1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 13
Record8–2
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Penn State     11 1 0
Boston College     9 2 0
No. 17 Houston     9 3 0
No. 13 Notre Dame     8 2 0
Utah State     8 3 0
Florida State     8 4 0
Cincinnati     7 4 0
West Virginia     7 4 0
Temple     6 2 1
Air Force     6 4 0
Army     6 4 0
Colgate     6 4 0
Villanova     6 4 1
South Carolina     6 5 0
Southern Miss     6 5 0
Georgia Tech     6 6 0
New Mexico State     5 5 1
Northern Illinois     5 5 1
Syracuse     5 5 1
Dayton     5 6 0
Holy Cross     4 6 0
Miami (FL)     4 7 0
Rutgers     4 7 0
Virginia Tech     4 7 0
Navy     3 8 0
Pittsburgh     3 8 0
Tulane     3 8 0
Marshall     2 8 0
Xavier     1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.

Prior to their concluding game at LSU, seventh-ranked Notre Dame (8–1) announced that they would not play in a bowl game this season.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Irish ready to spurn bids". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 18, 1971. p. 3D.
  2. ^ "Irish nix bowl bids". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 19, 1971. p. 4B.
  3. ^ Reed, William F. (November 29, 1971). "Irish Stew for LSU". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.