The 1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the

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during the

1971 NCAA University Division football season The 1971 NCAA University Division football season saw Coach Bob Devaney's Nebraska Cornhuskers repeat as national champions. Ranked a close second behind Notre Dame in the preseason poll, Nebraska moved up to first place the following week, rema ...

. Prior to their concluding game at

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, No. 7 Notre Dame announced that they would not play in a bowl game

Schedule

Game summaries

Northwestern

Purdue

"The Genuflect Play"

Michigan State

Miami (Florida)

North Carolina

Southern Cal

Navy

"Notre Dame Rips Middies, 21-0." Palm Beach Post. 1971 October 31.

Pittsburgh

Tulane

Louisiana State

Roster

Team players in the NFL

References

Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons

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