1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Dunkel)
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 5
Record	8–2
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (4th season);
Captain	Rocky Bleier
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Army		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Penn State		–		8	–	2	–	1
New Mexico State		–		7	–	2	–	1
UTEP		–		7	–	2	–	1
Utah State		–		7	–	2	–	1
Florida State		–		7	–	2	–	2
West Texas State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Houston		–		7	–	3	–	0
VPI		–		7	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	3	–	0
Dayton		–		6	–	3	–	1
Xavier		–		6	–	3	–	1
Miami (FL)		–		7	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		6	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colorado State		–		4	–	5	–	1
Pacific		–		4	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		4	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		2	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		3	–	7	–	0
San Jose State		–		2	–	7	–	0
Colgate		–		2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 23	2:30 p.m.	California	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 41–8	59,075
September 30	2:30 p.m.	No. 10 Purdue	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 21–28	62,316
October 7	2:30 p.m.	Iowa	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 56–6	59,075
October 14	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 USC	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)		L 7–24	59,075
October 21	2:30 p.m.	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 47–7	71,227
October 28	2:30 p.m.	Michigan State		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	W 24–12	59,075
November 4	2:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 43–14	59,075
November 11	1:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 9	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		W 38–0	54,075
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	No. 9	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 36–3	60,024
November 24	8:15 p.m.	at Miami	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 24–22	77,265
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`28`	Rocky Bleier	Sr
RB	`20`	Bob Gladieux	Jr
QB	`5`	Terry Hanratty	Jr
G	`75`	Bob Kuechenberg	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P/K	`90`	Joe Azzaro

Head coach

Ara Parseghian

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	0	0	0	8	8
• No. 1 Fighting Irish	7	17	10	7	41

Date: September 23
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: cloudy, 67 degrees

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Fighting Irish	7	0	7	7	21
• No. 10 Boilermakers	6	0	8	14	28

Date: September 30
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
Game weather: sunny, low 60s

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	0	6	0	6
• No. 6 Fighting Irish	14	21	7	14	56

Date: October 7
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: cloudy, 63 degrees

Southern Cal

Southern Cal won at Notre Dame for the first time since 1939, ending a string of 10 consecutive losses at Notre Dame Stadium. Despite entering the game ranked No. 1, the Trojans were a 12-point underdog against the No. 5 Fighting Irish, who committed nine turnovers (including seven intercepted passes).

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 1 Trojans	0	0	17	7	24
No. 5 Fighting Irish	0	7	0	0	7

Date: October 14
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: sunny, 68 degrees

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Fighting Irish	13	20	7	7	47
Fighting Illini	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 21
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
Game weather: sunny, mid-60s

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	0	12	12
• Fighting Irish	7	10	7	0	24

Date: October 28
Location: Notre Dame Stadium
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: cloudy, 40 degrees
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson

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Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	0	0	8	6	14
• No. 10 Fighting Irish	7	28	0	8	43

Date: November 4
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: Snow, low 30s

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 9 Fighting Irish	14	10	6	8	38
Panthers	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 11
Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
Game start: 1:30 pm EST
Game weather: Low 60s, windy

Georgia Tech

This was Notre Dame's 500th all-time football victory. The attendance of 60,034 was the largest at any football game in Georgia up to that point.

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 9 Fighting Irish	0	21	6	9	36
Yellow Jackets	3	0	0	0	3

Date: November 18
Location: Grant Field, Atlanta, GA
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 65 degrees

Miami (Florida)

The crowd of 77,265 was the largest to attend a football game in Florida at the time. This was Notre Dame's third Friday night game in history; the others were in 1951 at Detroit and 1955 at Miami.

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 6 Fighting Irish	3	7	7	7	24
Hurricanes	0	16	0	6	22

Date: November 24
Location: Miami Orange Bowl
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 75 degrees, 85% humidity

References

"1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
"Notre Dame Rips Spartans, 24-12." Ocala Star-Banner. 1967 Oct 29.

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[1] "1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] "Notre Dame Rips Spartans, 24-12." Ocala Star-Banner. 1967 Oct 29.

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