1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl Champions
Cotton Bowl, W 24–11 vs. Texas
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#5
AP	#2
1970 record	10–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (7th year)
Captain	Larry DiNardo
Captain	Tim Kelly
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

The 1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1970 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	2:30pm	at Northwestern	#6	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)		W 35–14	50,049
September 26	1:30pm	Purdue	#6	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 48–0	59,075
October 3	2:30pm	at Michigan State	#4	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 29–0	76,103
October 10	1:30pm	Army	#3	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 51–10	59,075
October 17	3:50pm	at #18 Missouri	#3	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	ABC	W 24–7	64,200
October 31	1:30pm	vs. Navy	#3	John F. Kennedy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Rivalry)		W 56–7	45,226
November 7	1:30pm	Pittsburgh	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 46–14	59,075
November 14	1:30pm	Georgia Tech	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 10–7	59,075
November 21	1:30pm	#7 LSU	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 3–0	59,075
November 28	4:15pm	at USC	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 28–38	64,694
January 1	2:00pm	vs. #1 Texas	#6	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	CBS	W 24–11	73,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game notes

Purdue

• Joe Theismann 16/24, 276, 3 TD
• Tom Gatewood 12 Rec, 192 Yds, 3 TD (tied school record)^[2]

Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 15 0 7 29 Michigan St 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 3 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI Game attendance: 76,103

Scoring summary Q1 ND Barz 1 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 7–0 Q2 ND Minnix 1 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 14–0 Q2 ND Gulyas 2 yard run (Theismann run) ND 22–0 Q4 ND Parker 4 yard run (Hempel kick) ND 29–0

• Joe Theismann 12/17, 147 Yds, 13 Rush, 107 Yds
• First Notre Dame game on artificial turf
• First Notre Dame win in East Lansing

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Navy

1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 7 21 7 14 49 Navy 7 0 0 0 7 Date: October 31 Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Dewan 3-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 7-0 1 Navy Dillon 5-yard run (Lanning kick) Tie 7-7 2 Notre Dame Barz 2-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 14-7 2 Notre Dame Barz 1-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 21-7 2 Notre Dame Gatewood 6-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 28-7 2 Notre Dame Gatewood 29-yard pass from Theismann (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 35-7 3 Notre Dame Allan 3-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 42-7 4 Notre Dame Diestowski 30-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 49-7 4 Notre Dame Minnix 5-yard run (Hempel kick) Notre Dame 56-7

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References

2. Eugene Register-Guard. 1970 Sept 27. Retrieved 2014-Dec-01.
3. "Irish Rout Michigan State." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4. Retrieved 2014-Dec-01.
4. Ocala Star-Banner. 1970 November 1.