendina 18-yard field goal ND 14–13
Q3 PUR Rendina 20-yard field goal PUR 16–14
Q4 PUR Price 14-yard pass from Everett (Rendina kick) PUR 23–14
Q4 ND Pinkett 6-yard run (Carney kick) PUR 23–21
[2]
at Michigan State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
0
3 7 14
24
Michigan St
17
0 3 0
20
Date: September 15Location: Spartan Stadium , East Lansing, Michigan Game attendance: 76,919
Scoring summary Q1 MSU Butler 15 yard run (kick failed) MSU 6–0
Q1 MSU Butler 23 yard run (Ingram pass from Yarema) MSU 14–0
Q1 MSU Mojsiejenko 24 yard field goal MSU 17–0
Q2 ND Carney 42 yard field goal MSU 17–3
Q3 ND Pinkett 40 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) MSU 17–10
Q3 MSU Mojsiejenko 43 yard field goal MSU 20–10
Q4 ND Jackson 8 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) MSU 20–17
Q4 ND Pinkett 5 yard run (Carney kick) ND 24–20
[3]
Colorado [ ]
South Carolina [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• South Carolina
7
7 0 22
36
Notre Dame
0
17 9 6
32
Date: October 20Location: Notre Dame Stadium Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary Q1 SCAR Mitchell 1 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 7–0
Q2 ND Pinkett 4 yard run (Carney kick) Tie 7–7
Q2 ND Bavaro 5 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) ND 14–7
Q2 SCAR Hagood 2 yard run (Hogler kick) Tie 14–14
Q2 ND Carney 48 yard field goal ND 17–14
Q3 ND Carney 47 yard field goal ND 20–14
Q3 ND Beuerlein 6 yard pass from Pinkett (pass failed) ND 26–14
Q4 SCAR Hold 1 yard run (Hagood run) ND 26–22
Q4 SCAR Hold 33 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 29–26
Q4 SCAR Lewis 4 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 36–26
Q4 ND Pinkett 1 yard run (pass failed) SCAR 36–32
ND: Third straight home loss (first time since 1956)
[4]
Navy [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
7
0 0 11
18
Navy
0
7 7 3
17
Scoring summary 1 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7-0
2 NAVY Berner 6-yard run (Solomon kick) Tied 7-7
3 NAVY Byrne 2-yard pass from Lauletta (Solomon kick) NAVY 14-7
4 NAVY Solomon 32-yard field goal NAVY 17-7
4 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Beuerlein to Howard pass) NAVY 17-15
4 ND Carney 44-yard field goal ND 18-17
Team players drafted into the NFL [ ]
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Awards and honors [ ]
Former Fighting Irish player Red Sitko was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
References [ ]
^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015 .
^ Gainesville Sun . September 9, 1984
^ Gainesville Sun. 1984 September 16.
^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1984 October 21. Retrieved 2016 September 11.
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