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Under Davie, the Notre Dame defense improved, and in 1996 the team set a school record for number of sacks and allowed the lowest total yardage of any Notre Dame team since 1980. [3] In September 1995, Davie served as interim head coach when Holtz missed a game in order to have surgery. Under Davie, Notre Dame beat Vanderbilt 41–0. [3]
While O'Leary was criticized for lying, [11] some said it gave Notre Dame a chance to make a better decision. [12] Finally, two weeks after O'Leary resigned, Notre Dame signed Tyrone Willingham, the seventh–year coach of Stanford, to a six-year contract, [13] ending the Bob Davie era at Notre Dame.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program is the college football team of the University of Notre Dame, located in South Bend, Indiana. The team competes as an Independent at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Notre Dame has produced more All-Americans than any other Football Bowl
Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) [1] is an American former college football coach and television analyst. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996 ...
Gerry Faust debuted at Notre Dame with a 27-9 win over LSU on Sept. 12, 1981, and the Irish climbed to No. 1 in the country the following week.
With the end of the season, Davie was named finalist in two coach of the year awards. In addition, four Irish players were named to All-America Teams , [ 21 ] seven players were selected to play in post-season All-Star games, [ 23 ] and six players were selected in the 2001 NFL draft , [ 24 ] while another three signed free agent contracts with ...
Charlie Weis coached the Notre Dame football team from 2005 to 2009, amassing a record of 35-27 before he was fired and replaced by current Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly.
The team was an independent and played their home games in Notre Dame Stadium. Throughout the three seasons, the Irish were 21–16 (21–15 before Willingham was fired) and were invited to two bowl games, both of which they lost. After the 2001 season, fifth-year head coach Bob Davie was fired.