American college football season
1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent Coaches No. 15 AP No. 13 Record 8–2 Head coach Ara Parseghian (8th season) Captains
Tom Gatewood
Walt Patulski
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium Seasons
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]
^ "Irish ready to spurn bids". Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 18, 1971. p. 3D.
^ "Irish nix bowl bids". Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 19, 1971. p. 4B.
^ Reed, William F. (November 29, 1971). "Irish Stew for LSU". Sports Illustrated . p. 26.
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