1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Irish, coached by Ara Parseghian, ended the season undefeated with a record of 9–0–1, and won 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 their 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".

Schedule

Roster

Rankings

Game summaries

Purdue

Northwestern

Army

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Navy

Pittsburgh

Duke

Michigan State

USC

Post-season

Award winners

• Jim Lynch - Maxwell Award

Heisman Voting:

Nick Eddy, 3rd,

Terry Hanratty, 6th

All-Americans:

College Football Hall of Fame Inductees:

Notre Dame leads all universities in players inducted.

1967 NFL Draft

References

1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries
4. 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
5. List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons
6. List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches
7. 1973 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
8. List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the NFL draft
9. 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
10. Army–Notre Dame football rivalry
11. List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish starting quarterbacks
12. History of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
13. Notre Dame Stadium
14. Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry
15. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football statistical leaders
16. 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
17. Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry
18. Notre Dame Football on NBC
19. Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry
20. 1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game