1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game

This article is about the October 15, 1988 college football game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. For the ESPN documentary about this game, see Catholics vs. Convicts (film).

Catholics vs. Convicts
Non-conference game
Miami Hurricanes Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(4–0) (5–0)
30 31
Head coach: 
Jimmy Johnson		 Head coach: 
Lou Holtz
APCoaches
11
APCoaches
45
1234 Total
Miami 02109 30
Notre Dame 714100 31
DateOctober 15, 1988
Season1988
StadiumNotre Dame Stadium
LocationNotre Dame, Indiana
National anthemBand of the Fighting Irish
Halftime showBand of the Fighting Irish
Attendance59,075[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersBrent Musburger and Pat Haden

The 1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game (known colloquially as Catholics vs. Convicts)[2] was a college football game played between the Miami Hurricanes of the University of Miami and the Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame on October 15, 1988, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Miami Hurricanes came into the game undefeated. Notre Dame won the closely contested game 31–30.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "25 years of college football's memorable games". USA Today. December 1, 2007. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2009.