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1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Berryman, Eck, FACT, Sagarin), Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Colorado
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 2
Record12–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Strong (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBarry Alvarez (2nd season)
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Notre Dame   –   12 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Florida State   –   10 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Penn State   –   8 – 3 – 1
No. 17 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 3 – 1
No. 21 West Virginia   –   8 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   8 – 4 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   7 – 4 – 0
Akron   –   6 – 4 – 1
South Carolina   –   6 – 4 – 1
Virginia Tech   –   6 – 4 – 1
Louisiana Tech   –   5 – 4 – 1
Army   –   6 – 5 – 0
Louisville   –   6 – 5 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 5 – 1
Tulsa   –   6 – 6 – 0
Southern Miss   –   5 – 6 – 0
Tulane   –   4 – 8 – 0
Navy   –   3 – 8 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 2
Boston College   –   2 – 9 – 0
Memphis State   –   2 – 9 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 9 – 1
Temple   –   1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Rivalries

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 318:00 p.m.vs. VirginiaNo. 2
Raycom, WGNW 36–1377,323
September 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 MichiganNo. 1
ABCW 24–19105,912  
September 232:30 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 1
CBSW 21–1359,075
September 3012:00 p.m.at PurdueNo. 1
ABCW 40–767,861
October 74:00 p.m.at StanfordNo. 1
NoneW 27–1786,019
October 147:00 p.m.at No. 17 Air ForceNo. 1
ESPNW 41–2753,533
October 213:30 p.m.No. 9 USCNo. 1
CBSW 28–2459,075
October 285:00 p.m.No. 7 PittsburghNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
ESPNW 45–759,075
November 412:00 p.m.NavyNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
SportsChannelW 41–059,075
November 1112:00 p.m.SMUNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
SportsChannelW 59–659,075
November 182:30 p.m.at No. 17 Penn StateNo. 1
CBSW 34–2386,025
November 256:30 p.m.at No. 7 Miami (FL)No. 1
CBSL 10–2781,634
January 1, 19908:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 ColoradoNo. 4
NBCW 21–681,191

Personnel

1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 86 Derek Brown So
RB 5 Rodney Culver So
WR 13 Pat Eilers
WR 25 Raghib Ismail Jr
RB 22 Anthony Johnson (C) Sr
C 76 Gene McGuire So
RB 35 Ryan Mihalko Jr
QB 3 Rick Mirer Fr
QB 9 Tony Rice (C) Sr
G 52 Tim Ryan Jr
WR 12 Ricky Watters Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 90 Jeff Alm Sr
LB 47 Ned Bolcar (C) Sr
DT 93 Bob Dahl Jr
  D'Juan Francisco
LB 37 Scott Kowalkowski Jr
LB Donn Grimm
CB 1 Todd Lyght Jr
CB Stan Smagala
DB 21 Rod Smith So
LB 42 Mike Stonebreaker Jr
S 15 Pat Terrell Sr
DL Chris Zorich
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Craig Hentrich
P 16 Jim Sexton Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

at Michigan

#1 Notre Dame at #2 Michigan
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 0 7107 24
Michigan 0 6013 19
Scoring summary
2NDA. Johnson 6-yard pass from Rice (Hentrich kick)ND 7-0
2MICHCalloway 9-yard pass from Taylor (kick failed)ND 7-6
3NDIsmail 88-yard kickoff return (Hentrich kick)ND 14-6
3NDHentrich 30-yard field goalND 17-6
4MICHWalker 5-yard pass from Grbac (pass failed)ND 17-12
4NDIsmail 92-yard kickoff return (Hentrich kick)ND 24-12
4MICHMcMurty 4-yard pass from Grbac (Carlson kick)ND 24-19
See also: 1989 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–10 1988 ND, 19–17

Michigan State

See also: 1989 Michigan State Spartans football team, Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry, and Megaphone Trophy
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–18–1 1988 ND, 20–3

Stanford

See also: 1989 Stanford Cardinal football team and Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Cardinal
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 14 7627
Stanford 6 0 8317

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

  • Date: October 7, 1989
  • Game attendance: 86,019
  • Recap/Box
Game information

USC

1 234Total
USC 14 307 24
• Notre Dame 7 0714 28
Scoring summary
Q1USCWallace 12 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)USC 7–0
Q1NDRice 7 yard run (Hentrich kick)Tie 7–7
Q1USCJackson 15 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)USC 14–7
Q2USCRodriguez 25 yard field goalUSC 17–7
Q3NDWatters 2 yard run (Hentrich kick)USC 17–14
Q4NDJohnson 35 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 21–17
Q4USCWellman 16 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)USC 24–21
Q4NDRice 15 yard run (Hentrich kick)ND 28–24
See also: 1989 USC Trojans football team, Notre Dame–USC football rivalry, and Jeweled Shillelagh
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–23–4 1988 ND, 27–10

[2]

at Miami (FL)

#1 Notre Dame at #7 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Fighting Irish 0 1000 10
• Hurricanes 10 773 27
Scoring summary
1MIAHuerta 35-yard field goalMIA 3–0
10:04MIADawkins 55-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)MIA 10–0
2NDHackett 22-yard field goalMIA 10–3
2NDBolcar 49-yard interception return (Hackett kick)Tied 10–10
2MIAMcGuire 5-yard run (Huerta kick)MIA 17–10
3MIADawkins 5-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)MIA 24–10
41:44MIAHuerta 32-yard field goalMIA 27–10
See also: 1989 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–6–1 1988 W 31–30

Colorado (Orange Bowl)

#4 Notre Dame vs. #1 Colorado
1 234Total
• Fighting Irish 0 0147 21
Buffaloes 0 060 6
Main article: 1990 Orange Bowl
See also: 1989 Colorado Buffaloes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 1984 W 55–14

[3]

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Anthony Johnson Running Back 2 36 Indianapolis Colts
Tim Grunhard Tackle 2 40 Kansas City Chiefs
Jeff Alm Defensive Tackle 2 41 Houston Oilers
Pat Terrell Defensive Back 2 49 Los Angeles Rams
Mike Brennan Tackle 4 91 Cincinnati Bengals
Stan Smagala Defensive Back 5 123 Dallas Cowboys
Ned Bolcar Linebacker 6 146 Seattle Seahawks
D’Juan Francisco Defensive Back 10 262 Washington Redskins
Dean Brown Guard 12 316 Indianapolis Colts

[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1989 Oct 22.
  3. ^ "Lackluster Colorado Leveled by Notre Dame". The New York Times. January 2, 1990. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  4. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1990.htm
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2008-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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