1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Summary

The 1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTom Lichtenberg
Defensive coordinatorJim Johnson
MVPDave Duerson
Captains
  • Phil Carter
  • Dave Duerson
  • Mark Zavagnin
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Penn State       11 1 0
No. 10 Pittsburgh       9 3 0
No. 13 Florida State       9 3 0
No. 19 West Virginia       9 3 0
Boston College       8 3 1
Southwestern Louisiana       7 3 1
East Carolina       7 4 0
Miami (FL)       7 4 0
Southern Miss       7 4 0
Virginia Tech       7 4 0
Notre Dame       6 4 1
Cincinnati       6 5 0
Georgia Tech       6 5 0
Navy       6 5 0
Louisville       5 6 0
Rutgers       5 6 0
Army       4 7 0
South Carolina       4 7 0
Temple       4 7 0
Tulane       4 7 0
Syracuse       2 9 0
Memphis State       1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 189:00 p.m.No. 10 MichiganNo. 20ABCW 23–1759,075
September 252:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 28–1459,075
October 21:00 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 11W 11–377,119
October 92:30 p.m.No. 17 Miami (FL)No. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 16–1459,075
October 162:30 p.m.ArizonaNo. 9
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 13–1659,075
October 234:00 p.m.at OregonNo. 15T 13–1340,381
October 301:00 p.m.vs. NavyW 27–1072,201
November 61:30 p.m.at No. 1 PittsburghW 31–1660,162
November 133:50 p.m.No. 5 Penn StateNo. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ABCL 14–2459,075
November 203:00 p.m.at Air ForceNo. 18L 17–3046,712
November 273:50 p.m.at No. 17 USCCBSL 13–1776,459

Personnel edit

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 82 Mark Bavaro So
RB 28 Greg Bell Jr
RB Mark Brooks
RB 22 Phil Carter (C) Sr
G 78 Randy Ellis Sr
WR Mike Favorite
C 57 Mark Fischer Sr
RB Lester Flemons
OT 65 Greg Golic Jr
WR Mike Haywood
WR 24 Joe Howard So
TE 85 Tony Hunter Sr
WR Milt Jackson
QB 12 Ken Karcher So
G 63 Mike Kelley So
QB 5 Blair Kiel Jr
QB 2 Tim Walz Fr
OL Neil Maune
RB 39 Larry Moriarty Sr
RB Rodney Morris
QB 6 Jim O'Hara Sr
WR Van Pearcy
OT 69 Mike Perrino Fr
RB 20 Allen Pinkett Fr
G 62 Ron Plantz Fr
OT 52 John Putzstuck Sr
OT 74 Mike Shiner Jr
RB 32 Chris Smith So
WR 1 Chris Stone Sr
TE John Sweeney
G 64 Tom Thayer Sr
G 75 Larry Williams So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 37 Joe Autry Jr
CB 9 Chris Brown Jr
DT 91 Bob Clasby Sr
DT 71 Eric Dorsey Fr
LB 43 Rick DiBernardo Fr
DT 92 Greg Dingens Fr
DB 19 Justin Driscoll Sr
S 23 Dave Duerson Sr
LB 58 Tony Furjanic Fr
DE 78 Mike Gann So
DE 55 Mike Golic So
DL Kevin Griffith
DT 93 Shawn Heffern Fr
S 27 Joe Johnson So
LB Mike Larkin
LB 37 Rick Naylor Jr
LB 51 Joe Rudzinski Sr
S 41 Dave Schuster Sr
CB 30 Stacey Toran Jr
LB 36 Ron Weissenhofer Fr
LB Mark Zavagnin
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 4 Mike Johnson Sr
P 3 Mike Viracola Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Greg Blache (DL)
  • Brian Boulac (Ast HC)
  • Jim Higgins (OL)
  • Ron Hudson (WR)
  • Jim Johnson (DC)
  • George Kelly (LB)
  • Tom Lichtenberg (OC/Recruiting Coordinator)
  • Jay Robertson (DT)
  • Carl Selmer (OL)
  • Ross Stephenson (Volunteer/Scouting)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries edit

Michigan edit

1 234Total
Michigan 0 0710 17
Notre Dame 3 10100 23
  • Source: [1]

The first night game played at Notre Dame Stadium.

Purdue edit

1 234Total
Purdue 0 1400 14
Notre Dame 7 777 28
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

[1]

Michigan State edit

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 2 900 11
Michigan St 0 030 3

Notre Dame's first victory in a game without scoring a touchdown since 1970 versus LSU.[2]

Miami (FL) edit

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 0 077 14
Notre Dame 0 736 16
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
  • Game attendance: 59,075

[3]

Arizona edit

1 234Total
Arizona 0 0610 16
Notre Dame 10 003 13
  • Date: October 16
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
  • Game attendance: 59,075

[4]

Oregon edit

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 033 13
Oregon 3 037 13

[5]

Navy edit

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 13140 27
Navy 0 028 10

[6]

At Pittsburgh edit

Penn State edit

At Air Force edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 0 3 14 17
Air Force 7 10 7 6 30

[7]

At USC edit

Statistics edit

[8]

Awards edit

  • S Dave Duerson - 1st Team All-American (College & Pro Football Newsweekly, Football News, Football Writers Association of America)
  • TE Tony Hunter - 1st Team All-American (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
  • K Mike Johnston - 3rd Team All-American (Football News)
  • LB Mark Zavagnin - 2nd Team All-American (Football News), 3rd Team All-American (Associated Press)

[9]

Team players drafted into the NFL edit

References edit

  1. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1982 Sept 26.
  2. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1982 Oct 3.
  3. ^ Klinkenburg, Marty (October 11, 1982). "Hurricanes–Irish Game at a Glance". The Miami News. p. 4C.
  4. ^ "Arizona's Last-play Field Goal Beats Notre Dame". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. October 17, 1982. p. 7C.
  5. ^ Kayfes, David (October 24, 1982). "Irish Eyes Were Not Smiling After the 13-13 Standoff". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 4E.
  6. ^ "Notre Dame's offense back on even Kiel, 27-10." Eugene Register-Guard. 1982 Oct 31.
  7. ^ Recap/Box
  8. ^ 2012 Notre Dame football media guide.
  9. ^ 2012 Notre Dame football media guide.