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South Carolina
A football gifted by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to President Gerald Ford, commemorating their 18–17 victory over South Carolina on October 27.
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Date: November 3
Location: Notre Dame Stadium
Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary
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Lisch 1 yard run (Male kick)
ND 7–0
Q4
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Ferguson 3 yard run (Male kick)
ND 14–0
ND: Ferguson 34 Rush, 155 Yds (first player in school history with 3,000 career rushing yards)
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The 1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1979 NCAA Division I A football season The Irish finished unranked in both major polls for the first time since 1963 1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish footballConferenceIndependentRecord7 4Head coachDan Devine 5th season CaptainsVagas Ferguson Tim Foley Dave WaymerHome stadiumNotre Dame StadiumSeasons 19781980 1979 NCAA Division I A independents football recordsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 6 Florida State 11 1 0No 7 Pittsburgh 11 1 0UNLV 9 1 2No 17 Temple 10 2 0Tulane 9 3 0Rutgers 8 3 0East Carolina 7 3 1No 20 Penn State 8 4 0South Carolina 8 4 0Navy 7 4 0Notre Dame 7 4 0Southern Miss 6 4 1Syracuse 7 5 0Colgate 5 4 1Boston College 5 6 0Holy Cross 5 6 0Memphis State 5 6 0Miami FL 5 6 0North Texas State 5 6 0Villanova 5 6 0Virginia Tech 5 6 0West Virginia 5 6 0Georgia Tech 4 6 1Louisville 4 6 1William amp Mary 4 7 0Illinois State 3 8 0Northeast Louisiana 3 8 0Army 2 8 1Air Force 2 9 0Cincinnati 2 9 0Richmond 0 11 0Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Game summaries 3 1 at Michigan 3 2 at Purdue 3 3 Michigan State 3 4 Georgia Tech 3 5 at Air Force 3 6 USC 3 7 South Carolina 3 8 Navy 3 9 at Tennessee 3 10 Clemson 3 11 vs Miami FL 4 Team players in the NFL 5 ReferencesSchedule EditDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 153 20 p m at No 6 MichiganNo 9Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor MI rivalry ABCW 12 10105 111September 222 30 p m at No 17 PurdueNo 5Ross Ade StadiumWest Lafayette IN Shillelagh Trophy L 22 2870 567September 292 30 p m No 7 Michigan StateNo 15Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend IN Megaphone Trophy W 27 359 075October 62 30 p m Georgia TechNo 10Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend INW 21 1359 075October 133 30 p m at Air ForceNo 10Falcon StadiumColorado Springs COW 38 1334 881October 2012 50 p m No 4 USCNo 9Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend IN Jeweled Shillelagh ABCL 23 4259 075October 272 30 p m South CarolinaNo 14Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend INW 18 1759 075November 31 30 p m NavyNo 13Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend IN rivalry W 14 059 075November 101 30 p m at TennesseeNo 13Neyland StadiumKnoxville TNL 18 4086 489November 171 30 p m No 14 ClemsonNotre Dame StadiumSouth Bend INL 10 1659 075November 2411 00 p m vs Miami FL National Olympic StadiumTokyo Japan Mirage Bowl W 40 1562 574Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time 1 Roster Edit1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassG 65 Bob Burger JrWR 80 Dave Condeni SoQB 2 Mike Courey JrC 53 Jeff Crippin SrWR 1 Ty Dickerson JrRB 32 Vagas Ferguson SrOT 73 Tim Foley SrWR 31 Pete Holohan JrG 78 Tim Huffman JrQB 13 Greg Knafelc JrQB 6 Rusty Lisch SrOT 75 Rob Martinovich SrTE 86 Dean Masztak SoOT 71 Phil Pozderac SoC 57 John Scully Jr Defense Pos Name ClassDT 94 Tom Bock SoLB 43 Bob Crable SoDL Mark CzajaS 22 Dave Duerson FrCB 27 Tom Gibbons JrDE Joe GramkeDT Kevin GriffithDE John HankerdDT Don KiddDT Pat KramerCB 19 John Krimm SoLB 61 Bobby Leopold SrDB 34 Dave Waymer SrLB 54 Mike Whittington SrDE 70 Scott Zettek Jr Special teams Pos Name ClassP Dick BoushkaK Chuck Male Sr Head coachDan DevineCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtGame summaries Editat Michigan Edit See also 1979 Michigan Wolverines football team Notre Dame Fighting Irish 0 0 at Michigan Wolverines 1 0 Period 1 2 34TotalNotre Dame 3 3 6012Michigan 3 7 0010at Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Michigan Date September 15Game weather 65 F 18 C Game attendance 105 111TV announcers ABC Keith Jackson and Frank BroylesRecap Game informationFirst quarter MICH Bryan Virgil 30 yard field goal 7 31 Michigan 3 0 Drive 10 plays 84 yards ND Chuck Male 40 yard field goal Tie 3 3 Drive Second quarter MICH Stan Edwards 1 yard run Bryan Virgil kick 10 48 Michigan 10 3 Drive 13 plays 80 yards 6 39 ND Chuck Male 40 yard field goal 4 48 Michigan 10 6 Drive Third quarter ND Chuck Male 22 yard field goal Michigan 10 9 Drive ND Chuck Male 39 yard field goal Notre Dame 12 10 Drive Top passersND Rusty Lisch 5 10 65 yards MICH B J Dickey 9 18 106 yardsTop rushersND Vagas Ferguson 35 rushes 118 yards MICHTop receiversND MICH Bob Crable 10 tackles leaped to block the potential game winning field in the final seconds 2 at Purdue Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 Michigan State Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 Georgia Tech Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 at Air Force Edit See also 1979 Air Force Falcons football team 1 234Total Notre Dame 10 2107 38Air Force 0 760 13Date October 13Location Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs ColoradoGame attendance 34 881Scoring summaryQ1NDFerguson 5 yard run Male kick ND 7 0 Q1NDMale 43 yard field goalND 10 0 Q2NDLisch 1 yard run Male kick ND 17 0 Q2AFAJames 1 yard run Sturch kick ND 17 7 Q2NDVehr 2 yard pass from Lisch Male kick ND 24 7 Q2NDFerguson 23 yard run Male kick ND 31 7 Q3AFASchafer 2 yard pass from Ziebart run failed ND 31 13 Q4NDHunter 75 yard pass from Lisch Male kick ND 38 13 3 USC Edit See also 1979 USC Trojans football team This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 South Carolina Edit A football gifted by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to President Gerald Ford commemorating their 18 17 victory over South Carolina on October 27 Navy Edit 1 234TotalNavy 0 000 0 Notre Dame 7 007 14Date November 3Location Notre Dame StadiumGame attendance 59 075Scoring summaryQ1NDLisch 1 yard run Male kick ND 7 0Q4NDFerguson 3 yard run Male kick ND 14 0ND Ferguson 34 Rush 155 Yds first player in school history with 3 000 career rushing yards 4 at Tennessee Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 Clemson Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 vs Miami FL Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2020 Team players in the NFL EditPlayer Position Round Pick NFL clubVagas Ferguson Running back 1 25 New England PatriotsDave Waymer Conerback 2 41 New Orleans SaintsTim Foley Tackle 2 51 Baltimore ColtsRusty Lisch Quarterback 4 89 St Louis CardinalsBobby Leopold Linebacker 8 210 San Francisco 49ersRob Martinovich Tackle 10 261 Kansas City ChiefsReferences Edit 2011 Notre Dame football media guide Irish Topple Michigan On Walk on s Field Goals Palm Beach Post 1979 September 16 Palm Beach Post 1979 October 14 Eugene Register Guard 1979 November 4 Retrieved 2018 December 22 This college football 1970s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team amp oldid 1079955563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,