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1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season


American college football season

FieldValue
year1967
teamNotre Dame Fighting Irish
sportfootball
conferenceIndependent
CoachRank4
APRank5
record8–2
head_coachAra Parseghian
hc_year4th
captainJim Lynch
stadiumRocky Bleier
championNational champion (Dunkel)

The 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 8–2.

Schedule

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Game summaries

California

Purdue

Iowa

USC

USC won at Notre Dame for the first time since 1939, ending a string of 10 consecutive losses at Notre Dame Stadium. Despite entering the game ranked No. 1, the Trojans were a 12-point underdog against the No. 5 Fighting Irish, who committed nine turnovers (including seven intercepted passes).

Illinois

Michigan State

Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech

This was Notre Dame's 500th all-time football victory. The attendance of 60,034 was the largest at any football game in Georgia up to that point.

Miami (Florida)

The crowd of 77,265 was the largest to attend a football game in Florida at the time. This was Notre Dame's third Friday night game in history; the others were in 1951 at Detroit and 1955 at Miami.

Roster

References

References

  1. (September 24, 1967). "Notre Dame thumps Golden Bears, 41–8". The Orlando Sentinel.
  2. (October 1, 1967). "Purdue shocks Irish, 28–21". Omaha World-Herald.
  3. (October 8, 1967). "Irish maul Hawkeyes, 56–6". The Indianapolis Star.
  4. (October 15, 1967). "Trojans remember last year (51–0), thump Irish, 24–7". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  5. (October 22, 1967). "ND rolls again". Anderson Sunday Herald.
  6. (October 29, 1967). "No tie this year: Irish spank Spartans, 24–12". The Kalamazoo Gazette.
  7. (November 5, 1967). "Irish sink Navy 43–14 in snow at South Bend". The Sacramento Bee.
  8. (November 12, 1967). "Schoen shines as Notre Dame makes Pitt sixth victim 38–0". The Courier-Journal.
  9. (November 19, 1967). "Notre Dame clouts Georgia Tech 36–3". The Courier-Journal.
  10. (November 26, 1967). "Irish surge to victory over Miami". The Spokesman-Review.
  11. "1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
  12. . ["Schedule/Results (1967 Notre Dame)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/404140). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
  13. "Notre Dame Rips Spartans, 24-12." Ocala Star-Banner. 1967 Oct 29.
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