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1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
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Consensus national champion
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
1966 record 9–0–1
Head coach Ara Parseghian (3rd year)
Base defense 4–4
Captain Jim Lynch
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
« 1965 1967 »
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Notre Dame   –   –       9 – 0 – 1
Colgate   –   –       8 – 1 – 1
#8 Georgia Tech   –   –       9 – 2 – 0
Army   –   –       8 – 2 – 0
Dayton   –   –       8 – 2 – 0
Houston   –   –       8 – 2 – 0
Memphis   –   –       7 – 2 – 0
#9 Miami (FL)   –   –       8 – 2 – 1
VPI   –   –       8 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   –       8 – 3 – 0
Colorado State   –   –       7 – 3 – 0
New Mexico State   –   –       7 – 3 – 0
West Texas State   –   –       7 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   –       6 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –       6 – 3 – 1
Southern Miss   –   –       6 – 4 – 0
UTEP   –   –       6 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   –       5 – 4 – 0
Tulane   –   –       5 – 4 – 1
Florida State   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   –       5 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   –       5 – 5 – 0
Air Force   –   –       4 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   –       4 – 6 – 0
Navy   –   –       4 – 6 – 0
Utah State   –   –       4 – 6 – 0
Xavier   –   –       4 – 6 – 0
Pacific   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
San Jose State   –   –       3 – 7 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   –       1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
Purdue at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Purdue 7 0 0 7 14
• Notre Dame 7 7 0 12 26
1 2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame 0 17 21 0 38
Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame 3 7 14 7 31
Navy 0 0 0 7 7
Notre Dame at Michigan State
1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 7 0 3 10
Michigan St 0 10 0 0 10

The 1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1966 college football season. The Irish, coached by Ara Parseghian, ended the season undefeated with nine wins and one tie, winning a national championship. The Fighting Irish earned a consensus title after beating No. 10 Oklahoma 38–0 in Norman, tying unbeaten and No. 2 Michigan State 10–10, and ending the season defeating No. 10 USC, 51–0, in the Coliseum The 1966 squad became the eighth Irish team to win the national title and the first under Parseghian. The Irish outscored its opponents 362–38. The 10–10 tie between The Spartans and the Irish remains one of the controversial games of college football, and is considered today to be one of the great "games of the century".

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Notre Dame leads all universities in players inducted.


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