1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 6–40 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 14
Record8–3
Head coach
Captains
  • John Dampeer
  • Greg Marx
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
←  1971
1973  →
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Penn State  – 10 –2 –0
No. 14 Notre Dame  – 8 –3 –0
Utah State  – 8 –3 –0
West Virginia  – 8 –4 –0
Florida State  – 7 –4 –0
Northern Illinois  – 7 –4 –0
Rutgers  – 7 –4 –0
No. 20 Georgia Tech  – 7 –4 –1
Air Force  – 6 –4 –0
Army  – 6 –4 –0
Virginia Tech  – 6 –4 –1
Houston  – 6 –4 –1
Tulane  – 6 –5 –0
Temple  – 5 –4 –0
Colgate  – 5 –4 –1
Holy Cross  – 5 –4 –1
Syracuse  – 5 –6 –0
Miami (FL)  – 5 –6 –0
Dayton  – 4 –6 –1
Boston College  – 4 –7 –0
Navy  – 4 –7 –0
South Carolina  – 4 –7 –0
Southern Miss  – 3 –7 –1
Xavier  – 3 –8 –0
Marshall  – 2 –8 –0
Cincinnati  – 2 –9 –0
Villanova  – 2 –9 –0
Pittsburgh  – 1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 232:30 p.m.at Northwestern No. 13
W 37–055,155
September 302:30 p.m. Purdue No. 10
W 35–1459,075
October 71:50 p.m.at Michigan State No. 7
 ABC W 16–077,828
October 142:30 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 42–1659,075
October 212:30 p.m. Missouri No. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 26–3059,075
October 282:30 p.m. TCU No. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 21–059,075
November 41:30 p.m.vs. Navy No. 12
W 42–2343,089
November 113:05 p.m.at Air Force No. 12
W 21–748,671
November 181:30 p.m. Miami (FL) No. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 20–1759,075
December 24:00 p.m.at No. 1 USC No. 10
ABCL 23–4575,243
January 1, 19738:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Nebraska No. 12
 NBC L 6–4080,010

[1]

Game summaries

Northwestern

1234Total
•Notre Dame14167037
Northwestern00000

Purdue

1234Total
Purdue0001414
•Notre Dame14714035
Scoring summary
1NDMike Creaney 39-yard pass from Tom Clements (Thomas kick)ND 7-0
1NDEric Penick 14-yard run (Thomas kick)ND 14-0
2NDWillie Townsend 62-yard pass from Tom Clements (Thomas kick)ND 21-0
3NDJohn Cieszowski 1-yard run (Thomas kick)ND 28-0
3NDAndy Huff 1-yard run (Thomas kick)ND 35-0
4PURJack Spellman 24-yard run (Bobrowski to Sayers pass)ND 35-8
4PURSkip Peterson 1-yard run (pass failed)ND 35-14

[2]

Michigan State

1234Total
•Notre Dame3301016
Michigan St.00000

Pittsburgh

1234Total
Pittsburgh008816
•Notre Dame7772142
Scoring summary
1NDHuff 1-yard run (Thomas kick)Notre Dame 7-0
2NDHuff 4-yard run (Thomas kick)Notre Dame 14-0
3PITTJanasek 3-yard pass from Hogan (Englert pass from Hogan)Notre Dame 14-8
3NDMahalic 54-yard interception return (Thomas kick)Notre Dame 21-8
4NDHuff 4-yard run (Thomas kick)Notre Dame 28-8
4NDPenick 2-yard run (Thomas kick)Notre Dame 35-8
4NDBest 56-yard run (Thomas kick)Notre Dame 42-8
4PITTDaniels 1-yard run (Daniels run)Notre Dame 42-16

[3]

Missouri

1234Total
•Missouri7146330
Notre Dame7701226
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Rain, upper 40s
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit

TCU

1234Total
TCU00000
•Notre Dame077721
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Rain, mid-50s
1234Total
•Notre Dame14210742
Navy0071623

Air Force

1234Total
•Notre Dame0140721
Air Force00707

Miami (FL)

1234Total
Miami3001417
•Notre Dame1307020
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Game weather: Mid-30s

USC

1234Total
Notre Dame3713023
•USC190131345

Orange Bowl vs. Nebraska

1973 Orange Bowl
1234Total
•Nebraska71320040
Notre Dame00066

Roster

1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12Frank AlloccoSo
FB 23Art BestFr
G 62Tom BolgerJr
QB 8 Cliff Brown Jr
FB 30Wayne BullockSo
TE 86 Dave Casper Jr
QB 2 Tom Clements So
WR 85 Peter Demmerle So
G 72 Gerry DiNardo So
RB 28Gary DiminickJr
OT 69Dennis LozziJr
G 56Frank PomaricoJr
OT 71 Steve Sylvester So
WR 80Willie TownsendJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 79Jay AchterhoffFr
CB 14Reggie BarnettSo
LB 50 Greg Collins So
DT 70 Steve Niehaus Fr
DT 60Kevin NosbuschSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 98 Bob Thomas Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tom Pagna
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. ↑ 2011 Notre Dame football media guide
  2. ↑ "Purdue smashed." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 1.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.


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