American college football season
1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent Coaches No. 4 AP No. 4 1992 record 10–1–1 Head coach Offensive coordinator Skip Holtz (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)Defensive coordinator Rick Minter (1st season)Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)Seasons
The 1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season .[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana .
Rivalries [ ]
In the Holy War match against Boston College, Notre Dame beat BC to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl .
Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy .
Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy .
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh .
Notre Dame lost the Legends Trophy to Stanford.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 3:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 3 ABC W 42–764,877
September 12 1:30 p.m. No. 6 Michigan No. 3 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry )NBC T 17–1759,075
September 19 3:30 p.m. at Michigan State No. 7 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy )ABC W 52–3176,188
September 26 1:30 p.m. Purdue No. 6 NBC W 48–059,075
October 3 1:30 p.m. No. 18 Stanford No. 6 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy ) NBC L 16–3359,075
October 10 7:45 p.m. at Pittsburgh No. 13 Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry )ESPN W 52–2152,155
October 24 1:30 p.m. BYU No. 10 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN NBC W 42–1659,075
October 31 1:00 p.m. vs. Navy No. 10 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry )W 38–758,769
November 7 1:30 p.m. No. 9 Boston College No. 8 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Holy War ) NBC W 54–759,075
November 14 1:30 p.m. No. 22 Penn State No. 8 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN NBC W 17–1659,075
November 28 8:00 p.m. at No. 19 USC No. 5 ABC W 31–2390,063
1:00 p.m. vs. No. 4 Texas A&M No. 5 Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic )NBC W 28–371,615
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
at Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish
7
7 14 14
42
Wildcats
7
0 0 0
7
Date: October 31Location: Soldier Field , Chicago, IL
Scoring summary Q1 6:12 ND McBride 5 yard pass from Mirer (PAT) ND 7–0
Q1 0:47 NW Gissendaner 14 yard run (PAT) NW 7–7
Q2 1:54 ND Becton 2 yard run (PAT) ND 14–7
Q3 5:47 ND Miller 70 yard pass from Mirer (PAT) ND 21—7
Q3 1:48 ND Bettis 24 yard run (PAT) ND 28–7
Q4 6:47 ND Brooks 72 yard run (PAT) ND 35–7
Q4 3:27 ND McBride 5 yard pass from McDougal (PAT) ND 42–7
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Michigan [ ]
at Michigan State [ ]
Purdue [ ]
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Stanford [ ]
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at Pittsburgh [ ]
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BYU [ ]
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Navy [ ]
Notre Dame vs. Navy
1
2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish
7
24 0 7
38
Midshipmen
0
0 0 7
7
Date: October 31Location: Giants Stadium , East Rutherford, NJ Game attendance: 58,769
Scoring summary Q1 ND Burns 5 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 7–0
Q2 ND Hentrich 32 yard field goal ND 10–0
Q2 ND Brooks 24 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick) ND 17–0
Q2 ND Brooks 4 yard run (Hentrich kick) ND 24—0
Q2 ND Smith 3 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick) ND 31–0
Q4 NAVY Pritchard 22 yard pass from Van Matre (Rogers kick) ND 31–7
Q4 ND Becton 9 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 38–7
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Boston College [ ]
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Penn State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Penn State
6
0 0 10
16
• Notre Dame
3
3 3 8
17
Date: November 14Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075Television network: NBC
Scoring summary 1 ND Hentrich 26 yard field goal ND 3-0
1 PSU Anderson 1 yard run (kick failed) PSU 6-3
2 ND Hentrich 31 yard field goal Tied 6-6
3 ND Hentrich 37 yard field goal ND 9-6
4 PSU Muscillo 22 yard field goal Tied 9-9
4 PSU O'Neal 13 yard run (Muscillo kick) PSU 16-9
4 ND Bettis 3 yard pass from Mirer (Mirer to Brooks pass) ND 17-16
With snowfall starting early in the game, heavy during the first half, this game has been nicknamed the "Snow Bowl".[4] [5] [6]
at USC [ ]
Cotton Bowl [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish
0
7 14 7
28
Aggies
0
0 0 3
3
Date: January 1Location: Cotton Bowl , Dallas, TX Game attendance: 71,615TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond and Paul Maguire
Main article: 1993 Cotton Bowl Classic
Team players drafted into the NFL [ ]
Awards and honors [ ]
Reggie Brooks finished fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy .
Former Fighting Irish player Jim Lynch was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
References [ ]
Venues
Brownson Hall field (1892?–1899)
Cartier Field (1899–1928)
Soldier Field (1929)
Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold