1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 6–40 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 14
1972 record	8–3
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (9th year)
Captain	John Dampeer
Captain	Greg Marx

1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#14 Notre Dame		–		8	–	3	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1972 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 23	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 13	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)		W 37–0	55,155
September 30	2:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 35–14	59,075
October 7	1:50 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 7	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	W 16–0	77,828
October 14	2:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 42–16	59,075
October 21	2:30 p.m.	Missouri	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		L 26–30	59,075
October 28	2:30 p.m.	TCU	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 21–0	59,075
November 4	1:30 p.m.	vs. Navy	No. 12	Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Rivalry)		W 42–23	43,089
November 11	3:05 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 12	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO		W 21–7	48,671
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 20–17	59,075
December 2	4:00 p.m.	at No. 1 USC	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 23–45	75,243
January 1, 1973	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Nebraska	No. 12	Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 6–40	80,010
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	0	14	14
• Notre Dame	14	7	14	0	35

Date: September 30
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	ND	Mike Creaney 39-yard pass from Tom Clements (Thomas kick)	ND 7-0

1	ND	Eric Penick 14-yard run (Thomas kick)	ND 14-0

2	ND	Willie Townsend 62-yard pass from Tom Clements (Thomas kick)	ND 21-0

3	ND	John Cieszowski 1-yard run (Thomas kick)	ND 28-0

3	ND	Andy Huff 1-yard run (Thomas kick)	ND 35-14

4	PUR	Jack Spellman 24-yard run (Bobrowski to Sayers pass)	ND 35-8

4	PUR	Skip Peterson 1-yard run (pass failed)	ND 35-14

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Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	0	0	8	8	16
• Notre Dame	7	7	7	21	42

Date: October 14
Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	ND	Huff 1-yard run (Thomas kick)	Notre Dame 7-0

2	ND	Huff 4-yard run (Thomas kick)	Notre Dame 14-0

3	PITT	Janasek 3-yard pass from Hogan (Englert pass from Hogan)	Notre Dame 14-8

3	ND	Mahalic 54-yard interception return (Thomas kick)	Notre Dame 21-8

4	ND	Huff 4-yard run (Thomas kick)	Notre Dame 28-8

4	ND	Penick 2-yard run (Thomas kick)	Notre Dame 35-8

4	ND	Best 56-yard run (Thomas kick)	Notre Dame 42-8

4	PITT	Daniels 1-yard run (Daniels run)	Notre Dame 42-16

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References

↑ 2011 Notre Dame football media guide
↑ "Purdue smashed." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 1.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC

Culture & lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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