1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 5
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State   –  11 –0 –0
Rutgers   –  8 –2 –0
West Texas State   –  8 –2 –0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –  7 –2 –1
Florida State   –  8 –3 –0
Air Force   –  7 –3 –0
Army   –  7 –3 –0
Buffalo   –  7 –3 –0
No. 18 Houston   –  6 –2 –2
Utah State   –  7 –3 –0
Boston College   –  7 –3 –0
West Virginia   –  7 –3 –0
VPI   –  7 –4 –0
Pacific   –  6 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  6 –4 –0
Villanova   –  6 –4 –0
Xavier   –  6 –4 –0
Colgate   –  5 –5 –0
Dayton   –  5 –5 –0
Miami (FL)   –  5 –5 –0
New Mexico State   –  5 –5 –0
Georgia Tech   –  4 –6 –0
Southern Miss   –  4 –6 –0
Holy Cross   –  3 –6 –1
San Jose State   –  3 –7 –0
Navy   –  2 –8 –0
Tulane   –  2 –8 –0
Pittsburgh   –  1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ara Parseghian and competed as an independent. The Irish finished with a final record of 7–2–1. In their final game of the season, they played No. 2 USC to a 21–21 tie.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:30 p.m.No. 5 OklahomaNo. 3
W 45–2159,075
September 282:00 p.m.No. 1 PurdueNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
ABCL 22–3759,075
October 52:30 p.m.at IowaNo. 5
W 51–2858,043
October 122:30 p.m.NorthwesternNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 27–759,075
October 192:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 6
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 58–859,075
October 261:30 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 5
ABCL 17–2177,339
November 21:30 p.m.vs. NavyNo. 12
W 45–1463,738
November 92:30 p.m.PittsburghNo. 12
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 56–759,075
November 162:30 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 9
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 34–659,075
November 304:30 p.m.at No. 2 USCNo. 9
ABCT 21–2182,659

[2]

Roster

1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Bob Belden Sr
OT 64 Terry Brennan Jr
RB 20 Bob Gladieux Sr
QB 5 Terry Hanratty Sr
G 75 Bob Kuechenberg Sr
OT 78 George Kunz Sr
C 54 Mike Oriard Jr
WR 85 Jim Seymour Sr
QB 7 Joe Theismann So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 47 John Lavin Sr
DT 77 Mike McCoy Jr
LB 36 Bob Olson Sr
LB 49 Brian Stenger Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Scott Hempel
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Oklahoma

[3]

1 234Total
Oklahoma 14 007 21
• Notre Dame 7 141410 45
Scoring summary
1NDBob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)ND 7-0
1OUEddie Hinton 72-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick)Tied 7-7
1OUSteve Zabel 16-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick)OU 14-7
2NDJim Seymour 10-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick)Tied 14-14
2NDJim Seymour 7-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick)ND 21-14
3NDBob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)ND 28-14
3NDBob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)ND 35-14
4NDScott Hempel 31-yard field goalND 38-14
4OUSteve Zabel 11-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick)ND 38-21
4NDChuck Landolfi 5-yard run (Scott Hempel kick)ND 45-21

Purdue

1 234Total
• Purdue 3 20014 37
Notre Dame 0 1408 22
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  • Referee: Gene Calhoun
  • TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson
  
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Iowa

1 234Total
• Notre Dame 21 10614 51
Iowa 14 077 28
  
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Northwestern

1 234Total
Northwestern 0 007 7
• Notre Dame 7 0614 27
  • Date: October 12
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  
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Illinois

1 234Total
Illinois 0 080 8
• Notre Dame 14 10277 58
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 59,075
  
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Michigan State

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 370 17
• Michigan St. 7 770 21
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 17 7714 45
Navy 6 800 14
  
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Pittsburgh

1 234Total
Pittsburgh 0 070 7
• Notre Dame 23 2607 56
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 pm CST
  
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Georgia Tech

1 234Total
Georgia Tech 0 006 6
• Notre Dame 7 7614 34
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium,
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CST
  
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Southern Cal

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1 234Total
Notre Dame 14 700 21
So. Cal. 7 077 21
  
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References

  1. ↑ "Football '68 - Settling the Score for '64" (PDF). Notre Dame Scholastic. December 12, 1968. pp. 20 & 21.
  2. ↑ "1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
  3. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner. 1968 September 22.
  4. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (December 9, 1968). "THE DAY THEY TIED UP O.J." Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 25, 2019.


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