1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Defensive coordinator A. J. Christoff
Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
←  1984
1986  →
1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Penn State  – – 11 –1 –0
No. 9 Miami (FL)  – – 10 –2 –0
Army  – – 9 –3 –0
No. 15 Florida State  – – 9 –3 –0
West Virginia  – – 7 –3 –1
Southern Miss  – – 7 –4 –0
Syracuse  – – 7 –5 –0
Virginia Tech  – – 6 –5 –0
Pittsburgh  – – 5 –5 –1
Cincinnati  – – 5 –6 –0
Notre Dame  – – 5 –6 –0
South Carolina  – – 5 –6 –0
Southwestern Louisiana  – – 4 –7 –0
Navy  – – 4 –7 –0
Temple  – – 4 –7 –0
Boston College  – – 4 –8 –0
Memphis State  – – 2 –7 –2
Rutgers  – – 2 –8 –1
East Carolina  – – 2 –9 –0
Louisville  – – 2 –9 –0
Tulane  – – 1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 142:30 p.m.at Michigan No. 13
 CBS L 12–20105,523 [2]
September 217:30 p.m. Michigan State
ESPN W 27–1059,075
September 2812:00 p.m.at Purdue
TBS L 17–3569,338
October 53:30 p.m.at No. 17 Air Force
ABC L 15–2152,123
October 1912:00 p.m.No. 19 Army
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
USA, WGN W 24–1059,075
October 262:00 p.m. USC
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 37–359,075
November 23:30 p.m. Navy
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ABCW 41–1759,075
November 912:00 p.m. Ole Miss
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
USA, WGNW 37–1459,075 [3]
November 163:30 p.m.at No. 1 Penn State
ABCL 6–3684,000
November 2312:00 p.m.No. 17 LSU
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
USA, WGNL 7–1059,075 [4]
November 303:30 p.m.at No. 4 Miami (FL)
CBSL 7–5849,236

Roster

1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Terry Andrysiak So
QB 7 Steve Beuerlein Jr
WR 81 Tim Brown So
RB 20 Allen Pinkett Sr
FB 30 Frank Stams Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 40 Pat Ballage Sr
LB 43 Rick DiBernardo Sr
DE 71 Eric Dorsey Sr
LB 48 Cedric Figaro So
LB 58Tony FurjanicSr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18 John Carney Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

at Michigan

Notre Dame at Michigan
1234Total
No. 13 Fighting Irish363012
•Wolverines0314320
    
Scoring summary
1ND John Carney 34-yard field goalND 3–0
2NDJohn Carney 37-yard field goalND 6–0
Mich Mike Gillette 21-yard field goalND 6–3
NDJohn Carney 47-yard field goalND 9–3
3Mich Jim Harbaugh 10-yard run (Gillette kick)Michigan 10–9
NDJohn Carney 25-yard field goalND 12–10
Mich Gerald White 3-yard run (Gillette kick)Mich 17–12
45:12MichMike Gillette 22-yard field goalMich 20–12

Michigan State

At Purdue

at No. 17 Air Force

[5]

Army

1234Total
Cadets073010
•Notre Dame1407324
Scoring summary
1NDPernell Taylor 1-yard run (John Carney kick)ND 7-0
1NDTim Brown 19-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Carney kick)ND 14-0
2ARMYBill Lampley 4-yard run (Craig Stopa kick)ND 14-7
3ARMYCraig Stopa 22-yard field goalND 14-10
3NDAllen Pinkett 1-yard run (John Carney kick)ND 21-10
46:23NDJohn Carney 21-yard field goalND 24-10

[6]

USC

Notre Dame played the first half in navy blue jerseys and changed into green jerseys for the second half.

USC at Notre Dame
1234Total
Trojans00303
•Fighting Irish14133737
  • Source:
Scoring summary
1NDPinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick)ND 7-0
1NDBeuerlein 6-yard run (Carney kick)ND 14-0
2NDCarney 26-yard field goalND 17-0
2NDStams 5-yard run (Carney kick)ND 24-0
2NDCarney 33-yard field goalND 27-0
3USCShafer 39-yard field goalND 27-3
3NDCarney 43-yard field goalND 30-3
4NDWilliams 8-yard pass from Andrysiak (Carney kick)ND 37-3

Ole Miss

Notre Dame finally had the opportunity to exact revenge on the Rebels for a 20-13 loss at Jackson eight years earlier.

Ole Miss at Notre Dame
1234Total
Rebels0001414
•Fighting Irish31414738
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Scoring summary
1NDCarney 41-yard field goalNotre Dame 3-0
2NDPinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick)Notre Dame 10-0
2NDBrown 14-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)Notre Dame 17-0
3NDPinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick)Notre Dame 24-0
3NDRedher 22-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)Notre Dame 31-0
4MISSMeyers 10-yard pass from Osgood (Owen kick)Notre Dame 31-7
4MISSCleveland 1-yard run (Owen kick)Notre Dame 31-14
4NDSouthall 7-yard run (Carney kick)Notre Dame 38-14

[7]

at No. 1 Penn State

Notre Dame at Penn State
1234Total
Fighting Irish00066
•No. 1 Nittany Lions71310636

[8]

No. 17 LSU

Ironically, Gerry Faust's last game in Notre Dame Stadium was against the same school he faced in his first game as Irish coach four years earlier.

LSU at Notre Dame
1234Total
•No. 17 Tigers030710
Fighting Irish70007
Scoring summary
19:26ND Tim Brown 18-yard run (John Carney kick)ND 7–0
20:00LSUMatt DeFrank 27-yard field goalND 7–3
43:26 Garry James 2-yard run (Ron Lewis kick)LSU 10–7

[9]

at No. 4 Miami (FL)

Notre Dame at Miami (FL)
1234Total
Fighting Irish07007
•No. 4 Hurricanes1314102158
Scoring summary
1MIAGreg Cox 39-yard field goalMIA 3-0
1MIAW. Williams 6-yard run (Greg Cox kick)MIA 10-0
1MIAGreg Cox 47-yard field goalMIA 13-0
2MIABennie Blades 61-yard interception return (Cox kick)MIA 20-0
2NDAllen Pinkett 3-yard run (John Carney kick)MIA 20-7
2MIAMelvin Bratton 7-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Cox kick)MIA 27-7
3MIAGreg Cox 48-yard field goalMIA 30-7
3MIAMichael Irvin 15-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Greg Cox kick)MIA 37-7
4MIAVinny Testaverde 1-yard run (Greg Cox kick)MIA 44-7
4MIAAndre Brown 17-yard pass from Geoff Torretta (Seelig kick)MIA 51-7
44:44MIABill Hawkins recovered blocked punt in end zone (Greg Cox kick)MIA 58-7

[10]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club

[12]

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  6. ↑ "Irish upset No. 19 Army to answer critics." Gainesville Sun. 1985 Oct 20.
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