1994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

1994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Fiesta Bowl, L 24–41 vs. Colorado
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5–1
Head coach	Lou Holtz (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Roberts (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Davie (1st season)
Captains	Lee Becton Justin Goheen Brian Hamilton Ryan Leahy
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
East Carolina		–		7	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		6	–	5	–	1
Army		–		4	–	7	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		2	–	8	–	1
Tulane		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	8:00 p.m.	vs. Northwestern	No. 3	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	ABC	W 42–15	66,946
September 10	2:30 p.m.	No. 6 Michigan	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry, College GameDay)	NBC	L 24–26	59,075
September 17	3:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 8	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 21–20	74,183
September 24	2:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 39–21	59,075
October 1	2:30 p.m.	Stanford	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 34–15	59,075
October 8	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College	No. 8	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)	ABC	L 11–30	44,500
October 15	2:30 p.m.	BYU	No. 17	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 14–21	59,075
October 29	2:30 p.m.	Navy		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 58–21	59,075
November 12	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Florida State		Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 16–23	72,868	^[2]
November 19	1:30 p.m.	Air Force		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 42–30	59,075
November 26	8:00 p.m.	at No. 17 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	ABC	T 17–17	90,217
January 2, 1995	4:30 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Colorado		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 24–41	73,968
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Northwestern

Michigan

Michigan at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 6 Wolverines	7	3	10	6	26
No. 3 Fighting Irish	10	0	7	7	24

Date: September 10
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

Q1		ND	Schroffner 32 yard field goal	ND 3–0

Q1		MICH	Biakabutuka 9 yard run (Hamilton kick)	MICH 7–3

Q1		ND	Becton 1 yard pass from Powlus (Schroffner kick)	ND 10–7

Q2		MICH	Hamilton 32 yard field goal	Tie 10–10

Q3		ND	Edwards 8 yard run (Schroffner kick)	ND 17–10

Q3		MICH	Riemersma 3 yard pass from Collins (Hamilton kick)	Tie 17–17

Q3		MICH	Hamilton 35 yard field goal	MICH 20–17

Q4		MICH	Hamilton 32 yard field goal	MICH 23–17

Q4	:52	ND	Mayes 7 yard pass from Powlus (Schroffner kick)	ND 24–23

Q4	:02	MICH	Hamilton 42 yard field goal	MICH 26–24

USC

Fiesta Bowl

Roster

1994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`98`	Pete Chryplewicz	Jr
FB	`44`	Marc Edwards	So
RB	`31`	Robert Farmer	So
WR	`1`	Derrick Mayes	Jr
TE	`80`	Oscar McBride	Sr
QB	`3`	Ron Powlus	So
RB	`34`	Ray Zellars	Sr
C	`77`	Dusty Zeigler	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`13`	Bertrand Berry	So
LB	`6`	Lyron Cobbins	So
DT	`93`	Paul Grasmanis	Jr
CB	`15`	Allen Rossum	Fr
CB	`21`	Bobby Taylor	Jr
CB	`22`	Shawn Wooden	Jr
DE	`48`	Renaldo Wynn	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Lou Holtz

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Ray Zellars	Running back	2	44	New Orleans Saints
Bobby Taylor	Cornerback	2	50	Philadelphia Eagles
Oliver Gibson	Defensive tackle	4	120	Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Miller	Wide receiver	5	147	Cleveland Browns
Travis Davis	Safety	5	147	New Orleans Saints

References

^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990–1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
^ "History doesn't repeat; Seminoles dump Notre Dame, 23–16". The Miami Herald. November 13, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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