American college football season
1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent 1985 record 5–6 Head coach Defensive coordinator A. J. Christoff Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)Seasons
The 1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A 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 14 2:30 p.m. at Michigan No. 13 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry )CBS L 12–20105,523
September 21 7:30 p.m. Michigan State Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy )ESPN W 27–1059,075
September 28 12:00 p.m. at Purdue TBS L 17–3569,338
October 5 3:30 p.m. at No. 17 Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO ABC L 15–2152,123
October 19 12:00 p.m. No. 19 Army Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) USA, WGN W 24–1059,075
October 26 2:00 p.m. USC W 37–359,075
November 2 3:30 p.m. Navy Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) ABC W 41–1759,075
November 9 12:00 p.m. Mississippi Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN USA, WGN W 37–1459,075
November 16 3:30 p.m. at No. 1 Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC L 6–3684,000
November 23 12:00 p.m. No. 17 LSU Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN USA, WGN L 7–1059,075
November 30 3:30 p.m. at No. 4 Miami Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL CBS L 7–5849,236
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
18
John Carney
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
at Michigan [ ]
Michigan State [ ]
at Purdue [ ]
at Air Force [ ]
[2]
Army [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Army
0
7 3 0
10
• Notre Dame
14
0 7 3
24
Date: Saturday, October 19Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary 1 ND Pernell Taylor 1-yard run (John Carney kick) ND 7-0
1 ND Tim Brown 19-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Carney kick) ND 14-0
2 ARMY Bill Lampley 4-yard run (Craig Stopa kick) ND 14-7
3 ARMY Craig Stopa 22-yard field goal ND 14-10
3 ND Allen Pinkett 1-yard run (John Carney kick) ND 21-10
4 6:23 ND John Carney 21-yard field goal ND 24-10
[3]
USC [ ]
USC at Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
Trojans
0
0 3 0
3
• Fighting Irish
14
13 3 7
37
Date: October 26Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN
Scoring summary 1 ND Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7-0
1 ND Beuerlein 6-yard run (Carney kick) ND 14-0
2 ND Carney 26-yard field goal ND 17-0
2 ND Stams 5-yard run (Carney kick) ND 24-0
2 ND Carney 33-yard field goal ND 27-0
3 USC Shafer 39-yard field goal ND 27-3
3 ND Carney 43-yard field goal ND 30-3
4 ND Williams 8-yard pass from Andrysiak (Carney kick) ND 37-3
Navy [ ]
Ole Miss [ ]
Ole Miss at Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
0
0 0 14
14
• Fighting Irish
3
14 14 7
38
Date: November 9Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Scoring summary 1 ND Carney 41-yard field goal Notre Dame 3-0
2 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 10-0
2 ND Brown 14-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) Notre Dame 17-0
3 ND Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 24-0
3 ND Redher 22-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) Notre Dame 31-0
4 MISS Meyers 10-yard pass from Osgood (Owen kick) Notre Dame 31-7
4 MISS Cleveland 1-yard run (Owen kick) Notre Dame 31-14
4 ND Southall 7-yard run (Carney kick) Notre Dame 38-14
[4]
at Penn State [ ]
[5]
LSU [ ]
LSU at Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 17 Tigers
0
3 0 7
10
Fighting Irish
7
0 0 0
7
Date: November 23Location: Notre Dame Stadium ,South Bend, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075Referee: Raymond BowerTV announcers: Harry Kalas and Jack Ham
Scoring summary 1 9:26 ND Tim Brown 18-yard run (John Carney kick)ND 7–0
2 0:00 LSU Matt DeFrank 27-yard field goal ND 7–3
4 3:26 Garry James 2-yard run (Ron Lewis kick)LSU 10–7
[6]
at Miami (FL) [ ]
Notre Dame at Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
Fighting Irish
0
7 0 0
7
• Hurricanes
13
14 10 21
58
Date: November 30Location: Miami Orange Bowl , Miami TV announcers (CBS ): Brent Musburger and Ara Parseghian
Scoring summary 1 MIA Greg Cox 39-yard field goal MIA 3-0
1 MIA W. Williams 6-yard run (Greg Cox kick) MIA 10-0
1 MIA Greg Cox 47-yard field goal MIA 13-0
2 MIA Bennie Blades 61-yard interception return (Cox kick) MIA 20-0
2 ND Allen Pinkett 3-yard run (John Carney kick) MIA 20-7
2 MIA Melvin Bratton 7-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Cox kick) MIA 27-7
3 MIA Greg Cox 48-yard field goal MIA 30-7
3 MIA Michael Irvin 15-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Greg Cox kick) MIA 37-7
4 MIA Vinny Testaverde 1-yard run (Greg Cox kick) MIA 44-7
4 MIA Andre Brown 17-yard pass from Geoff Torretta (Seelig kick) MIA 51-7
4 4:44 MIA Bill Hawkins recovered blocked punt in end zone (Greg Cox kick) MIA 58-7
See also: 1985 Miami Hurricanes football team
[7]
Awards and honors [ ]
Allen Pinkett finished 8th in voting for the Heisman Trophy .[8]
Former Fighting Irish players Paul Hornung and Jim Martin were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
Team players drafted into the NFL [ ]
Main article: 1986 NFL Draft
Player
Position
Round
Pick
NFL Club
[9]
References [ ]
^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1985-1989)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015 .
^ "NOTRE DAME KICKS ONE AWAY TO AIR FORCE" . Chicago Tribune . October 6, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
^ "Irish upset No. 19 Army to answer critics." Gainesville Sun. 1985 Oct 20.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 10.
^ "PENN STATE TROUNCES NOTRE DAME TO STAY UNBEATEN" . The New York Times . November 17, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
^ "Wickersham Passes LSU to 10-7 Victory Over Irish" . Los Angeles Times . November 24, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
^ "FAUST ERA AT NOTRE DAME ENDS IN 58-7 HUMILIATION" . The New York Times . December 10, 1985. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-30 .{{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
^ "1986 NFL Draft" . Pro Football Reference . Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
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