# 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1967 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 8–2.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 23 | 2:30 p.m. | California | No. 1 | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN | | W 41–8 | 59,075 |
| September 30 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 10 Purdue | No. 1 | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (rivalry) | | L 21–28 | 62,316 |
| October 7 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa | No. 6 | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN | | W 56–6 | 59,075 |
| October 14 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 1 USC | No. 5 | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN (rivalryh) | | L 7–24 | 59,075 |
| October 21 | 2:30 p.m. | at Illinois | | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL | | W 47–7 | 71,227 |
| October 28 | 2:30 p.m. | Michigan State | | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN (rivalry) | ABC | W 24–12 | 59,075 |
| November 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Navy | No. 10 | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN (rivalry) | | W 43–14 | 59,075 |
| November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | No. 9 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA (rivalry) | | W 38–0 | 54,075 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | No. 9 | Grant FieldAtlanta, GA (rivalry) | | W 36–3 | 60,024 |
| November 24 | 8:15 p.m. | at Miami | No. 6 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (rivalry) | | W 24–22 | 77,265 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| • No. 1 Fighting Irish | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |

### Purdue

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 1 Fighting Irish | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| • No. 10 Boilermakers | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 28 |

### Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawkeyes | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| • No. 6 Fighting Irish | 14 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 |

### USC

USC won at Notre Dame for the first time since 1939, ending a string of 10 consecutive losses at Notre Dame Stadium. Despite entering the game ranked No. 1, the Trojans were a 12-point underdog against the No. 5 Fighting Irish, who committed nine turnovers (including seven intercepted passes).
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 1 Trojans | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| No. 5 Fighting Irish | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Fighting Irish | 13 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 47 |
| Fighting Illini | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Michigan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| • Fighting Irish | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Midshipmen | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| • No. 10 Fighting Irish | 7 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 43 |

### Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 9 Fighting Irish | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 38 |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Georgia Tech

This was Notre Dame's 500th all-time football victory. The attendance of 60,034 was the largest at any football game in Georgia up to that point.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 9 Fighting Irish | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 36 |
| Yellow Jackets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Miami (Florida)

The crowd of 77,265 was the largest to attend a football game in Florida at the time. This was Notre Dame's third Friday night game in history; the others were in 1951 at Detroit and 1955 at Miami.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 6 Fighting Irish | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 22 |