1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 28–3 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
1992 record	10–1–1
Head coach	Lou Holtz (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	Skip Holtz (1st year)
Captain	Demetrius DuBose
Captain	Rick Mirer
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1992 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#4 Notre Dame		–		10	–	1	–	1
Southern Miss		–		7	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		6	–	5	–	0
Army		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		5	–	6	–	0
Tulsa		–		4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati		–		3	–	8	–	0
Arkansas State		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1992 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

In the Holy War match against Boston College, Notre Dame beat BC to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl.
Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy.
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 p.m.	at Northwestern*	No. 3	Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (Rivalry)	ABC	W 42–7	64,877
September 12	1:30 p.m.	No. 5 Michigan*	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	NBC	T 17–17	59,075
September 19	3:30 p.m.	at Michigan State*	No. 7	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	W 52–31	76,188
September 26	1:30 p.m.	Purdue*	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	W 48–0	59,075
October 3	1:30 p.m.	No. 19 Stanford*	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 16–33	59,075
October 10	7:45 p.m.	at Pittsburgh*	No. 14	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	W 52–21	52,155
October 24	1:30 p.m.	Brigham Young*	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 42–16	59,075
October 31	1:00 p.m.	vs. Navy*	No. 10	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Rivalry)		W 38–7	58,769
November 7	1:30 p.m.	No. 9 Boston College*	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Holy War)	NBC	W 54–7	59,075
November 14	1:30 p.m.	No. 21 Penn State*	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 17–16	59,075
November 28	8:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Southern California*	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	W 31–23	90,063
January 1, 1993	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Texas A&M*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	NBC	W 28–3	71,615
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game notes

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn State	6	0	0	10	16
• Notre Dame	3	3	3	8	17

Date: November 14
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075
Television network: NBC

Source:

Scoring summary

1	ND	Hentrich 26 yard field goal	ND 3-0

1	PSU	Anderson 1 yard run (kick failed)	PSU 6-3

2	ND	Hentrich 31 yard field goal	Tied 6-6

3	ND	Hentrich 37 yard field goal	ND 9-6

4	PSU	Muscillo 22 yard field goal	Tied 9-9

4	PSU	O'Neal 13 yard run (Muscillo kick)	PSU 16-9

4	ND	Bettis 3 yard pass from Mirer (Mirer to Brooks pass)	ND 17-16

Awards and honors

Reggie Brooks finished fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
Former Fighting Irish player Jim Lynch was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

References

↑ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

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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National championship seasons in bold

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