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1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Head coach
  
Lou Holtz (1st year)

Captain
  
Mike Kovaleski

1986 record
  
5–6

Defensive coordinator
  
Foge Fazio (1st year)


Home stadium
  
Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

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Rivalries

  • Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.
  • Michigan State beat Notre Dame to claim the Megaphone Trophy.

    • Team players drafted into the NFL

    The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

    References

    1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Wikipedia
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