1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
National champion (Berryman, Eck, FACT, Sagarin)
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Colorado
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 2
Record12–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jim Strong (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Barry Alvarez (2nd season)
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
  1988
1990  
1989 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)   11 1 0
No. 2 Notre Dame   12 1 0
No. 3 Florida State   10 2 0
Northern Illinois   9 2 0
No. 15 Penn State   8 3 1
No. 17 Pittsburgh   8 3 1
No. 21 West Virginia   8 3 1
Syracuse   8 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana   7 4 0
Akron   6 4 1
South Carolina   6 4 1
Virginia Tech   6 4 1
Louisiana Tech   5 4 1
Army   6 5 0
Louisville   6 5 0
East Carolina   5 5 1
Tulsa   6 6 0
Southern Miss   5 6 0
Tulane   4 8 0
Navy   3 8 0
Rutgers   2 7 2
Boston College   2 9 0
Memphis State   2 9 0
Cincinnati   1 9 1
Temple   1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1989 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 318:00 p.m.vs. Virginia No. 2 Raycom, WGN W 36–1377,323 [2]
September 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 Michigan No. 1 ABC W 24–19105,912
September 232:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 1 CBS W 21–1359,075
September 3012:00 p.m.at Purdue No. 1ABCW 40–767,861
October 74:00 p.m.at Stanford No. 1W 27–1786,019
October 147:00 p.m.at No. 17 Air Force No. 1 ESPN W 41–2753,533
October 213:30 p.m.No. 9 USC No. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
CBSW 28–2459,075
October 285:00 p.m.No. 7 Pittsburgh No. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ESPNW 45–759,075
November 412:00 p.m. Navy No. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
SportsChannel W 41–059,075
November 1112:00 p.m. SMU No. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
SportsChannelW 59–659,075
November 182:30 p.m.at No. 17 Penn State No. 1CBSW 34–2386,025
November 256:30 p.m.at No. 7 Miami (FL) No. 1CBSL 10–2781,634
January 1, 19908:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 Colorado No. 4
NBC W 21–681,191

Games summaries

vs Virginia

Kickoff Classic: #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) vs. Virginia Cavaliers (0–0)
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at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game information

Largest crowd for college football game at Giants Stadium

At Michigan

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1–0) at #2 Michigan Wolverines (0–0)
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Notre Dame 0710724
Michigan 0601319

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Game information

Michigan State

Michigan State Spartans (1–0) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2–0)
Period1234Total
Michigan St 067013
Notre Dame 770721

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information

At Purdue

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3–0) at Purdue Boilermakers (1–1)
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Purdue 00077

at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Game information

At Stanford

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4–0) at Stanford Cardinal (1–3)
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Notre Dame 0147627
Stanford 608317

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

Game information

At Air Force

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5–0) at #17 Air Force Falcons (6–0)
Period1234Total
Notre Dame 14213341
Air Force 01401327

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Game information
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg 1989 Notre Dame at Air Force – Television broadcast

USC

#9 USC Trojans (5–1) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6–0)
Period1234Total
USC 1430724
Notre Dame 7071428

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information
  • Pregame fight in tunnel
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg 1989 USC at Notre Dame – Television broadcast
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg 1989 USC at Notre Dame – Highlights

Pittsburgh

#7 Pittsburgh Panthers (5–0–1) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7–0)
Period1234Total
Pittsburgh 70007
Notre Dame 21521745

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

  • Date: October 28, 1989
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • TV: ESPN
  • Recap/Box
Game information
Navy Midshipmen (2–5) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–0)
Period1234Total
Navy 00000
Notre Dame 141031441

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Full game

SMU

SMU Mustangs (2–6) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9–0)
Period1234Total
SMU 06006
Notre Dame 73510759

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Full game

At Penn State

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10–0) at #17 Penn State Nittany Lions (6–2–1)
Period1234Total
Notre Dame 7147634
Penn St 737623

at Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania

  • Date: November 18, 1989
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 86,025
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Pat Haden
  • Recap/Box
Game information

Notre Dame's first win in school history at Beaver Stadium

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Full game (part 1)
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Full game (part 2)
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Full game (part 3)
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Game highlights

At Miami (FL)

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11–0) at #7 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (9–1)
Period1234Total
Notre Dame 0100010
Miami (FL) 1077327

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Game information
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Full game
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Game highlights
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg 3rd and 43

Orange Bowl (vs Colorado)

#1 Colorado Buffaloes (11–0) vs. #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11–1)
Period1234Total
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Colorado 00606

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Game information

[3]

Personnel

1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Steve Belles
RB Walter Boyd
OL Mike Brennan
RB Reggie Brooks
OT 71Dean Brown
TE 86 Derek Brown So
RB 5 Rodney Culver So
WR 13 Pat Eilers
QB Pete Graham
WR Ray Griggs
G 75Tim GrunhardSr
RB 25 Raghib Ismail Jr
WR Adrian Jarrell
RB 22 Anthony Johnson  (C)Sr
RB Craig Lanigan
RB Dorsey Levens
C 76 Gene McGuire So
RB Ted McNamara
RB 35Ryan MihalkoJr
QB 3 Rick Mirer Fr
WR William Pollard
QB 9 Tony Rice  (C)Sr
G 52 Tim Ryan Jr
RB Rusty Setzer
TE Irv Smith
WR Tony Smith
RB 12 Ricky Watters Jr
TE Rod West
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 90 Jeff Alm Sr
LB 47 Ned Bolcar  (C)Sr
DT 93 Bob Dahl Jr
DB 32D'Juan Francisco
LB 36Donn Grimm
LB 7Andre Jones
LB 37 Scott Kowalkowski Jr
CB 1 Todd Lyght Jr
LB Devon McDonald
LB 89 Karmeeleyah McGill Fr
CB 29Stan Smagala
DB 21 Rod Smith So
LB 42 Mike Stonebreaker Jr
S 15 Pat Terrell Sr
DL 50 Chris Zorich Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Billy Hackett
K 28 Craig Hentrich
P 16Jim SextonJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Awards and honors


Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Anthony JohnsonRunning Back236 Indianapolis Colts
Tim GrunhardTackle240 Kansas City Chiefs
Jeff AlmDefensive Tackle241 Houston Oilers
Pat TerrellDefensive Back249 Los Angeles Rams
Mike BrennanTackle491 Cincinnati Bengals
Stan SmagalaDefensive Back5123 Dallas Cowboys
Ned BolcarLinebacker6146 Seattle Seahawks
D’Juan FranciscoDefensive Back10262 Washington Redskins
Dean BrownGuard12316Indianapolis Colts

[5]

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