The 1970 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the

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during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Northwestern

Purdue

Michigan State

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12/17, 147 Yds, 13 Rush, 107 Yds *First Notre Dame game on artificial turf *First Notre Dame win in East Lansing since 1949

Army

Missouri

Originally, Missouri was scheduled to host this game at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, but the St. Louis Cardinals forced the game to be moved to the

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campus because they anticipated hosting Game 6 of the

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. As it turned out, the Cardinals finished a distant fourth place in the

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, 13 games behind the

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, and were below .500 from July 1 through the end of the season.

Navy

Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech

Louisiana State

Southern Cal

Notre Dame quarterback

completed 33 of 58 passes for a school-record 526 yards, and the Irish outgained the Trojans 557–359, but committed eight turnovers to zero for Southern Cal.

1971 Cotton Bowl vs. Texas

References

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