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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Personnel 3 Game summaries 3.1 Michigan 3.2 Purdue 3.3 Michigan State 3.4 Miami (FL) 3.5 Arizona 3.6 Oregon 3.7 Navy 3.8 At Pittsburgh 3.9 Penn State 3.10 At Air Force 3.11 At USC 4 Statistics 5 Awards 6 Team players drafted into the NFL 7 References

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Record	6–4–1
Head coach	Gerry Faust (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Lichtenberg (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Johnson
MVP	Dave Duerson
Captains	Phil Carter Dave Duerson Mark Zavagnin
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.1Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No.10Pittsburgh		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No.13Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No.19West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	9:00 p.m.	No. 10Michigan	No. 20	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	W 23–17	59,075
September 25	2:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 28–14	59,075
October 2	1:00 p.m.	atMichigan State	No. 11	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		W 11–3	77,119
October 9	2:30 p.m.	No. 17Miami (FL)	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 16–14	59,075
October 16	2:30 p.m.	Arizona	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		L 13–16	59,075
October 23	4:00 p.m.	atOregon	No. 15	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		T 13–13	40,381
October 30	1:00 p.m.	vs. Navy		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)		W 27–10	72,201
November 6	1:30 p.m.	at No. 1Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		W 31–16	60,162
November 13	3:50 p.m.	No. 5Penn State	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 14–24	59,075
November 20	3:00 p.m.	atAir Force	No. 18	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)		L 17–30	46,712
November 27	3:50 p.m.	at No. 17USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	CBS	L 13–17	76,459
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel[edit]

1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`82`	Mark Bavaro	So
RB	`28`	Greg Bell	Jr
RB		Mark Brooks
RB	`22`	Phil Carter (C)	Sr
G	`78`	Randy Ellis	Sr
WR		Mike Favorite
C	`57`	Mark Fischer	Sr
RB		Lester Flemons
OT	`65`	Greg Golic	Jr
WR		Mike Haywood
WR	`24`	Joe Howard	So
TE	`85`	Tony Hunter	Sr
WR		Milt Jackson
QB	`12`	Ken Karcher	So
G	`63`	Mike Kelley	So
QB	`5`	Blair Kiel	Jr
QB	`2`	Tim Walz	Fr
OL		Neil Maune
RB	`39`	Larry Moriarty	Sr
RB		Rodney Morris
QB	`6`	Jim O'Hara	Sr
WR		Van Pearcy
OT	`69`	Mike Perrino	Fr
RB	`20`	Allen Pinkett	Fr
G	`62`	Ron Plantz	Fr
OT	`52`	John Putzstuck	Sr
OT	`74`	Mike Shiner	Jr
RB	`32`	Chris Smith	So
WR	`1`	Chris Stone	Sr
TE		John Sweeney
G	`64`	Tom Thayer	Sr
G	`75`	Larry Williams	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`37`	Joe Autry	Jr
CB	`9`	Chris Brown	Jr
DT	`91`	Bob Clasby	Sr
DT	`71`	Eric Dorsey	Fr
LB	`43`	Rick DiBernardo	Fr
DT	`92`	Greg Dingens	Fr
DB	`19`	Justin Driscoll	Sr
S	`23`	Dave Duerson	Sr
LB	`58`	Tony Furjanic	Fr
DE	`78`	Mike Gann	So
DE	`55`	Mike Golic	So
DL		Kevin Griffith
DT	`93`	Shawn Heffern	Fr
S	`27`	Joe Johnson	So
LB		Mike Larkin
LB	`37`	Rick Naylor	Jr
LB	`51`	Joe Rudzinski	Sr
S	`41`	Dave Schuster	Sr
CB	`30`	Stacey Toran	Jr
LB	`36`	Ron Weissenhofer	Fr
LB		Mark Zavagnin

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`4`	Mike Johnson	Sr
P	`3`	Mike Viracola	Jr

Head coach

Gerry Faust

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Greg Blache (DL)
Brian Boulac (Ast HC)
Jim Higgins (OL)
Ron Hudson (WR)
Jim Johnson (DC)
George Kelly (LB)
Tom Lichtenberg (OC/Recruiting Coordinator)
Jay Robertson (DT)
Carl Selmer (OL)
Ross Stephenson (Volunteer/Scouting)

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries[edit]

Michigan[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	0	7	10	17
• Notre Dame	3	10	10	0	23

Date: September 18
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Referee: Tom Quinn ( Big Ten)
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles

Source: [1]

Scoring summary

1	ND	Johnston 35-yard field goal	ND 3-0

2	ND	Moriarty 24-yard run (Johnston kick)	ND 10-0

2	ND	Johnston 37-yard field goal	ND 13-0

3	MICH	Carter 72-yard punt return (Haji-Sheikh kick)	ND 13-7

3	ND	Johnston 41-yard field goal	ND 16-7

3	ND	Bell 10-yard run (Johnston kick)	ND 23-7

4	MICH	Haji-Sheikh 42-yard field goal	ND 23-10

4	MICH	Rogers 39-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick)	ND 23-17

The first night game played at Notre Dame Stadium.

Purdue[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	14	0	0	14
• Notre Dame	7	7	7	7	28

Date: September 25
Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana

Scoring summary

1	ND	Moriarty 2-yard run (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 7-0

2	ND	Moriarty 3-yard run (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 14-0

2	PUR	King 2-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick)	Notre Dame 14-7

2	PUR	Benson 5-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick)	Tie 14-14

3	ND	Carter 6-yard run (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 21-14

4	ND	Carter 10-yard run (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 28-14

^[1]

Michigan State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	2	9	0	0	11
Michigan St	0	0	3	0	3

Date: October 2
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
Game attendance: 77,119

Scoring summary

Q1	ND	Leister tackled in end zone	ND 2–0

Q2	ND	Johnston 33 yard field goal	ND 5–0

Q2	ND	Johnston 29 yard field goal	ND 8–0

Q2	ND	Johnston 42 yard field goal	ND 11–0

Q3	MSU	Mojsiejenko 50 yard field goal	ND 11–3

Notre Dame's first victory in a game without scoring a touchdown since 1970 versus LSU.^[2]

Miami (FL)[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	0	7	7	14
• Notre Dame	0	7	3	6	16

Date: October 9
Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

Q2	2:25	ND	Kiel 6 yard run (Johnson kick)	ND 7–0

Q3	11:47	Miami	Richt 1 yard pass to Dennison (Davis kick)	Tie 7-7

Q3	2:53	ND	Johnson 29 yard field goal	ND 10-7

Q4	13:03	Miami	Richt 79 yard pass to Belk (Davis kick)	Miami 14-10

Q4	8:27	ND	Johnson 42 yard field goal	Miami 14-13

Q4	:11	ND	Johnson 32 yard field goal	ND 16-14

^[3]

Arizona[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona	0	0	6	10	16
Notre Dame	10	0	0	3	13

Date: October 16
Location: Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

Q1	ND	Johnson 22 yard field goal	ND 3–0

Q1	ND	Pinkett 25 yard run (Johnson kick)	ND 10-0

Q3	Ariz	Zendejas 38 yard field goal	ND 10-3

Q3	Ariz	Zendejas 32 yard field goal	ND 10-6

Q4	ND	Johnson 43 yard field goal	ND 13-6

Q4	Ariz	Freeman 1 yard run (Sendejas kick)	13-13

Q4	Ariz	Zendejas 48 yard field goal	Ariz 16-13

^[4]

Oregon[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	7	0	3	3	13
Oregon	3	0	3	7	13

Date: October 23
Location: Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
Game attendance: 40,381

Scoring summary

Q1	7:27	ND	Pinkett 6 yard run (Johnson kick)	ND 7–0

Q1	3:52	Oregon	Lee 37 yard field goal	ND 7-3

Q3	9:37	Oregon	Lee 39 yard field goal	ND 7-6

Q3	:46	ND	Johnson 42 yard field goal	ND 10-6

Q4	10:27	Oregon	Jones 6 yard run (Lee kick)	Oregon 13-10

Q4	:11	ND	Johnson 25 yard field goal	Tie 13-13

^[5]

Navy[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	13	14	0	27
Navy	0	0	2	8	10

Date: October 30
Location: Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game attendance: 72,201

Scoring summary

2	7:28	ND	Smith 3-yard pass from Kiel (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 7-0

2		ND	Johnston 40-yard field goal	Notre Dame 10-0

2		ND	Johnston 48-yard field goal	Notre Dame 13-0

3		NAVY	Safety, Kiel tackled in end zone	Notre Dame 13-2

3		ND	Moriarty 18-yard pass from Kiel (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 20-2

3		ND	Pinkett 12-yard run (Johnston kick)	Notre Dame 27-2

4		NAVY	Cebak 26-yard pass from Torquinio (Clouse pass from Torquinio)	Notre Dame 27-10

^[6]

At Pittsburgh[edit]

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Penn State[edit]

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At Air Force[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	0	3	14	17
Air Force	7	10	7	6	30

^[7]

At USC[edit]

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Statistics[edit]

Passing: Blair Kiel 118/219, 1273 Yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Phil Carter 179 Rush, 715 Yds, 2 TD
Receiving: Tony Hunter 42 Rec, 507 Yds
Scoring: Mike Johnston 76 Pts

^[8]

Awards[edit]

S Dave Duerson - 1st Team All-American (College & Pro Football Newsweekly, Football News, Football Writers Association of America)
TE Tony Hunter - 1st Team All-American (Newspaper Enterprise Association)
K Mike Johnston - 3rd Team All-American (Football News)
LB Mark Zavagnin - 2nd Team All-American (Football News), 3rd Team All-American (Associated Press)

^[9]

Team players drafted into the NFL[edit]

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References[edit]

^ Palm Beach Post. 1982 Sept 26.

^ Gainesville Sun. 1982 Oct 3.

^ Klinkenburg, Marty (October 11, 1982). "Hurricanes–Irish Game at a Glance". The Miami News. p. 4C.

^ "Arizona's Last-play Field Goal Beats Notre Dame". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. October 17, 1982. p. 7C.

^ Kayfes, David (October 24, 1982). "Irish Eyes Were Not Smiling After the 13-13 Standoff". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 4E.

^ "Notre Dame's offense back on even Kiel, 27-10." Eugene Register-Guard. 1982 Oct 31.

^ Recap/Box

^ 2012 Notre Dame football media guide.

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