1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTom Lichtenberg
Defensive coordinatorJim Johnson
MVPDave Duerson
Captains
  • Phil Carter
  • Dave Duerson
  • Mark Zavagnin
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Penn State   –  – 11 –1 –0
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –  – 9 –3 –0
No. 13 Florida State   –  – 9 –3 –0
No. 19 West Virginia   –  – 9 –3 –0
Boston College   –  – 8 –3 –1
Southwestern Louisiana   –  – 7 –3 –1
East Carolina   –  – 7 –4 –0
Miami (FL)   –  – 7 –4 –0
Southern Miss   –  – 7 –4 –0
Virginia Tech   –  – 7 –4 –0
Notre Dame   –  – 6 –4 –1
Cincinnati   –  – 6 –5 –0
Georgia Tech   –  – 6 –5 –0
Navy   –  – 6 –5 –0
Louisville   –  – 5 –6 –0
Rutgers   –  – 5 –6 –0
Army   –  – 4 –7 –0
South Carolina   –  – 4 –7 –0
Temple   –  – 4 –7 –0
Tulane   –  – 4 –7 –0
Syracuse   –  – 2 –9 –0
Memphis State   –  – 1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 189:00 p.m.No. 10 MichiganNo. 20
ABCW 23–1759,075
September 252:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 28–1459,075
October 21:00 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 11
W 11–377,119
October 92:30 p.m.No. 17 Miami (FL)No. 10
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 16–1459,075
October 162:30 p.m.ArizonaNo. 9
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 13–1659,075
October 234:00 p.m.at OregonNo. 15
T 13–1340,381
October 301:00 p.m.vs. Navy
W 27–1072,201
November 61:30 p.m.at No. 1 Pittsburgh
W 31–1660,162
November 133:50 p.m.No. 5 Penn StateNo. 13
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ABCL 14–2459,075
November 203:00 p.m.at Air ForceNo. 18
L 17–3046,712
November 273:50 p.m.at No. 17 USC
CBSL 13–1776,459

Personnel

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 82 Mark Bavaro So
RB 28 Greg Bell Jr
RB Mark Brooks
RB 22 Phil Carter (C) Sr
G 78 Randy Ellis Sr
WR Mike Favorite
C 57 Mark Fischer Sr
RB Lester Flemons
OT 65 Greg Golic Jr
WR Mike Haywood
WR 24 Joe Howard So
TE 85 Tony Hunter Sr
WR Milt Jackson
QB 12 Ken Karcher So
G 63 Mike Kelley So
QB 5 Blair Kiel Jr
QB 2 Tim Walz Fr
OL Neil Maune
RB 39 Larry Moriarty Sr
RB Rodney Morris
QB 6 Jim O'Hara Sr
WR Van Pearcy
OT 69 Mike Perrino Fr
RB 20 Allen Pinkett Fr
G 62 Ron Plantz Fr
OT 52 John Putzstuck Sr
OT 74 Mike Shiner Jr
RB 32 Chris Smith So
WR 1 Chris Stone Sr
TE John Sweeney
G 64 Tom Thayer Sr
G 75 Larry Williams So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 37 Joe Autry Jr
CB 9 Chris Brown Jr
DT 91 Bob Clasby Sr
DT 71 Eric Dorsey Fr
LB 43 Rick DiBernardo Fr
DT 92 Greg Dingens Fr
DB 19 Justin Driscoll Sr
S 23 Dave Duerson Sr
LB 58 Tony Furjanic Fr
DE 78 Mike Gann So
DE 55 Mike Golic So
DL Kevin Griffith
DT 93 Shawn Heffern Fr
S 27 Joe Johnson So
LB Mike Larkin
LB 37 Rick Naylor Jr
LB 51 Joe Rudzinski Sr
S 41 Dave Schuster Sr
CB 30 Stacey Toran Jr
LB 36 Ron Weissenhofer Fr
LB Mark Zavagnin
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 4 Mike Johnson Sr
P 3 Mike Viracola Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Greg Blache (DL)
  • Brian Boulac (Ast HC)
  • Jim Higgins (OL)
  • Ron Hudson (WR)
  • Jim Johnson (DC)
  • George Kelly (LB)
  • Tom Lichtenberg (OC/Recruiting Coordinator)
  • Jay Robertson (DT)
  • Carl Selmer (OL)
  • Ross Stephenson (Volunteer/Scouting)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 0 0710 17
• Notre Dame 3 10100 23
  • Source:
Scoring summary
1NDJohnston 35-yard field goalND 3-0
2NDMoriarty 24-yard run (Johnston kick)ND 10-0
2NDJohnston 37-yard field goalND 13-0
3MICHCarter 72-yard punt return (Haji-Sheikh kick)ND 13-7
3NDJohnston 41-yard field goalND 16-7
3NDBell 10-yard run (Johnston kick)ND 23-7
4MICHHaji-Sheikh 42-yard field goalND 23-10
4MICHRogers 39-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick)ND 23-17

The first night game played at Notre Dame Stadium.

Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 0 1400 14
• Notre Dame 7 777 28
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Scoring summary
1NDMoriarty 2-yard run (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 7-0
2NDMoriarty 3-yard run (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 14-0
2PURKing 2-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick)Notre Dame 14-7
2PURBenson 5-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick)Tie 14-14
3NDCarter 6-yard run (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 21-14
4NDCarter 10-yard run (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 28-14

[1]

Michigan State

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 2 900 11
Michigan St 0 030 3
Scoring summary
Q1NDLeister tackled in end zoneND 2–0
Q2NDJohnston 33 yard field goalND 5–0
Q2NDJohnston 29 yard field goalND 8–0
Q2NDJohnston 42 yard field goalND 11–0
Q3MSUMojsiejenko 50 yard field goalND 11–3

Notre Dame's first victory in a game without scoring a touchdown since 1970 versus LSU.[2]

Miami (FL)

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 0 077 14
• Notre Dame 0 736 16
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
  • Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary
Q22:25NDKiel 6 yard run (Johnson kick)ND 7–0
Q311:47MiamiRicht 1 yard pass to Dennison (Davis kick)Tie 7-7
Q32:53NDJohnson 29 yard field goalND 10-7
Q413:03MiamiRicht 79 yard pass to Belk (Davis kick)Miami 14-10
Q48:27NDJohnson 42 yard field goalMiami 14-13
Q4:11NDJohnson 32 yard field goalND 16-14

[3]

Arizona

1 234Total
• Arizona 0 0610 16
Notre Dame 10 003 13
  • Date: October 16
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
  • Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary
Q1NDJohnson 22 yard field goalND 3–0
Q1NDPinkett 25 yard run (Johnson kick)ND 10-0
Q3ArizZendejas 38 yard field goalND 10-3
Q3ArizZendejas 32 yard field goalND 10-6
Q4NDJohnson 43 yard field goalND 13-6
Q4ArizFreeman 1 yard run (Sendejas kick)13-13
Q4ArizZendejas 48 yard field goalAriz 16-13

[4]

Oregon

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 033 13
Oregon 3 037 13
Scoring summary
Q17:27NDPinkett 6 yard run (Johnson kick)ND 7–0
Q13:52OregonLee 37 yard field goalND 7-3
Q39:37OregonLee 39 yard field goalND 7-6
Q3:46NDJohnson 42 yard field goalND 10-6
Q410:27OregonJones 6 yard run (Lee kick)Oregon 13-10
Q4:11NDJohnson 25 yard field goalTie 13-13

[5]

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 0 13140 27
Navy 0 028 10
Scoring summary
27:28NDSmith 3-yard pass from Kiel (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 7-0
2NDJohnston 40-yard field goalNotre Dame 10-0
2NDJohnston 48-yard field goalNotre Dame 13-0
3NAVYSafety, Kiel tackled in end zoneNotre Dame 13-2
3NDMoriarty 18-yard pass from Kiel (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 20-2
3NDPinkett 12-yard run (Johnston kick)Notre Dame 27-2
4NAVYCebak 26-yard pass from Torquinio (Clouse pass from Torquinio)Notre Dame 27-10

[6]

At Pittsburgh

Penn State

At Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 0 3 14 17
Air Force 7 10 7 6 30

[7]

At USC

Statistics

[8]

Awards

  • S Dave Duerson - 1st Team All-American (College & Pro Football Newsweekly, Football News, Football Writers Association of America)
  • TE Tony Hunter - 1st Team All-American (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
  • K Mike Johnston - 3rd Team All-American (Football News)
  • LB Mark Zavagnin - 2nd Team All-American (Football News), 3rd Team All-American (Associated Press)

[9]

Team players drafted into the NFL

References

  1. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1982 Sept 26.
  2. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1982 Oct 3.
  3. ↑ Klinkenburg, Marty (October 11, 1982). "Hurricanes–Irish Game at a Glance". The Miami News. p. 4C.
  4. ↑ "Arizona's Last-play Field Goal Beats Notre Dame". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. October 17, 1982. p. 7C.
  5. ↑ Kayfes, David (October 24, 1982). "Irish Eyes Were Not Smiling After the 13-13 Standoff". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 4E.
  6. ↑ "Notre Dame's offense back on even Kiel, 27-10." Eugene Register-Guard. 1982 Oct 31.
  7. ↑ Recap/Box
  8. ↑ 2012 Notre Dame football media guide.
  9. ↑ 2012 Notre Dame football media guide.
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