1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
1971 record	8–2
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (8th year)
Captain	Tom Gatewood
Captain	Walt Patulski
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#13 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1971 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 50–7	59,075
September 25	1:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 2	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 8–7	69,765
October 2	12:50 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	W 14–2	59,075
October 9	7:15 p.m.	at Miami	No. 9	Orange Bowl • Miami, FL		W 17–0	66,039
October 16	1:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 16–0	59,075
October 23	1:30 p.m.	USC	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)		L 14–28	59,075
October 30	1:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 21–0	59,075
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 8	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA		W 56–7	55,528
November 13	1:30 p.m.	Tulane	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 21–7	59,075
November 20	8:05 p.m.	at No. 14 LSU	No. 7	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ABC	L 8–28	66,936
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern.

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Game summaries

Purdue

Notre Dame at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	0	0	8	8
Purdue	0	7	0	0	7

Date: September
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
Game attendance: 69,765
Game weather: Rain/mud

Scoring summary

2		PUR	Armstrong 26 yard pass from Danielson (Renie kick)	PUR 7-0

4	2:58	ND	Swendsen recovered fumble in end zone (Steenberge to Creaney pass)	ND 8-7

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Navy

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

Date: October 30
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	ND	Gulyas 1 yard run (Thomas kick)	ND 7-0

2	ND	Minnix 1 yard run (Thomas kick)	ND 14-0

2	ND	Minnix 10 yard run (Thomas kick)	ND 21-0

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LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	0	0	8	8
• LSU	7	7	7	7	28

Date: November 20
Location: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Game start: 7:05 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 66,936
Referee: James M. Artley
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson

Scoring summary

1	10:47	LSU	Hamilton 36 pass from Jones (Michaelson kick)	LSU 7-0

2	01:14	LSU	Hamilton 32 pass from Jones (Michaelson kick)	LSU 14-0

3	00:10	LSU	Jones 5 run (Michaelson kick)	LSU 21-0

4	02:54	ND	Gatewood 7 pass from Brown (Minnix pass from Brown)	LSU 21-8

4	00:20	LSU	Hamilton 13 pass from Lyons (Michaelson kick)	LSU 28-8

References

↑ 2011 Notre Dame football media guide.
↑ "Notre Dame Edges Past Purdue." Ocala Star-Banner. 1971 Sept 26.
↑ "Notre Dame Rips Middies, 21-0." Palm Beach Post. 1971 Oct 31.

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

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