1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team information
American college football season
1972Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Orange Bowl, L 6–40 vs. Nebraska
Conference
Independent
Ranking
Coaches
No. 12
AP
No. 14
Record
8–3
Head coach
Ara Parseghian (9th season)
Captains
John Dampeer
Greg Marx
Home stadium
Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 10 Penn State
–
10
–
2
–
0
No. 14 Notre Dame
–
8
–
3
–
0
Utah State
–
8
–
3
–
0
West Virginia
–
8
–
4
–
0
Florida State
–
7
–
4
–
0
Northern Illinois
–
7
–
4
–
0
Rutgers
–
7
–
4
–
0
No. 20 Georgia Tech
–
7
–
4
–
1
Air Force
–
6
–
4
–
0
Army
–
6
–
4
–
0
Virginia Tech
–
6
–
4
–
1
Houston
–
6
–
4
–
1
Tulane
–
6
–
5
–
0
Temple
–
5
–
4
–
0
Colgate
–
5
–
4
–
1
Holy Cross
–
5
–
4
–
1
Syracuse
–
5
–
6
–
0
Miami (FL)
–
5
–
6
–
0
Dayton
–
4
–
6
–
1
Boston College
–
4
–
7
–
0
Navy
–
4
–
7
–
0
South Carolina
–
4
–
7
–
0
Southern Miss
–
3
–
7
–
1
Xavier
–
3
–
8
–
0
Marshall
–
2
–
8
–
0
Cincinnati
–
2
–
9
–
0
Villanova
–
2
–
9
–
0
Pittsburgh
–
1
–
10
–
0
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.
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