1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1984 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Gerry Faust and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Aloha Bowl, L 20–27 vs. SMU
Conference	Independent
Record	7–5
Head coach	Gerry Faust (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff
Captains	Mike Golic Joe Johnson Larry Williams
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 South Carolina		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Florida State		–		–				7	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–				8	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Tulane		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	1:30 p.m.	vs. Purdue	No. 8	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)		L 21–23	60,672
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		W 20–17	76,919
September 22	2:30 p.m.	Colorado		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 55–14	59,075
September 29	3:50 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	ABC	W 16–13	70,915
October 6	7:45 p.m.	No. 14 Miami (FL)	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 13–31	59,075
October 13	12:20 p.m.	Air Force		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–21	59,075
October 20	12:20 p.m.	No. 11 South Carolina		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ESPN	L 32–36	59,075	[2]
October 27	3:50 p.m.	at No. 6 LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ABC	W 30–22	78,033
November 3	12:10 p.m.	vs. Navy		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN	W 18–17	61,795
November 17	12:20 p.m.	Penn State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 44–7	59,075
November 24	3:40 p.m.	at No. 14 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	CBS	W 19–7	66,342
December 29	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 10 SMU	No. 17	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–27	41,777
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Terry Andrysiak Fr OL John Askin TE 82 Mark Bavaro Sr QB 7 Steve Beuerlein So RB Mark Brooks WR 81 Tim Brown Fr RB Ray Carter WR Pat Cusack RB Ian DeHueck OL Tom Doerger RB Lester Flemons TE Ricky Gray QB Scott Grooms WR 24 Joe Howard Sr WR Milt Jackson RB Alonzo Jefferson OL Mike Kelley RB Dave Matcholf WR Alvin Miller RB Tom Monohan RB Jeff O'Neill OL Mike Perrino RB 20 Allen Pinkett Jr OT 62 Ron Plantz Jr OL Tim Scannell RB Chris Smith RB Frank Stams WR Reggie Ward TE Joel Williams G 75 Larry Williams Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 40 Pat Ballage Jr LB Robert Banks DB 13 Pat Cummings Sr LB 43 Rick DiBernardo Jr DE 71 Eric Dorsey Jr DB Hiwatha Francisco LB 58 Tony Furjanic Jr DE 78 Mike Gann Sr LB 55 Mike Golic Sr DL Mike Griffin DB Mike Haywood S 27 Joe Johnson Sr DL Wally Kleine LB Mike Kovaleski LB Mike Larkin DB Steve Lawrence LB John McCabe LB 48 John Wackowski Sr LB Ron Weissenhofer So DB Troy Wilson So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 John Carney So K Pat Chura P Mike Viracola K Hal Von Wyl	Head coach Gerry Faust Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

vs Purdue

See also: Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	3	10	3	7	23
Notre Dame	14	0	0	7	21

Game information

First quarter PUR – Mike Rendina 31-yard field goal, 13:16. Purdue 3–0. Drive: 3 plays, -1 yard, 1:38. ND – Allen Pinkett 11-yard run (John Carney kick), 7:55. Notre Dame 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 5:21. ND – Mark Brooks 3-yard run (John Carney kick), 1:39. Notre Dame 14–3. Drive: 10 plays, 70 yards, 4:12. Second quarter PUR – Jeff Price 6-yard pass from Jim Everett, 10:11. Notre Dame 14–10. Drive: 14 plays, 86 yards, 6:28. PUR – Mike Rendina 18-yard field goal, 0:00. Notre Dame 14–13. Drive: 13 plays, 62 yards, 5:59. Third quarter PUR – Mike Rendina 20-yard field goal, 3:47. Purdue 16–14. Drive: 13 plays, 92 yards, 5:54. Fourth quarter PUR – Jeff Price 14-yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Rendina kick), 13:57. Purdue 23–14. Drive: 6 plays, 88 yards, 2:32. ND – Allen Pinkett 6-yard run (John Carney kick), 4:21. Purdue 23–21. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 4:16. Top passers PUR – Jim Everett – 20/28, 255 yards, 2 TD, INT ND – Steve Beuerlein – 13/20, 233 yards, 3 INT Top rushers PUR – Rodney Carter – 22 rushes, 58 yards ND – Allen Pinkett – 22 rushes, 69 yards, 2 TD Top receivers PUR – Steve Griffin – 5 receptions, 79 yards ND – Joe Howard – 3 receptions, 61 yards

#8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (0–0)

at Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana

• Date: September 8, 1984
• Game weather: Indoors (dome)
• Game attendance: 60,672
• Recap/Box Score

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External videos
Television broadcast

At Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Fighting Irish 0 3 7 14 24 Spartans 17 0 3 0 20 Date: September 15 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan Game attendance: 76,919

Scoring summary Q1 MSU Butler 15 yard run (kick failed) MSU 6–0 Q1 MSU Butler 23 yard run (Ingram pass from Yarema) MSU 14–0 Q1 MSU Mojsiejenko 24 yard field goal MSU 17–0 Q2 ND Carney 42 yard field goal MSU 17–3 Q3 ND Pinkett 40 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) MSU 17–10 Q3 MSU Mojsiejenko 43 yard field goal MSU 20–10 Q4 ND Jackson 8 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) MSU 20–17 Q4 ND Pinkett 5 yard run (Carney kick) ND 24–20

See also: 1984 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Colorado

See also: 1984 Colorado Buffaloes football team

At Missouri

Miami (FL)

Air Force

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total • Gamecocks 7 7 0 22 36 Fighting Irish 0 17 9 6 32 Date: October 20 Location: Notre Dame Stadium Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary Q1 SCAR Mitchell 1 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 7–0 Q2 ND Pinkett 4 yard run (Carney kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 ND Bavaro 5 yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick) ND 14–7 Q2 SCAR Hagood 2 yard run (Hogler kick) Tie 14–14 Q2 ND Carney 48 yard field goal ND 17–14 Q3 ND Carney 47 yard field goal ND 20–14 Q3 ND Beuerlein 6 yard pass from Pinkett (pass failed) ND 26–14 Q4 SCAR Hold 1 yard run (Hagood run) ND 26–22 Q4 SCAR Hold 33 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 29–26 Q4 SCAR Lewis 4 yard run (Hogler kick) SCAR 36–26 Q4 ND Pinkett 1 yard run (pass failed) SCAR 36–32

See also: 1984 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

ND: Third straight home loss (first time since 1956) ^[5]

At LSU

vs Navy

1 2 3 4 Total • Fighting Irish 7 0 0 11 18 Midshipmen 0 7 7 3 17 Date: November 3 Source:

Scoring summary 1 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick) ND 7-0 2 NAVY Berner 6-yard run (Solomon kick) Tied 7-7 3 NAVY Byrne 2-yard pass from Lauletta (Solomon kick) NAVY 14-7 4 NAVY Solomon 32-yard field goal NAVY 17-7 4 ND Pinkett 1-yard run (Beuerlein to Howard pass) NAVY 17-15 4 ND Carney 44-yard field goal ND 18-17

See also: 1984 Navy Midshipmen football team

Penn State

At USC

Aloha Bowl (vs SMU)

Team players drafted into the NFL

Awards and honors

• Former Fighting Irish player Red Sitko was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

References

1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
2. "Late burst lifts South Carolina by Notre Dame". St. Petersburg Times. October 21, 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Gainesville Sun. 1984-Sep-09. Retrieved 2022-Nov-19.
4. Gainesville Sun. 1984 September 16.
5. Eugene Register-Guard. 1984 October 21. Retrieved 2016 September 11.