1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#8
AP	#5
1968 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (5th year)
Captain	George Kunz
Captain	Bob Olson
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Penn State			–					11	–	0	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	2	–	0
West Texas A&M			–					8	–	2	–	0
#5 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Florida State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					7	–	3	–	0
#18 Houston			–					6	–	2	–	2
Tampa			–					7	–	3	–	0
Utah State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pacific			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	0
Xavier			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	5	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	5	–	0
Idaho			–					5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					4	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	6	–	1
San Jose State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					2	–	8	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1968 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21		#5 Oklahoma	#3	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 45–21	59,075
September 28		#1 Purdue	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 22–37	59,075
October 5		at Iowa	#5	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 51–28	58,043
October 12		Northwestern	#5	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 27–7	59,075
October 19		Illinois	#6	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 58–8	59,075
October 26		at Michigan State	#5	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)		L 17–21	77,339
November 2		vs. Navy	#12	John F. Kennedy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Rivalry)		W 45–14	63,738
November 9		Pittsburgh	#12	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 56–7	59,075
November 16		Georgia Tech	#9	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 34–6	59,075
November 30		at #2 USC	#9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)		T 21–21	82,659
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 14 0 0 7 21 • Notre Dame 7 14 14 10 45 Date: September 21 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary 1 ND Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 7-0 1 OU Eddie Hinton 72-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick) Tied 7-7 1 OU Steve Zabel 16-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick) OU 14-7 2 ND Jim Seymour 10-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick) Tied 14-14 2 ND Jim Seymour 7-yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Scott Hempel kick) ND 21-14 3 ND Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 28-14 3 ND Bob Gladieux 1-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 35-14 4 ND Scott Hempel 31-yard field goal ND 38-14 4 OU Steve Zabel 11-yard pass from Bob Warmack (Bruce Derr kick) ND 38-21 4 ND Chuck Landolfi 5-yard run (Scott Hempel kick) ND 45-21