1981 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1981 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Gerry Faust was the new Notre Dame head coach. The offense scored 232 points, while the defense allowed 160 points. It was Notre Dame's first losing season in 18 years.

1981 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
1981 record5–6
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJim Johnson
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Penn State   –  –   10 –2 –0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 8 Miami (FL)   –  –   9 –2 –0
Southern Miss   –  –   9 –2 –1
No. 17 West Virginia   –  –   9 –3 –0
Colgate   –  –   7 –3 –0
Virginia Tech   –  –   7 –4 –0
Navy   –  –   7 –4 –1
Cincinnati   –  –   6 –5 –0
Florida State   –  –   6 –5 –0
Holy Cross   –  –   6 –5 –0
Tulane   –  –   6 –5 –0
UNLV   –  –   6 –6 –0
South Carolina   –  –   6 –6 –0
Temple   –  –   5 –5 –0
Boston College   –  –   5 –6 –0
East Carolina   –  –   5 –6 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  –   5 –6 –0
Louisville   –  –   5 –6 –0
Notre Dame   –  –   5 –6 –0
Rutgers   –  –   5 –6 –0
William & Mary   –  –   5 –6 –0
Syracuse   –  –   4 –6 –1
Richmond   –  –   4 –7 –0
Army   –  –   3 –7 –1
North Texas State   –  –   2 –9 –0
Georgia Tech   –  –   1 –10 –0
Memphis State   –  –   1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Rivalries

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 122:30 p.m.LSUNo. 4
W 27–959,075
September 191:50 p.m.at No. 11 MichiganNo. 1
ABCL 7–25105,888
September 262:30 p.m.at PurdueNo. 13
L 14–1570,007
October 32:30 p.m.Michigan State
W 20–759,075
October 102:30 p.m.No. 20 Florida State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 13–1959,075
October 242:30 p.m.No. 5 USC
L 7–1459,075
October 311:30 p.m.Navy
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 38–059,075
November 71:30 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 35–359,075
November 143:00 p.m.at Air Force
W 35–736,700
November 211:00 p.m.at No. 13 Penn State
L 21–2484,175
November 273:00 p.m.at No. 9 Miami
ABCL 15–3750,681

Roster
1981 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 82 Mark Bavaro Fr
RB 28 Greg Bell So
TE 85 Tony Hunter Jr
QB 5 Blair Kiel So
RB 39 Larry Moriarty Jr
T 71 Phil Pozderac Sr
C 57 Mark Fischer Jr
G 75 Larry Williams Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 9 Chris Brown So
DT 91 Bob Clasby Jr
LB 43 Bob Crable Sr
S 22 Dave Duerson Jr
DE 78 Mike Gann Fr
DT 55 Mike Golic Fr
CB 19 John Krimm Sr
CB 30 Stacey Toran So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 3 Herry Oliver Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL
  • Bob Crable - 1982 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23 New York Jets
  • John Krimm - 1982 / Round: 3 / Pick: 76 New Orleans Saints
  • Phil Pozderac - 1982 / Round: 5 / Pick: 137 Dallas Cowboys

References
  1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.


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