1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl Champions
Cotton Bowl, W 24–11 vs. Texas
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#5
AP	#2
1970 record	10–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

The 1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1970 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 19	2:30pm	at Northwestern	#6	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 35–14
September 26	1:30pm	Purdue	#6	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 48–0
October 3	2:30pm	at Michigan State	#4	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 29–0
October 10	1:30pm	Army	#3	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 51–10
October 17	3:50pm	at #18 Missouri	#3	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	ABC	W 24–7
October 31	1:30pm	vs. Navy	#3	John F. Kennedy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Rivalry)		W 56–7
November 7	1:30pm	Pittsburgh	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 46–14
November 14	1:30pm	Georgia Tech	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 10–7
November 21	1:30pm	#7 LSU	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 3–0
November 28	4:15pm	at USC	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 28–38
January 1	2:00pm	vs. #1 Texas	#6	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	CBS	W 24–11
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Purdue

Joe Theismann 16/24, 276, 3 TD
Tom Gatewood 12 Rec, 192 Yds, 3 TD (tied school record)^[2]

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	7	15	0	7	29
Michigan St	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 3
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
Game attendance: 76,103

Scoring summary

Q1		ND	Barz 1 yard run (Hempel kick)	ND 7–0

Q2		ND	Minnix 1 yard run (Hempel kick)	ND 14–0

Q2		ND	Gulyas 2 yard run (Theismann run)	ND 22–0

Q4		ND	Parker 4 yard run (Hempel kick)	ND 29–0

Joe Theismann 12/17, 147 Yds, 13 Rush, 107 Yds
First Notre Dame game on artificial turf
First Notre Dame win in East Lansing

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	7	21	7	14	49
Navy	7	0	0	0	7

Date: October 31
Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scoring summary

1		Notre Dame	Dewan 3-yard run (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 7-0

1		Navy	Dillon 5-yard run (Lanning kick)	Tie 7-7

2		Notre Dame	Barz 2-yard run (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 14-7

2		Notre Dame	Barz 1-yard run (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 21-7

2		Notre Dame	Gatewood 6-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 28-7

2		Notre Dame	Gatewood 29-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 35-7

3		Notre Dame	Allan 3-yard run (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 42-7

4		Notre Dame	Diestowski 30-yard run (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 49-7

4		Notre Dame	Minnix 5-yard run (Hempel kick)	Notre Dame 56-7

References

↑
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1970 Sept 27. Retrieved 2014-Dec-01.
↑ "Irish Rout Michigan State." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4. Retrieved 2014-Dec-01.
↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 November 1.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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

Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Michigan Michigan State (Megaphone Trophy) Navy (Rip Miller Trophy) Northwestern (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973) Purdue (Shillelagh Trophy) Stanford (Legends Trophy) USC (Jeweled Shillelagh)

Culture and 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 1928 "Tall Grass Game" 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" 1988 "Catholics vs. Convicts" 1993 "Game of the Century" 2005 "Bush Push" 2007 "Navy ends the drought" Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees

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

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