1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team information
American college football season
1996Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference
Independent
Ranking
Coaches
No. 21
AP
No. 19
Record
8–3
Head coach
Lou Holtz (11th season)
Offensive coordinator
Dave Roberts (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator
Bob Davie (3rd season)
Home stadium
Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 25 Army
–
10
–
2
Navy
–
9
–
3
No. 19 Notre Dame
–
8
–
3
East Carolina
–
8
–
3
Louisiana Tech
–
6
–
5
UAB
–
5
–
6
UCF
–
5
–
6
Southwestern Louisiana
–
5
–
6
Northeast Louisiana
–
5
–
6
Arkansas State
–
4
–
7
Northern Illinois
–
1
–
10
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
Notre Dame participated in the Emerald Isle Classic (Billed as the Shamrock Classic that year). The game was played in Dublin on November 2 at Croke Park, where Notre Dame beat Navy by a score of 54–27.
Despite finishing the regular season 8–3, Notre Dame did not play in a bowl game. The Fighting Irish turned down an invitation to play the Auburn Tigers in the Independence Bowl.
^"Notre Dame Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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