The 1979 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

during the

1979 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Alabama Crimson Tide bring home a national title with a perfect 12–0 season. The title was Alabama's 11th claimed, and their 6th Associated Press awarded title. This was an extremely dominant ...

. The Irish finished unranked in both major polls for the first time since

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

At Michigan

Bob Crable (10 tackles) leaped to block the potential-game winning field in the final seconds.

At Purdue

Michigan State

Georgia Tech

At Air Force

USC

South Carolina

Navy

*ND: Ferguson 34 Rush, 155 Yds (first player in school history with 3,000 career rushing yards) Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 November 4. Retrieved 2018-December-22.

At Tennessee

Clemson

Vs. Miami (FL)

Team players in the NFL

References

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