1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 20–9 vs. Penn State
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record9–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Merv Johnson (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
←  1975
1977  →
1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh  – 12 –0 –0
No. 17 Rutgers  – 11 –0 –0
San Diego State  – 10 –1 –0
No. 12 Notre Dame  – 9 –3 –0
Colgate  – 8 –2 –0
Boston College  – 8 –3 –0
Cincinnati  – 8 –3 –0
Memphis State  – 7 –4 –0
North Texas State *  – 7 –4 –0
Southern Illinois  – 7 –4 –0
Penn State  – 7 –5 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –1
South Carolina  – 6 –5 –0
Virginia Tech  – 6 –5 –0
Army  – 5 –6 –0
Florida State  – 5 –6 –0
Illinois State  – 5 –6 –0
Richmond  – 5 –6 –0
West Virginia  – 5 –6 –0
Georgia Tech  – 4 –6 –1
Temple  – 4 –6 –0
Air Force  – 4 –7 –0
Dayton  – 4 –7 –0
Louisville  – 4 –7 –0
Marshall  – 4 –7 –0
Navy  – 4 –7 –0
Indiana State  – 3 –7 –0
Hawaii  – 3 –8 –0
Holy Cross  – 3 –8 –0
Miami (FL)  – 3 –8 –0
Syracuse  – 3 –8 –0
Utah State  – 3 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana  – 2 –9 –0
Southern Miss  – 2 –9 –0
Tulane  – 2 –9 –0
  • North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 114:20 p.m.No. 9 Pittsburgh No. 11
 ABC L 10–3159,075
September 182:30 p.m. Purdue
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 23–059,075
September 252:30 p.m.at Northwestern
W 48–044,396
October 21:30 p.m.at Michigan State No. 18
W 24–677,081
October 162:30 p.m. Oregon No. 14
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 41–059,075
October 231:10 p.m.at No. 19 South Carolina No. 12
W 13–656,721 [2]
October 301:00 p.m.vs. Navy No. 11
W 27–2161,172
November 61:30 p.m.at Georgia Tech No. 11
L 14–2350,079 [3]
November 1312:50 p.m.No. 10 Alabama No. 18
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
ABCW 21–1859,075 [4] [5]
November 201:30 p.m. Miami (FL) No. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 40–2759,075
November 274:00 p.m.at No. 3 USC No. 13
ABCL 13–1776,561
December 279:00 p.m.vs. No. 20 Penn State No. 15
ABCW 20–967,827

[6]

Personnel

1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Willard Browner
TE 83Doug ButhSr
OL Mike Carney
RB Tom Domin
TE 87John DriscollJr
RB 40Terry EurickJr
RB Vagas Ferguson
QB Gary Forystek
WR 82 Kris Haines So
WR Speedy Hart
RB 30Jerome HeavensSo
OL Ted Horansky
RB 25Al HunterJr
OT 62 Dave Huffman So
G 65 Ernie Hughes Jr
WR 80Dan KelleherSr
RB 21Dan KnottJr
QB Rusty Lisch Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 81 Ken MacAfee Jr
OT 71Steve McDanielJr
RB Mark McLane (C)
G 60Howard MeyerSo
QB 3 Joe Montana So
G 57Elton MooreSr
RB 14Steve OrsiniJr
RB Steve Schmitz
QB 11 Rick Slager
OT 50Bob TullJr
OL Harry Woebkenberg
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Doug Becker
S 20 Luther Bradley Jr
S 33Jim BrownerSo
DE 89 Ross Browner Jr
DB Ted Burgmeier
DL Mike Calhoun
S 28Ross ChristensenJr
LB 24Nick DeCiccoJr
DT 72Ken DikeJr
S 41John DubenetzkySr
LB 42Tom EastmanSr
DE 94 Willie Fry  (C)Jr
LB 55 Bob Golic So
S 10Randy HarrisonJr
LB 58Steve HeimkreiterSo
LB 51Pete JohnsonJr
LB 54Marv RussellSr
DB Dave WaymerFr
DT 74Jeff WestonJr
  Tony Zappala
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Dave Reeve
P 7Joe ResticSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2021-Jan-07

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers (1–0) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–1)
Period1234Total
Purdue 00000
Notre Dame 377623

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

  • Date: September 18
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Recap/Box
Game information

[7]

At Northwestern

At Michigan State

Oregon

At South Carolina

Vs. Navy

Navy Midshipmen (1–6) vs. #11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5–1)
Period1234Total
Notre Dame 3210327
Navy 0140721

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

[8]

At Georgia Tech

Alabama

Miami (FL)

At USC

#13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–2) at #3 USC Trojans (9–1)
Period1234Total
Notre Dame 0001313
USC 077317

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Game information

Rick Slager started the game but was replaced by Rusty Lisch after Slagler injured his shoulder. [9]

Gator Bowl (vs Penn State)

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1976-standings.html
  2. ↑ "3 brothers, Irish stop Gamecocks". The Charlotte Observer. October 24, 1976. Retrieved January 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Tech stuns Irish". The Lynchburg News. November 7, 1976. Retrieved January 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Martin, Steve (November 13, 1976). "Tide rally falls short, Irish win". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1A. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Notre Dame air attack too much for Alabama". The Ledger. Associated Press. November 13, 1976. p. 5C. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
  7. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Sept 19. Pg. 14B. Retrieved 2021-Jan-11.
  8. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 31.
  9. ↑ Notre Dame Football Review - USC. Retrieved 2021-Jan-07.


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