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1987 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
sport	football
conference	Independent
APRank	17
record	8–4
head_coach	Lou Holtz
hc_year	2nd
def_coach	Foge Fazio
dc_year	2nd
captain	Chuck Lanza
captain2	Byron Spruell
stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
bowl	[Cotton Bowl Classic](1988-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_result	L 10–35 vs. [Texas A&M](1987-texas-a-m-aggies-football-team)

The 1987 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Lou Holtz, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 8–4. Notre Dame was invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where the Fighting Irish lost to Texas A&M. The team played home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Tony Rice became the starting quarterback for Notre Dame following an injury to Terry Andrysiak.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Michigan

Terry Andrysiak completed 11 of 15 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown while Notre Dame converted four of Michigan's seven turnovers into scores.

Michigan State

Purdue

Pittsburgh

Air Force

USC

Navy

Boston College

ND: Mark Green 152 Rush Yds
ND: Tim Brown 294 all-purpose Yds

Alabama

Penn State

Miami (FL)

Cotton Bowl

Roster

George Stewart (LB)

Team players drafted into the NFL

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

References

(September 13, 1987). "Notre Dame stuns Wolverines 26–7". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
Bill Bilinski. (September 20, 1987). "Brown gives Irish happy returns". The South Bend Tribune.
(September 27, 1987). "Irish shoot down Boilers". The Republic.
(October 11, 1987). "Genilla, Heyward lead Pitt to 30–22 upset of Irish". St. Petersburg Times.
(October 18, 1987). "Notre Dame drops bomb on Air Force". The Kokomo Tribune.
(October 25, 1987). "Notre Dame runs past USC in 26–15 win". Daily World.
(November 1, 1987). "Same song, 24th verse: Notre Dame wallops Navy, 56–13". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
(November 8, 1987). "Return to run propels Irish to 32–25 win". The Courier-Journal.
(November 15, 1987). "Irish leave 'Bama bloodied, battered". The South Bend Tribune.
(November 22, 1987). "Lions sack Irish in season finale, 21–20". York Daily Record.
(November 29, 1987). "Some revenge – Irish don't come close". Florida Today.
(January 2, 1988). "Those Aggie eyes are smilin', 35–10". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
"Notre Dame accepts Michigan's charity." Gainesville Sun. 1987 Sept 13.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Sept 28.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 25.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 1.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 8.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15.
"1988 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".

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