1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 20–9 vs. Penn State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
1976 record	9–3
Head coach	Dan Devine (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Merv Johnson (2nd season)
Captain	Willie Fry
Captain	Mark McLane
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1976 NCAA Division I Independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 17 Rutgers		–		11	–	0	–	0
San Diego State		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Notre Dame		–		9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
Army		–		5	–	6	–	0
Florida State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Illinois State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	1
Temple		–		4	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		4	–	7	–	0
Dayton		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Indiana State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Hawaii		–		3	–	8	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	8	–	0
Utah State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 11	4:20 p.m.	No. 9 Pittsburgh	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	ABC	L 10–31
September 18	2:30 p.m.	Purdue		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 23–0
September 25	2:30 p.m.	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)		W 48–0
October 2	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 18	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 24–6
October 16	2:30 p.m.	Oregon	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 41–0
October 23	1:10 p.m.	at No. 19 South Carolina	No. 12	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 13–6
October 30	1:00 p.m.	vs. Navy	No. 11	Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Rivalry)		W 27–21
November 6	1:30 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	No. 11	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		L 14–23
November 13	12:50 p.m.	No. 10 Alabama	No. 18	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	ABC	W 21–18
November 20	1:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 40–27
November 27	4:00 p.m.	at No. 3 USC	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 13–17
December 27	9:00 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Penn State	No. 15	Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	ABC	W 20–9
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern.

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Game summaries

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	0	0	0
• Notre Dame	3	7	7	6	23

Date: September 18
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	ND	Reeve 39-yard field goal	ND 3-0

2	ND	McLane 33-yard pass from Hunter (Reeve kick)	ND 10-0

3	ND	Slager 1-yard run (Reeve kick)	ND 17-0

4	ND	Hunter 2-yard run (kick failed)	ND 23-0

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Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	3	21	0	3	27
Navy	0	14	0	7	21

Date: October 30
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, Ohio
Game attendance: 61,172

Scoring summary

1	ND	Reeve 47-yard field goal	Notre Dame 3-0

2	NAVY	King 17-yard pass from Leszczynski (Tata kick)	Navy 7-3

2	NAVY	Klawinski 1-yard run (Tata kick)	Navy 14-3

2	ND	Kelleher 58-yard pass from Slager (Reeve kick)	Navy 14-10

2	ND	Hunter 5-yard run (Reeve kick)	Notre Dame 17-14

2	ND	Hunter 28-yard pass from Slagler (Reeve kick)	Notre Dame 24-14

4	NAVY	Thompson 1-yard run (Tata kick)	Notre Dame 24-21

4	ND	Reeve 24-yard field goal	Notre Dame 27-21

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References

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↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 31.

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