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1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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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.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 318:00 p.m.vs. VirginiaNo. 2Raycom, WGNW 36–1377,323[2]
September 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 MichiganNo. 1ABCW 24–19105,912
September 232:30 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 1CBSW 21–1359,075
September 3012:00 p.m.at PurdueNo. 1ABCW 40–767,861
October 74:00 p.m.at StanfordNo. 1W 27–1786,019
October 147:00 p.m.at No. 17 Air ForceNo. 1ESPNW 41–2753,533
October 213:30 p.m.No. 9 USCNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
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. 1CBSW 34–2386,025
November 256:30 p.m.at No. 7 Miami (FL)No. 1CBSL 10–2781,634
January 1, 19908:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 ColoradoNo. 4
NBCW 21–681,191

Games summaries

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vs Virginia

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Kickoff Classic: #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) vs. Virginia Cavaliers (0–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Virginia 0 0 01313
Notre Dame 19 14 0336

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game information

Largest crowd for college football game at Giants Stadium

At Michigan

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#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1–0) at #2 Michigan Wolverines (0–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 7 10724
Michigan 0 6 01319

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Game information

Michigan State

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Michigan State Spartans (1–0) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Michigan St 0 6 7013
Notre Dame 7 7 0721

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information

At Purdue

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#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3–0) at Purdue Boilermakers (1–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 14 20 0640
Purdue 0 0 077

at Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Game information

At Stanford

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#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4–0) at Stanford Cardinal (1–3)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 14 7627
Stanford 6 0 8317

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

Game information

At Air Force

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#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5–0) at #17 Air Force Falcons (6–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 14 21 3341
Air Force 0 14 01327

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Game information
External videos
video icon 1989 Notre Dame at Air Force – Television broadcast

USC

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#9 USC Trojans (5–1) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
USC 14 3 0724
Notre Dame 7 0 71428

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information
  • Pregame fight in tunnel
External videos
video icon 1989 USC at Notre Dame – Television broadcast
video icon 1989 USC at Notre Dame – Highlights

Pittsburgh

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#7 Pittsburgh Panthers (5–0–1) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Pittsburgh 7 0 007
Notre Dame 2 15 21745

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

  • Date: October 28, 1989
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • TV: ESPN
  • Recap/Box
Game information
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Navy Midshipmen (2–5) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Navy 0 0 000
Notre Dame 14 10 31441

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information
External videos
video icon Full game

SMU

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SMU Mustangs (2–6) at #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
SMU 0 6 006
Notre Dame 7 35 10759

at Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Game information
External videos
video icon Full game

At Penn State

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#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10–0) at #17 Penn State Nittany Lions (6–2–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 7 14 7634
Penn St 7 3 7623

at Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania

  • Date: November 18, 1989
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 86,025
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Pat Haden
  • Recap/Box
Game information

Notre Dame's first win in school history at Beaver Stadium

External videos
video icon Full game (part 1)
video icon Full game (part 2)
video icon Full game (part 3)
video icon Game highlights

At Miami (FL)

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#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11–0) at #7 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (9–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 10 0010
Miami (FL) 10 7 7327

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Game information
External videos
video icon Full game
video icon Game highlights
video icon 3rd and 43

Orange Bowl (vs Colorado)

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#1 Colorado Buffaloes (11–0) vs. #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 0 14721
Colorado 0 0 606

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Game information

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Personnel

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1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Steve Belles
RB Walter Boyd
OL Mike Brennan
RB Reggie Brooks
OT 71 Dean Brown
TE 86 Derek Brown So
RB 5 Rodney Culver So
WR 13 Pat Eilers
QB Pete Graham
WR Ray Griggs
G 75 Tim Grunhard Sr
RB 25 Raghib Ismail Jr
WR Adrian Jarrell
RB 22 Anthony Johnson (C) Sr
RB Craig Lanigan
RB Dorsey Levens
C 76 Gene McGuire So
RB Ted McNamara
RB 35 Ryan Mihalko Jr
QB 3 Rick Mirer Fr
WR William Pollard
QB 9 Tony Rice (C) Sr
G 52 Tim Ryan Jr
RB Rusty Setzer
TE Irv Smith
WR Tony Smith
RB 12 Ricky Watters Jr
TE Rod West
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 90 Jeff Alm Sr
LB 47 Ned Bolcar (C) Sr
DT 93 Bob Dahl Jr
DB 32 D'Juan Francisco
LB 36 Donn Grimm
LB 7 Andre Jones
LB 37 Scott Kowalkowski Jr
CB 1 Todd Lyght Jr
LB Devon McDonald
LB 89 Karmeeleyah McGill Fr
CB 29 Stan Smagala
DB 21 Rod Smith So
LB 42 Mike Stonebreaker Jr
S 15 Pat Terrell Sr
DL 50 Chris Zorich Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Billy Hackett
K 28 Craig Hentrich
P 16 Jim Sexton Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NFL

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "Classically Notre Dame". The Record. September 1, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lackluster Colorado Leveled by Notre Dame". The New York Times. January 2, 1990. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 16, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "1990 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.