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1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 9–1. John Huarte was the sixth Notre Dame player to win the Heisman Trophy. Notre Dame was crowned national champion by the National Football Foundation (NFF) at the end of the season, however the title is not claimed by the university.[1]

Schedule

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Game summaries

Wisconsin

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) at Wisconsin Badgers (0–0)

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

  • Date: September 26
  • Game time: 1:30 pm CDT
  • Game weather: Rain
  • Game attendance: 64,398
  • Notre Dame Football Archives

In Ara Parseghian's coaching debut for Notre Dame, the players carried Parseghian off the field while the Irish fans in attendance chanted "We're number one" following the victory.

Purdue

Air Force

UCLA

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Stanford

Navy

Pittsburgh

Michigan State

Iowa

USC

Personnel

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "1964 Heisman award". heisman. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame Trounces Purdue, 34-15". The Hammond Times. October 4, 1964. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-30.
  4. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1964 Oct 17.
  5. ^ "Heisman trophy winners by year". heisman. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.