1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Independent 3 3 9–1 Ara Parseghian 1st Jim Carroll Notre Dame Stadium National champion (NFF, Football News, Devold) The 1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a 9–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 287 to 77, and were ranked No. 3 in the final AP and UPI polls. They won their first nine games and were ranked No. 1 in both polls before losing to unranked USC in the final game of the season.1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1964-schedule.html Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football July 21, 2026 Though Alabama was declared the national champion in both the final AP and UPI polls, and Arkansas received the honor from the Football Writers Association of America, Notre Dame was recognized as national champion by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and therefore received the MacArthur Bowl; the title, however, is not claimed by the university. Notre Dame quarterback John Huarte tallied 2,062 passing yards, 16 passing touchdowns, and a 155.1 passer rating. He won the Heisman Trophy for 1964, finishing ahead of Jerry Rhome and Dick Butkus in the voting.http://www.heisman.com/winners/j-huarte64.html heisman 1964 Heisman award https://web.archive.org/web/20090625232320/http://www.heisman.com/winners/j-huarte64.html 25 June 2009 Huarte and his favorite receiver, Jack Snow, were consensus first-team picks on the 1964 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 9 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Snow finished second nationally with 60 receptions for 1,114 yards.1964 College Football Receiving Stats Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football June 21, 2026 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1964-receiving.html Bill Wolski led the team with 657 rushing yards and 66 points scored.1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1964-schedule.html Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football July 21, 2026 The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. Schedule 1964 AP September 26 w y Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI 31–7 64,398 https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-irish-win-for-ne/193447067/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch Irish win for new coach September 27, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com October 3 w 9 Purdue Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry 34–15 59,611 Notre Dame Trounces Purdue, 34–15 The Hammond Times October 4, 1964 E1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38118153/notre_dame_trounces_purdue_3415/ Newspapers.com October 10 w y 6 Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO rivalry 34–7 44,384 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-irish-rip-a/193443462/ Evansville Courier and Press Irish rip Air Force October 11, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com October 17 w 4 UCLA Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN 24–0 58,335 https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-irish-remain-unbeaten-t/189686210/ St. Petersburg Times Irish remain unbeaten, top Bruins 24–0 October 18, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com October 24 w 2 Stanford Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry 28–6 56,721 https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-irish-trim-stanford/189686905/ Omaha World-Herald Irish trim Stanford, 28–6, as passing records fall October 25, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com October 31 w y 2 Navy John F. Kennedy Stadium Philadelphia, PA rivalry 40–0 66,752 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-huarte-passes-for-3/193425810/ The Courier-Journal Huarte passes for 3 touchdowns as Notre Dame sinks Navy 40–0 November 1, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com November 7 w y 1 Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA rivalry 17–15 56,628 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-irish-nearly-stu/193426271/ The Cincinnati Enquirer Irish nearly stumble into 'Pitt'-fall, 17–15 November 8, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com November 14 w 1 Michigan State Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry 34–7 59,265 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-irish-clobber-spartans/8515988/ Port Huron Times-Herald Irish clobber Spartans November 15, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com November 21 w 1 Iowa Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN 28–0 59,135 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-star-notre-dame-puts-hawkeye/193447406/ Rockford Morning Star Notre Dame puts Hawkeyes into deep freeze, 28–0 November 22, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com November 28 l y 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA rivalry 17–20 83,840 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-trojans-shatter-irish-dr/189684458/ Chicago Tribune Trojans shatter Irish dream, 20–17 November 29, 1964 March 15, 2026 Newspapers.com Schedule/Results (1964 Notre Dame) https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/295521 NCAA Statistics National Collegiate Athletic Association March 15, 2026 1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 15, 2026 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1964-schedule.html Game summaries Wisconsin Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2; text-align:center collapsed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0–0) at Wisconsin Badgers (0–0) September 26 1:30 pm CDT Notre Dame 3 10 0 18 Wisconsin 0 0 7 0 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin 64,398 Rain Notre Dame Football Archives Notre Dame John Huarte15/24, 270 Yds, 2 TD Jack Snow9 Rec, 217 Yds, 2 TD Wisconsin In Ara Parseghian's coaching debut for Notre Dame, the players carried Parseghian off the field while the Irish fans in attendance chanted "We're number one" following the victory. ND WIS collapsed 1 0:06 Notre Dame FG 31 Ken Ivan 3 0 2 Notre Dame RecTD Jack Snow John Huarte 61 good run/pass good/failed/incomplete 10 0 2 0:18 Notre Dame FG Ken Ivan 13 0 3 Wisconsin RecTD Jimmy Jones Harold Brandt 45 good run/pass good/failed/incomplete 13 7 4 Notre Dame RushTD Joe Kantor pass failed 19 7 4 Notre Dame 45 RushTD Bill Wolski 2 no good run/pass good/failed/incomplete 25 7 4 3:12 Notre Dame 87 RecTD Jack Snow John Huarte 42 no good run/pass good/failed/incomplete 31 7 31 7 Purdue Purdue 7 0 0 8 Notre Dame 0 14 7 13 October 3 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN 1:30 pm EST yes Q1 PU Griese 1 yard run (Griese kick) PU 0-7 Q2 ND Snow 2 yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick) Tied 7-7 Q2 ND Wolski 3 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 14-7 Q3 ND Page 57 yard return of blocked punt (Ivan kick) ND 21-7 Q4 ND Andreotti 23 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 28-7 Q4 ND Rassas 2 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed) ND 34-7 Q4 PU Hadrick 10 yard pass from Huarte (Hadrick pass from Griese) ND 34-15 yes Air Force Notre Dame 7 7 7 13 Air Force 7 0 0 0 October 10 Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO 1:30 pm MST yes Q1 AF Jarvis 25 yard interception return (Holiday kick) AF 0-7 Q1 ND Eddy 46 yard run (Ivan kick) Tied 7-7 Q2 ND Huarte 1 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 14-7 Q3 ND Wolski 20 pass from Huarte (Ivan kick) ND 21-7 Q4 ND Huarte 1 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 28-7 Q4 ND Snow 9 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed) ND 34-7 yes UCLA UCLA 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame 6 6 12 0 October 17 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN 1:30 pm EST yes Q1 ND Wolski 1 yard run (kick failed) ND 6–0 Q2 ND Sheridan 37 yard pass from Huarte (pass failed) ND 12–0 Q3 ND Snow 16 yard pass from Huarte (run failed) ND 18–0 Q3 ND Farrell 1 yard run (pass failed) ND 24–0 yes Palm Beach Post. 1964 Oct 17. Stanford Stanford 0 0 0 6 Notre Dame 0 15 7 6 October 24 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN 1:30 pm EST yes Q2 ND Ivan 28 yard field goal ND 3–0 Q2 ND Wolski 54 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed) ND 9–0 Q2 ND Eddy 2 yard run (pass failed) ND 15–0 Q3 ND Wolski 1 yard run (Azzaro kick) ND 22–0 Q4 ND Wolski 9 yard run (run failed) ND 28–0 Q4 SU Lewis 3 yard pass from Handley (pass failed) ND 28-6 yes Navy Notre Dame 0 21 7 12 Navy 0 0 0 0 October 31 John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 1:30 pm EST yes Q2 ND Eddy 74 yard pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick) ND 7-0 Q2 ND Snow 55 yard pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick) ND 14-0 Q2 ND Wolski 1 yard run (Azzaro kick) ND 21-0 Q3 ND Farrell 1 yard run (Azzaro kick) ND 28-0 Q4 ND Snow 7 yard pass from Huarte (kick failed) ND 34-0 Q4 ND Conway 15 yard run (kick failed) ND 40-0 yes Pittsburgh Notre Dame 14 3 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 8 0 7 November 7 Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA 1:30 pm EST yes Q1 ND Farrell 1 yard run (Azzaro kick) ND 7-0 Q1 ND Eddy 91 yard pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick) ND 14-0 Q2 Pitt McKnight 2 yard run (McKnight run) ND 14-8 Q2 ND Azzaro 30 yard field goal ND 17-8 Q4 Pitt McKnight 1 yard run (Jones kick) ND 17-15 yes Michigan State Michigan St. 0 0 7 0 Notre Dame 12 8 0 14 November 14 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN 1:30 pm EST NBC yes Q1 ND Eddy 61 yard run (kick failed) ND 6–0 Q1 ND Farrell 13 yard pass from Huarte (run failed) ND 12–0 Q2 ND Eddy 5 yard run (Snow pass from Huarte) ND 20-0 Q3 MSU Washington 51 yard pass from Juday (Bobich kick) ND 20-7 Q1 ND Huarte 31 yard run (Eddy pass from Huarte) ND 28-7 Q3 ND Andreotti 1 yard run (pass failed) ND 34-7 yes Iowa Iowa 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame 0 14 0 14 November 21 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN 1:30 pm EST 13 degrees yes Q2 ND Wolski 3 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 7–0 Q2 ND Snow 66 yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick) ND 14–0 Q4 ND Eddy 7 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 21–0 Q4 SU Wolski 1 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 28-0 yes USC Notre Dame 3 14 0 0 USC 0 0 7 13 November 28 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 1:30 pm PST Jack Sprenger yes Q2 ND Ivan 25 yard field goal ND 3-0 Q2 ND Snow 21 yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick) ND 10-0 Q2 ND Wolski 5 yard run (Ivan kick) ND 17-0 Q3 USC Garrett 1 yard run (Bronell kick) ND 17-7 Q4 USC Hill 23 yard pass from Fertig (kick failed) ND 17-13 Q4 USC Sherman 15 pass from Fertig (Bronell kick) USC 17-20 yes Personnel 1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish y Sr John Atamian HB y Nick Eddy HB y 7 Sr John Huarte QB y Joe Kantor HB Sr Jack Snow E y Jack Snow (American football) Bill Wolski HB Sr Jim Carroll LB C y Jim Carroll (American football) Tony Carey DB Tom Longo DB 61 So Jim Lynch LB y So Alan Page DT y Jr Nick Rassas DB y Ken Ivan K Ara Parseghian Tom Pagna (OC) John Ray (DL) Joe Yonto (OL) Awards and honors John Huarte, Heisman Trophyhttp://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html heisman Heisman trophy winners by year https://web.archive.org/web/20090916003323/http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html 16 September 2009 References Notre Dame Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons Notre Dame Fighting Irish football