Notre Dame Football Team History
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Founded: 1842 Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium Capacity: 80,225 Colors: Blue & Gold Coach: Ara R. Parseghian Conference: Independent-
1964 Season Highlights
Ara R. Parseghian enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish won the National Championship.
1964 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 26 @
Wisconsin
31
7
W
Sat., Oct. 3 vs.
Purdue
34
15
W
Sat., Oct. 10 @
Air Force
34
7
W
Sat., Oct. 17 vs.
UCLA
24
0
W
Sat., Oct. 24 vs.
Stanford
28
6
W
Sat., Oct. 31 vs.
Navy
40
0
W
@ Philadelphia, PA
Sat., Nov. 7 @
Pittsburgh
17
15
W
Sat., Nov. 14 vs.
Michigan State
34
7
W
Sat., Nov. 21 vs.
Iowa
28
0
W
Sat., Nov. 28 @
Southern California
17
20
L
1964 Season Totals
Record 9-1
Points Scored 287
Scoring Average 28.7
Points Allowed 77
Defense Average 7.7
Opponents Record 42-50
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 3-1
1964 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
3 9-1-0
AP
3 9-1-0
Coaches
3 9-1-0
UPI
1964 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1964 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.