2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Brian Kelly and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. They competed as an independent. They finished the season 10–3, an impressive turnaround from the season before, where the Irish finished with their worst record since 2007. They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they defeated LSU. The Irish would finish the season with four wins over teams that finished in the top 25 rankings (both the AP and Coaches polls), including winning three of those by over 20 points or more.

2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Citrus Bowl champion
Citrus Bowl, W 21–17 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
Record10–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChip Long (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Elko (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Captain
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
2017 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Army        10 3  
No. 11 Notre Dame        10 3  
UMass        4 8  
BYU        4 9  
Rankings from AP Poll
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.