1979Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Dan Devine (5th season)
Captains	Vagas Ferguson Tim Foley Dave Waymer
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Florida State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
UNLV		–		–		9	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Temple		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Tulane		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–		5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Louisville		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
William & Mary		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
Air Force		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Richmond		–		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings fromAP Poll

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	3:20 p.m.	at No. 6Michigan	No. 9	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 12–10	105,111	^[1]^[2]
September 22	2:30 p.m.	at No. 17Purdue	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)		L 22–28	70,567	^[3]
September 29	2:30 p.m.	No. 7Michigan State	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 27–3	59,075	^[4]
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 10	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 21–13	59,075	^[5]
October 13	3:30 p.m.	atAir Force	No. 10	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)		W 38–13	34,881	^[6]
October 20	12:50 p.m.	No. 4USC	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ABC	L 23–42	59,075	^[7]
October 27	2:30 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		W 18–17	59,075	^[8]
November 3	1:30 p.m.	Navy	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 14–0	59,075	^[9]
November 10	1:30 p.m.	atTennessee	No. 13	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 18–40	86,489	^[10]
November 17	1:30 p.m.	No. 14Clemson		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		L 10–16	59,075	^[11]
November 24	11:00 p.m.	vs.Miami (FL)		Japan National Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl,rivalry)		W 40–15	62,574	^[12]
Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inEastern time


Q1	ND	Ferguson 5 yard run (Male kick)	ND 7–0

Q1	ND	Male 43 yard field goal	ND 10–0

Q2	ND	Lisch 1 yard run (Male kick)	ND 17–0

Q2	AFA	James 1 yard run (Sturch kick)	ND 17–7

Q2	ND	Vehr 2 yard pass from Lisch (Male kick)	ND 24–7

Q2	ND	Ferguson 23 yard run (Male kick)	ND 31–7

Q3	AFA	Schafer 2 yard pass from Ziebart (run failed)	ND 31–13

Q4	ND	Hunter 75 yard pass from Lisch (Male kick)	ND 38–13


Q1	ND	Lisch 1 yard run (Male kick)	ND 7–0

Q4	ND	Ferguson 3 yard run (Male kick)	ND 14–0

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Vagas Ferguson	Running back	1	25	New England Patriots
Dave Waymer	Cornerback	2	41	New Orleans Saints
Tim Foley	Tackle	2	51	Baltimore Colts
Rusty Lisch	Quarterback	4	89	St. Louis Cardinals
Bobby Leopold	Linebacker	8	210	San Francisco 49ers
Rob Martinovich	Tackle	10	261	Kansas City Chiefs

v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Venues	Brownson Hall field (1892?–1899) Cartier Field (1899–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls andrivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC
Culture and lore	History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 30 for 30 film 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Death of Lizzy Seeberg 2020 ACC Championship Game The Spirit of Notre Dame Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders Team captains
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	3	6	0	12
Michigan	3	7	0	0	10

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Schedule

Game summaries

At Michigan

At Purdue

Michigan State

Georgia Tech

At Air Force

USC

South Carolina

Navy

At Tennessee

Clemson

Vs. Miami (FL)

Roster

Team players in the NFL

References