1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Gerry Faust (5th season);
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff (2nd season)
Captains	Tony Furjanic; Mike Larkin; Allen Pinkett; Tim Scannell;
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Gerry Faust in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 5–6. The team played home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

ConferenceIndependent

Record5–6

Headcoach

DefensivecoordinatorA. J. Christoff (2nd season)

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	CBS	L 12–20	105,523	^[1]
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Michigan State		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–10	59,075	^[2]
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	TBS	L 17–35	69,338	^[3]
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	ABC	L 15–21	52,123	^[4]
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Army		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	USA, WGN	W 24–10	59,075	^[5]
October 26	2:00 p.m.	USC		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 37–3	59,075	^[6]
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Navy		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–17	59,075	^[7]
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Ole Miss		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	W 37–14	59,075	^[8]
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L 6–36	84,000	^[9]
November 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 LSU		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	USA, WGN	L 7–10	59,075	^[10]
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–58	49,236	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Fighting Irish	3	6	3	0	12
• Wolverines	0	3	14	3	20


1		ND	John Carney 34-yard field goal	ND 3–0

2		ND	John Carney 37-yard field goal	ND 6–0
		Mich	Mike Gillette 21-yard field goal	ND 6–3
		ND	John Carney 47-yard field goal	ND 9–3

3		Mich	Jim Harbaugh 10-yard run (Gillette kick)	Michigan 10–9
		ND	John Carney 25-yard field goal	ND 12–10
		Mich	Gerald White 3-yard run (Gillette kick)	Mich 17–12

4	5:12	Mich	Mike Gillette 22-yard field goal	Mich 20–12

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cadets	0	7	3	0	10
• Notre Dame	14	0	7	3	24


1		ND	Pernell Taylor 1-yard run (John Carney kick)	ND 7-0

1		ND	Tim Brown 19-yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Carney kick)	ND 14-0

2		ARMY	Bill Lampley 4-yard run (Craig Stopa kick)	ND 14-7

3		ARMY	Craig Stopa 22-yard field goal	ND 14-10

3		ND	Allen Pinkett 1-yard run (John Carney kick)	ND 21-10

4	6:23	ND	John Carney 21-yard field goal	ND 24-10

Schedule


1	ND	Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick)	ND 7-0

1	ND	Beuerlein 6-yard run (Carney kick)	ND 14-0

2	ND	Carney 26-yard field goal	ND 17-0

2	ND	Stams 5-yard run (Carney kick)	ND 24-0

2	ND	Carney 33-yard field goal	ND 27-0

3	USC	Shafer 39-yard field goal	ND 27-3

3	ND	Carney 43-yard field goal	ND 30-3

4	ND	Williams 8-yard pass from Andrysiak (Carney kick)	ND 37-3


1	ND	Carney 41-yard field goal	Notre Dame 3-0

2	ND	Pinkett 1-yard run (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 10-0

2	ND	Brown 14-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 17-0

3	ND	Pinkett 2-yard run (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 24-0

3	ND	Redher 22-yard pass from Beuerlein (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 31-0

4	MISS	Meyers 10-yard pass from Osgood (Owen kick)	Notre Dame 31-7

4	MISS	Cleveland 1-yard run (Owen kick)	Notre Dame 31-14

4	ND	Southall 7-yard run (Carney kick)	Notre Dame 38-14


1	9:26	ND	Tim Brown 18-yard run (John Carney kick)	ND 7–0

2	0:00	LSU	Matt DeFrank 27-yard field goal	ND 7–3

4	3:26		Garry James 2-yard run (Ron Lewis kick)	LSU 10–7


1		MIA	Greg Cox 39-yard field goal	MIA 3-0

1		MIA	W. Williams 6-yard run (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 10-0

1		MIA	Greg Cox 47-yard field goal	MIA 13-0

2		MIA	Bennie Blades 61-yard interception return (Cox kick)	MIA 20-0

2		ND	Allen Pinkett 3-yard run (John Carney kick)	MIA 20-7

2		MIA	Melvin Bratton 7-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Cox kick)	MIA 27-7

3		MIA	Greg Cox 48-yard field goal	MIA 30-7

3		MIA	Michael Irvin 15-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 37-7

4		MIA	Vinny Testaverde 1-yard run (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 44-7

4		MIA	Andre Brown 17-yard pass from Geoff Torretta (Seelig kick)	MIA 51-7

4	4:44	MIA	Bill Hawkins recovered blocked punt in end zone (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 58-7

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	0	0	3	0	3
• Fighting Irish	14	13	3	7	37

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	14	14
• Fighting Irish	3	14	14	7	38