1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#21
AP	#19
1996 record	8–3
Head coach	Lou Holtz (11th year)
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1996 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#25 Army			–			10	–	2
Navy			–			9	–	3
#19 Notre Dame			–			9	–	3
East Carolina			–			8	–	3
Louisiana Tech			–			6	–	5
UAB			–			5	–	6
UCF			–			5	–	6
Southwestern Louisiana			–			5	–	6
Northeast Louisiana			–			5	–	6
Arkansas State			–			4	–	7
Northern Illinois			–			1	–	10

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1996 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Notre Dame participated in the Emerald Isle Classic. The game was played on November 2 and Notre Dame beat Navy by a score of 54-27.

Rivalries

In the Holy War match against Boston College, Notre Dame beat BC to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl.
Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy.
Notre Dame loses to USC in overtime, snapping a 13-game unbeaten streak against the Trojans.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt*	#7	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	W 14–7	41,523
September 14	2:30 p.m.	Purdue*	#10	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	W 35–0	59,075
September 21	12:00 p.m.	at #8 Texas*	#9	Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	W 27–24	83,312
September 28	2:30 p.m.	#4 Ohio State	#5	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 16–29	59,075
October 12	2:30 p.m.	#16 Washington*	#12	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 54–20	59,075
October 19	2:30 p.m.	Air Force*	#9	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 17–20 ^OT	59,075
November 2	8:00 a.m.	at Navy*	#21	Croke Park • Dublin, Ireland (Emerald Isle Classic/Rivalry)	CBS	W 54–27	38,651
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at Boston College*	#19	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)	CBS	W 48–21	44,500
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh*	#15	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	NBC	W 60–6	59,075
November 23	1:30 p.m.	Rutgers*	#13	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 62–0	59,075
November 30	8:00 p.m.	at Southern California*	#13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 20–27 ^OT	90,296
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1995-1999)". 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 and rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Michigan Michigan State (Megaphone Trophy) Navy (Rip Miller Trophy) Northwestern (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973) Purdue (Shillelagh Trophy) Stanford (Legends Trophy) USC (Jeweled Shillelagh)

Culture and 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

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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