1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (NFF, Football News, Devold)
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	9–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (1st season)
Captain	Jim Carroll
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 3 Notre Dame		–		9	–	1	–	0
Florida State		–		9	–	1	–	1
Colgate		–		7	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		7	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	3	–	0
New Mexico State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Utah State		–		5	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross		–		5	–	5	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	1
Colorado State		–		5	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		4	–	5	–	1
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	5	–	1
Xavier		–		4	–	5	–	1
Army		–		4	–	6	–	0
Idaho		–		4	–	6	–	0
West Texas State		–		4	–	6	–	0
San Jose State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	5	–	2
Navy		–		3	–	6	–	1
Dayton		–		3	–	7	–	0
Detroit		–		3	–	7	–	0
Boston University		–		2	–	7	–	0
Houston		–		2	–	6	–	1
Texas Western		–		0	–	8	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 31–7	64,398
October 3	Purdue	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 34–15	59,611	^[2]
October 10	at Air Force	No. 6	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	W 34–7	44,384
October 17	UCLA	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 24–0	58,335
October 24	Stanford	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 28–6	56,721
October 31	vs. Navy	No. 2	John F. Kennedy Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 40–0	66,752
November 7	at Pittsburgh	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 17–15	56,628
November 14	Michigan State	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 34–7	59,265
November 21	Iowa	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 28–0	59,135
November 28	at USC	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 17–20	83,840
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Wisconsin

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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	10	0	18	31
Wisconsin	0	0	7	0	7

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

Game information

Notre Dame

John Huarte
15/24, 270 Yds, 2 TD
Jack Snow
9 Rec, 217 Yds, 2 TD

Wisconsin

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.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	ND	WIS
1	0:06				Notre Dame	31-yard field goal by Ken Ivan	3	0
2					Notre Dame	Jack Snow 61-yard touchdown reception from John Huarte, kick good	10	0
2	0:18				Notre Dame	-yard field goal by Ken Ivan	13	0
3					Wisconsin	Jimmy Jones 45-yard touchdown reception from Harold Brandt, kick good	13	7
4					Notre Dame	Joe Kantor -yard touchdown run, 2-point pass failed	19	7
4			45		Notre Dame	Bill Wolski 2-yard touchdown run, kick no good	25	7
4	3:12		87		Notre Dame	Jack Snow 42-yard touchdown reception from John Huarte, kick no good	31	7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							31	7

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	7	0	0	8	15
• Notre Dame	0	14	7	13	34

Date: October 3
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

Scoring summary

Q1	PU	Griese 1 yard run (Griese kick)	PU 0-7

Q2	ND	Snow 2 yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick)	Tied 7-7

Q2	ND	Wolski 3 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 14-7

Q3	ND	Page 57 yard return of blocked punt (Ivan kick)	ND 21-7

Q4	ND	Andreotti 23 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 28-7

Q4	ND	Rassas 2 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed)	ND 34-7

Q4	PU	Hadrick 10 yard pass from Huarte (Hadrick pass from Griese)	ND 34-15

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	7	7	7	13	34
Air Force	7	0	0	0	7

Date: October 10
Location: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO
Game start: 1:30 pm MST

Scoring summary

Q1	AF	Jarvis 25 yard interception return (Holiday kick)	AF 0-7

Q1	ND	Eddy 46 yard run (Ivan kick)	Tied 7-7

Q2	ND	Huarte 1 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 14-7

Q3	ND	Wolski 20 pass from Huarte (Ivan kick)	ND 21-7

Q4	ND	Huarte 1 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 28-7

Q4	ND	Snow 9 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed)	ND 34-7

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	0	0	0	0
• Notre Dame	6	6	12	0	24

Date: October 17
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

Scoring summary

Q1	ND	Wolski 1 yard run (kick failed)	ND 6–0

Q2	ND	Sheridan 37 yard pass from Huarte (pass failed)	ND 12–0

Q3	ND	Snow 16 yard pass from Huarte (run failed)	ND 18–0

Q3	ND	Farrell 1 yard run (pass failed)	ND 24–0

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Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	0	0	6	6
• Notre Dame	0	15	7	6	28

Date: October 24
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

Scoring summary

Q2	ND	Ivan 28 yard field goal	ND 3–0

Q2	ND	Wolski 54 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed)	ND 9–0

Q2	ND	Eddy 2 yard run (pass failed)	ND 15–0

Q3	ND	Wolski 1 yard run (Azzaro kick)	ND 22–0

Q4	ND	Wolski 9 yard run (run failed)	ND 28–0

Q4	SU	Lewis 3 yard pass from Handley (pass failed)	ND 28-6

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	21	7	12	40
Navy	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 31
Location: JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

Scoring summary

Q2	ND	Eddy 74 yard pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick)	ND 7-0

Q2	ND	Snow 55 yard pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick)	ND 14-0

Q2	ND	Wolski 1 yard run (Azzaro kick)	ND 21-0

Q3	ND	Farrell 1 yard run (Azzaro kick)	ND 28-0

Q4	ND	Snow 7 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed)	ND 34-0

Q4	ND	Conway 15 yard run (kick failed)	ND 40-0

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	14	3	0	0	17
Pittsburgh	0	8	0	7	15

Date: November 7
Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

Scoring summary

Q1	ND	Farrell 1 yard run (Azzaro kick)	ND 7-0

Q1	ND	Eddy 91 yard pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick)	ND 14-0

Q2	Pitt	McKnight 2 yard run (McKnight run)	ND 14-8

Q2	ND	Azzaro 30 yard field goal	ND 17-8

Q4	Pitt	McKnight 1 yard run (Jones kick)	ND 17-15

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan St.	0	0	7	0	7
• Notre Dame	12	8	0	14	34

Date: November 14
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm EST
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

Q1	ND	Eddy 61 yard run (kick failed)	ND 6–0

Q1	ND	Farrell 13 yard pass from Huarte (run failed)	ND 12–0

Q2	ND	Eddy 5 yard run (Snow pass from Huarte)	ND 20-0

Q3	MSU	Washington 51 yard pass from Juday (Bobich kick)	ND 20-7

Q1	ND	Huarte 31 yard run (Eddy pass from Huarte)	ND 28-7

Q3	ND	Andreotti 1 yard run (pass failed)	ND 34-7

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	0	0	0	0
• Notre Dame	0	14	0	14	28

Date: November 21
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: 1:30 pm EST
Game weather: 13 degrees

Scoring summary

Q2	ND	Wolski 3 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 7–0

Q2	ND	Snow 66 yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick)	ND 14–0

Q4	ND	Eddy 7 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 21–0

Q4	SU	Wolski 1 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 28-0

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	14	0	0	17
• USC	0	0	7	13	20

Date: November 28
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Game start: 1:30 pm PST
Referee: Jack Sprenger

Scoring summary

Q2	ND	Ivan 25 yard field goal	ND 3-0

Q2	ND	Snow 21 yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick)	ND 10-0

Q2	ND	Wolski 5 yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 17-0

Q3	USC	Garrett 1 yard run (Bronell kick)	ND 17-7

Q4	USC	Hill 23 yard pass from Fertig (kick failed)	ND 17-13

Q4	USC	Sherman 15 pass from Fertig (Bronell kick)	USC 17-20

Personnel

1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
HB		Nick Eddy
QB	`7`	John Huarte	Sr
HB		Joe Kantor
E		Jack Snow	Sr
HB		Bill Wolski

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Jim Carroll (C)	Sr
DB		Tony Carey
DB		Tom Longo
LB	`61`	Jim Lynch	So
DT		Alan Page	So
DB		Nick Rassas	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Ken Ivan

Head coach

Ara Parseghian

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Tom Pagna (OC)
John Ray (DL)
Joe Yonto (OL)

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Awards and honors

John Huarte, Heisman Trophy^[5]

References

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

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Jim Carroll Pete Duranko Nick Eddy George Goeddeke Kevin Hardy John Huarte Joe Kantor Tom Longo Jim Lynch Alan Page Dave Pivec Nick Rassas Jack Snow Bill Wolski Head coach: Ara Parseghian Assistant coaches: John Ray Doc Urich Joe Yonto

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