1978 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1978 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–34 vs. Houston
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
1978 record	9–3
Head coach	Dan Devine (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Merv Johnson (4th year)
Captain	Bob Golic
Captain	Jerome Heavens
Captain	Joe Montana
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1978 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
#7 Notre Dame		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Miami		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
William & Mary		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern State		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Memphis State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Air Force		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Colgate		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Boston College		–		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	2:30 p.m.	Missouri	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		L 0–3	59,075
September 23	12:50 p.m.	No. 5 Michigan	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	ABC	L 14–28	59,075
September 30	2:30 p.m.	Purdue		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		W 10–6	59,075
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		W 29–25	77,087
October 14	12:40 p.m.	No. 9 Pittsburgh		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	ABC	W 26–17	59,075
October 21	3:30 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 20	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO		W 38–15	35,425
October 28	2:30 p.m.	Miami	No. 19	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 20–0	59,075
November 4	1:50 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Navy	No. 15	Cleveland Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Rivalry)		W 27–7	63,780
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Tennessee	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 31–14	59,075
November 18	1:30 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech	No. 10	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 38–21	54,526
November 25	4:10 p.m.	at No. 3 USC	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 25–27	84,256
January 1, 1979	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Houston	No. 10	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (1979 Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 35–34	32,500
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Personnel

1978 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
HB		Barber, TyroneTyrone Barber
FB		Belden, TonyTony Belden
FL		Boushka, MikeMike Boushka
FB		Buchanan, PetePete Buchanan
C		Burger, BobBob Burger
SE		Condeni, DaveDave Condeni
FL		Courey, MikeMike Courey
C		Crippin, JeffJeff Crippin
TE		Detmer, MartyMarty Detmer
RB		Dover, SteveSteve Dover
HB		Ferguson, VagasVagas Ferguson
OT		Foley, TimTim Foley
TE		Grindinger, DennisDennis Grindinger
SE		Haines, KrisKris Haines
TE		Hart, KevinKevin Hart
OG		Hautman, JimJim Hautman
FB		Heavens, JeromeJerome Heavens (C)
FL		Holohan, PetePete Holohan
OG		Horansky, TedTed Horansky
OG		Hufford, LarryLarry Hufford
C		Huffman, DaveDave Huffman
OG		Huffman, TimTim Huffman
QB		Knaflec, GregGreg Knaflec
QB		Koegel, TimTim Koegel
OG		Leon, JohnJohn Leon
OT		Martinovich, RobRob Martinovich
TE		Masztak, DeanDean Masztak
OT		McCormick, KeithKeith McCormick
OG		Meyer, HowardHoward Meyer
OG		Mishler, RonRon Mishler
FB		Mitchell, DaveDave Mitchell
QB	`3`	Montana, JoeJoe Montana (C)	57.0 !Sr
E		Pagley, LouLou Pagley
FB		Pallas, PetePete Pallas
OT		Pozderac, PhilPhil Pozderac
OT		Scully, JohnJohn Scully
HB		Stone, JimJim Stone
E		Tripp, TimTim Tripp
TE		Vehr, NickNick Vehr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT		Bock, TomTom Bock
CB		Boushka, DickDick Boushka
S		Browner, JimJim Browner
CB		Buehner, RickRick Buehner
DT		Calhoun, MikeMike Calhoun
DE		Case, JayJay Case
S		Cichy, SteveSteve Cichy
LB		Crable, BobBob Crable
DB		Fasano, AngeloAngelo Fasano
CB		Flynn, TomTom Flynn
CB		Gibbons, TomTom Gibbons
LB	`55`	Golic, BobBob Golic (C)	57.0 !Sr
DE		Gramke, JoeJoe Gramke
DE		Hankred, JohnJohn Hankred
S	`10`	Harrison, RandyRandy Harrison
LB		Hartwig, SteveSteve Hartwig
LB		Heimkreiter, SteveSteve Heimkreiter
LB		Johnson, PetePete Johnson
S		Johnson, PhilPhil Johnson
CB		Krimm, JohnJohn Krimm
LB		Leopold, BobbyBobby Leopold
DE		Kramer, PatPat Kramer
LB		Moynihan, BrendanBrendan Moynihan
DE		Rayam, HardyHardy Rayam
S, P		Restic, JoeJoe Restic
DT		Thomas, JohnJohn Thomas
CB		Waymer, DaveDave Waymer
DT		Weston, JeffJeff Weston
OLB		Whittington, MikeMike Whittington
DT		Wroblewski, TomTom Wroblewski
DE		Zettek, ScottScott Zettek

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK		Male, ChuckChuck Male
PK		Unis, JoeJoe Unis

Head coach

Dan Devine

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Brian Boulac
Jim Gruden
Jim Johnson
Merv Johnson
Ross Stephenson
Ron Toman
Joe Yonto

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-12-20

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	0	10	0	7	17
• Notre Dame	7	0	0	19	26

Date: Saturday, October 15
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	ND	Heavens 1-yard run (Unis kick)	ND 7-0

2	PITT	Trocano 3-yard run (Schubert kick)	Tied 7-7

2	PITT	Schubert 33-yard field goal	PITT 10-7

4	PITT	Trocano 3-yard run (Schubert kick)	PITT 17-7

4	ND	Haines 8-yard pass from Montana (pass failed)	PITT 17-13

4	ND	Montana 1-yard run (kick failed)	ND 19-17

4	ND	Ferguson 3-yard pass from Montana (Unis kick)	ND 26-17

Notre Dame handed Pittsburgh is first loss of the season. Jerome Heavens, who had never seen Knute Rockne, All American, surpassed George Gipp on the school's all-time rushing list. Heavens passed Gipp on his 24th carry but lost yardage on his 25th before moving pass him for good on his 26th attempt. "I think the Gipper tackled me on that," Heavens said.

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Cotton Bowl

The Cotton Bowl win was Notre Dame's 600th victory in school history. ^[2]

References

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC

Culture & 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 Statistical leaders

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