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1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
Record	8–3
Head coach	Dan Devine (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Merv Johnson (1st season)
Captains	Ed Bauer; Jim Stock;
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Rutgers		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Penn State		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 West Virginia		–		9	–	3	–	0
Notre Dame		–		8	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		7	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		6	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		4	–	6	–	1
Tulane		–		4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	7	–	0
Florida State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		2	–	8	–	1
Houston		–		2	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Army		–		2	–	9	–	0
Marshall		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		1	–	9	–	1
Holy Cross		–		1	–	10	–	0
Louisville		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. It was Dan Devine's first year as head coach, taking over for the retired Ara Parseghian.

The team's victory over Georgia Tech is featured in the 1993 film Rudy.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	9:00 p.m.	vs. Boston College	No. 9	Schaefer Stadium Foxboro, MA (Holy War)	ABC	W 17–3	61,501	^[1]
September 20	2:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 9	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)		W 17–0	69,795
September 27	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 31–7	59,075
October 4	2:30 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		L 3–10	59,075
October 11	1:30 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 15	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 21–14	49,500	^[2]
October 18	3:05 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 15	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)		W 31–30	43,204
October 25	1:50 p.m.	No. 3 USC	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–24	59,075
November 1	1:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 31–10	59,075
November 8	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 24–3	59,075	^[3]
November 15	1:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 9	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		L 20–34	56,480
November 22	7:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 32–9	24,944
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Roster

1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`12`	Frank Allocco	Sr
OT	`68`	Ed Bauer	Sr
TE	`83`	Doug Buth	Jr
TE	`87`	John Driscoll	So
RB	`40`	Terry Eurick	So
WR	`82`	Kris Haines	Fr
RB	`30`	Jerome Heavens	Fr
RB	`25`	Al Hunter	So
OT	`62`	Dave Huffman	Fr
G	`65`	Ernie Hughes	So
WR	`80`	Dan Kelleher	Jr
RB	`21`	Dan Knott	So
TE	`81`	Ken MacAfee	So
OT	`71`	Steve McDaniels	So
G	`60`	Howard Meyer	Fr
QB	`3`	Joe Montana	Fr
G	`57`	Elton Moore	Jr
RB	`14`	Steve Orsini	So
FB	`36`	Tom Parise	Sr
C	`77`	Steve Quehl	Sr
OT	`50`	Bob Tull	So
G	`66`	Al Wujciak	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`79`	Jay Achterhoff	Sr
SS	`20`	Luther Bradley	So
SS	`33`	Jim Browner	Fr
DE	`89`	Ross Browner	So
SS	`28`	Ross Christensen	So
LB	`24`	Nick DeCicco	So
DT	`72`	Ken Dike	So
FS	`41`	John Dubenetzky	Jr
LB	`42`	Tom Eastman	Jr
DE	`94`	Willie Fry	So
LB	`55`	Bob Golic	Fr
FS	`10`	Randy Harrison	So
LB	`58`	Steve Heimkreiter	Fr
LB	`51`	Pete Johnson	So
CB	`26`	Tom Lopienski	Sr
DT	`70`	Steve Niehaus	Sr
LB	`38`	Tony Novakov	Sr
LB	`54`	Marv Russell	Jr
DE	`45`	Rudy Ruettiger	Sr
CB	`29`	Pat Sarb	Sr
LB	`48`	Jim Stock	Sr
DT	`74`	Jeff Weston	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`4`	Tony Brantley	Sr
K	`99`	Pat McLaughlin	Sr
P/QB	`7`	Joe Restic	Fr

Head coach

Dan Devine

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Coaching staff

Head coach: Dan Devine
Assistants: Greg Blache (JV), Brian Boulac (OL), Ed Chlebek (ST), Merv Johnson (OC), George Kelly (LB), Hank Kuhlmann (OB/ST), Johnny Roland (Receivers), Paul Shoults (DB), Ross Stephenson (Scouting/Volunteer Ast), Joe Yonto (DL)

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Game summaries

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	3	7	7	17
Boston College	0	3	0	0	3

Date: September 15
Location: Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Game attendance: 61,501
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bud Wilkinson

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Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	3	0	0	14	17
Purdue	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 20
Location: Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana

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North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	0	0	21	21
North Carolina	0	0	14	0	14

Date: October 11
Location: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC
Game attendance: 49,500

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Georgia Tech

This was the famous game in which Rudy Ruettiger, a 5'6", 165-lb, walk-on, was inserted late in the game and recorded a quarterback sack. His story was the inspiration for the movie Rudy.