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1983 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1983
team	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
sport	football
conference	Independent
record	7–5
head_coach	Gerry Faust
hc_year	3rd
def_coach	Jim Johnson
captain	Blair Kiel
captain2	Stacey Toran
stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
champion	Liberty Bowl champion
bowl	[Liberty Bowl](1983-liberty-bowl)
bowl_result	W 19–18 vs. [Boston College](1983-boston-college-eagles-football-team)

The 1983 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Notre Dame was invited to the Liberty Bowl where they faced Boston College and their prized quarterback Doug Flutie. Boston College scored first on a 13-yard touchdown pass but missed the extra point. Notre Dame came back as Allen Pinkett and Chris Smith each rushed for 100-plus yards, while Pinkett scored two touchdowns as Notre Dame beat Boston College, 19–18, to win their first bowl game since the 1979 Cotton Bowl.

Schedule

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Roster

Game summaries

Purdue

Allen Pinkett 15 Rush, 115 Yds

Colorado

Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=dBzKUGQurMsC&dat=19831002&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

USC

Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19831023&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

The game came to be known as the "Green Jerseys II" game. Notre Dame snapped a five-game losing streak to USC as Allen Pinkett rushed 21 times for 122 yards, his fourth straight 100-yard game and the first Irish player to do so since Jim Stone in 1980. "We felt could have beat USC in blue. We felt we could have beat them in T-shirts," said Pinkett. The game took place six years to the day from the original "Green Jersey" game in 1977 but head coach Gerry Faust had already made the decision to wear the jerseys over the summer.

Awards and honors

Allen Pinkett finished 16th in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
Former Fighting Irish players Bill Fischer and Bill Shakespeare was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

References

(September 11, 1983). "Notre Dame rolls over Purdue 52–6". News-Press.
(September 18, 1983). "Parker-led Michigan State startles Notre Dame". Asbury Park Press.
(September 25, 1983). "Miami of Florida shocks Irish". Evansville Courier & Press.
(October 2, 1983). "Frosh QB, Pinkett pace Irish". The Grand Rapids Press.
(October 9, 1983). "Frosh Beuerlein leads Irish past Gamecocks". Journal and Courier.
(October 16, 1983). "75,131 see Beuerlein lift ND by Army, 42–0". The Star-Ledger.
(October 23, 1983). "Irish in green for 27–6 rout of old rivals". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
(October 30, 1983). "Notre Dame sinks Navy". The Post-Crescent.
(November 6, 1983). "McCall helps Pitt throttle Irish 21–16". Star Tribune.
(November 13, 1983). "Strang runs Lions past Fighting Irish, 34–30". Centre Daily Times.
(November 20, 1983). "Air Force blocks field goal to beat Notre Dame". The Kalamazoo Gazette.
(December 30, 1983). "Irish stew Eagles in B-r-r-r Bowl". The Commercial Appeal.
Gainesville Sun. 1983 Sept 11. Retrieved 2015-Sep-20.
"NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH - Football".

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