American college football season
The 1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1996 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 .
Notre Dame participated in the Emerald Isle Classic (Billed as the Shamrock Classic that year). The game was played in Dublin on November 2 at Croke Park , where Notre Dame beat Navy by a score of 54–27.
Despite finishing the regular season 8–3, Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game . The Fighting Irish turned down an invitation to play the Auburn Tigers in the Independence Bowl .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 8:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt No. 6 ESPN W 14–741,523 [2] September 14 2:30 p.m. Purdue No. 9 NBC W 35–059,075 September 21 12:00 p.m. at No. 6 Texas No. 9 ABC W 27–2483,312 September 28 2:30 p.m. No. 4 Ohio State No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC L 16–2959,075 October 12 2:30 p.m. No. 16 Washington No. 11 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC W 54–2059,075 October 19 2:30 p.m. Air Force No. 8 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC L 17–20 OT 59,075 November 2 8:00 a.m. at Navy No. 19 CBS W 54–2738,651 November 9 3:30 p.m. at Boston College No. 17 CBS W 48–2144,500 November 16 1:30 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 14 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 60–659,075 November 23 1:30 p.m. Rutgers No. 10 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC W 62–059,075 November 30 8:00 p.m. at USC No. 10 ABC L 20–27 OT 90,296
Game summaries [ edit ] Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ND USC 1 USC 30-yard field goal by Abrams 0 3 1 USC 38-yard field goal by Abrams 0 6 2 14:23 Notre Dame Spencer 1-yard touchdown run, Sanson kick good 7 6 3 0:23 Notre Dame Champion 25-yard touchdown reception from Powlus , Sanson kick good 14 6 4 USC C. Miller 5-yard touchdown reception from Otton , 2-point pass failed 14 12 4 4:52 Notre Dame Denson 9-yard touchdown run, Sanson kick no good 20 12 4 1:50 USC Washington 15-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good 20 20 OT USC Sermons 5-yard touchdown reception from Otton, Abrams kick good 20 27 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 20 27
1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
References [ edit ]
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