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1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Head Coach: Lou Holtz (3rd season)

Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN

Record: 12-0

Previous: 1987

Next: 1989

Schedule/Results[]

Date Opponent Result Score Record
9/10 Michigan W 19-17 1-0
9/17 Michigan State W 20-3 2-0
9/24 Purdue W 52-7 3-0
10/1 Stanford W 42-14 4-0
10/8 Pittsburgh W 30-20 5-0
10/15 Miami (FL) W 31-30 6-0
10/22 Air Force W 41-13 7-0
10/29 Navy (1) W 22-7 8-0
11/5 Rice W 54-11 9-0
11/19 Penn State W 21-3 10-0
11/26 USC W 27-10 11-0
Fiesta Bowl (@ Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ)
1/2 {Mon) West Virginia W 34-21 12-0

Game summaries[]

#9 Michigan[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Wolverines 0 7 7 3 17
#13 Fighting Irish 10 3 0 6 19



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at Michigan State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Fighting Irish 0 6 7 7 20
Spartans 3 0 0 0 3



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Purdue[]

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Boilermakers 0 0 0 7 7
#8 Fighting Irish 14 28 3 7 52



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Stanford[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 0 7 7 7 21
#5 Fighting Irish 6 22 7 7 42



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at Pittsburgh[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Fighting Irish 14 3 6 7 30
Panthers 7 7 3 3 20



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#1 Miami (FL)[]

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#1 Hurricanes 0 21 0 10 31
#4 Fighting Irish 7 14 10 0 31



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Air Force[]

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Falcons 6 7 0 0 13
#2 Fighting Irish 6 14 14 7 41



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vs. Navy[]

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#2 Fighting Irish 7 9 6 0 22
Midshipmen 0 0 7 0 7



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Rice[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 3 0 5 11
#1 Fighting Irish 14 17 7 16 54



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Penn State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Nittany Lions 0 3 0 0 3
#1 Fighting Irish 7 7 7 0 21



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at #2 USC[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Fighting Irish 14 6 0 7 27
#2 Trojans 0 7 3 0 10



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Fiesta Bowl: vs. #3 West Virginia[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Mountaineers 0 6 7 8 21
#1 Fighting Irish 9 14 3 8 34



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