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The Bob Davie Years |
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| 5 season: 35-25 (.583) | |||||
| 1997 | |||||
| Coach: Bob Davie | |||||
| Captains: Melvin Dansby, Ron Powlus, Allen Rossum | |||||
| Record: 7-6-0 | |||||
| 6-Sep | W | (11) *Georgia Tech (2:37) | 17-13 | H | c80,225 |
| 13-Sep | L | (12) Purdue | 17-28 | A | c68,789 |
| 20-Sep | L | Michigan State (17) | 23-Jul | H | c80,225 |
| 27-Sep | L | Michigan (6) | 14-21 | A | c106,508 |
| 4-Oct | L | Stanford (19) | 15-33 | A | 75,651 |
| 11-Oct | W | Pittsburgh | 45-21 | A | 47,306 |
| 18-Oct | L | USC (1:05) | 17-20 | H | c80,225 |
| 25-Oct | W | Boston College | 52-20 | H | c80,225 |
| 1-Nov | W | Navy (R) (5:48) | 21-17 | H | c80,225 |
| 15-Nov | W | LSU (11) | 24-6 | A | c80,556 |
| 22-Nov | W | West Virginia (22) (4:56) | 21-14 | H | c80,225 |
| 29-Nov | W | Hawaii (0:05) (Nt) | 23-22 | A | 41,509 |
| Total Points/Attendance | 273-238 | 901,669 | |||
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INDEPENDENCE BOWL |
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| 28-Dec | L | LSU (15) (Nt) (at Shreveport, La.) | 27-Sep | N | c50,459 |
| * - Rededication of Notre Dame Stadium | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| Coach: Bob Davie | |||||
| Captains: Bobbie Howard, Kory Minor, Mike Rosenthal | |||||
| Record: 9-3-0 | |||||
| 5-Sep | W | (22) Michigan | 36-20 | H | c80,012 |
| 12-Sep | L | (10) Michigan State | 23-45 | A | c74,267 |
| 26-Sep | W | (23) Purdue (3:36) | 31-30 | H | c80,012 |
| 3-Oct | W | (23) Stanford | 35-17 | H | c80,012 |
| 10-Oct | W | (22) Arizona State | 28-9 | A | 73,501 |
| 24-Oct | W | (18) Army (1:06) | 20-17 | H | c80,012 |
| 31-Oct | W | (16) Baylor | 27-3 | H | c80,012 |
| 7-Nov | W | (13) Boston College | 31-26 | A | c44,500 |
| 14-Nov | W | (12) Navy | 30-0 | N | c78,844 |
| 21-Nov | W | (10) LSU (1:27) | 39-36 | H | c80,012 |
| 28-Nov | L | (9) USC | 0-10 | A | 90,069 |
| Total Points/Attendance | 300-213 | 841,253 | |||
| GATOR BOWL | |||||
| 1-Jan | L | (17) Georgia Tech (12) (at Jacksonville, Fla.) | 28-35 | N | c70,791 |
| 1999 | |||||
| Coach: Bob Davie | |||||
| Captain: Jarious Jackson | |||||
| Record: 5-7 | |||||
| 28-Aug | W | (18) Kansas* | 48-13 | H | c80,012 |
| 4-Sep | L | (16) Michigan (7) (1:38) | 22-26 | A | #c111,523 |
| 11-Sep | L | (16) Purdue (20) | 23-28 | A | c69,843 |
| 18-Sep | L | (24) Michigan State | 13-23 | H | c80,012 |
| 2-Oct | W | Oklahoma (23) | 34-30 | H | c80,012 |
| 9-Oct | W | Arizona State | 48-17 | H | c80,012 |
| 16-Oct | W | USC (2:40) | 25-24 | H | c80,012 |
| 30-Oct | W | Navy (0:36) | 28-24 | H | c80,012 |
| 6-Nov | L | (24) Tennessee (4) | 14-38 | A | c107,619 |
| 13-Nov | L | Pittsburgh | 27-37 | A | c60,190 |
| 20-Nov | L | Boston College (25) | 29-31 | H | c80,012 |
| 27-Nov | L | Stanford (0:00) | 37-40 | A | 57,980 |
| Total Points/Attendance | 348-331 | 967,239 | |||
| 2000 | |||||
| Coach: Bob Davie | |||||
| Captains: Dan O'Leary, Grant Irons, Anthony Denman and Jabari Holloway | |||||
| Record: 9-3-0 | |||||
| 2-Sep | W | Texas A&M (23) | 24-10 | H | c80,232 |
| 9-Sep | L | (23) Nebraska (1) | 24-27 (1 OT) | H | c80,232 |
| 16-Sep | W | (21) Purdue (13) (0:00) | 23-21 | H | c80,232 |
| 23-Sep | L | (16) Michigan State (23) (1:48) | 21-27 | A | c74,714 |
| 7-Oct | W | (25) Stanford | 20-14 | H | c80,232 |
| 14-Oct | W | (20) Navy | 45-14 | N | 47,291 |
| 21-Oct | W | (20) West Virginia | 42-28 | A | c64,424 |
| 28-Oct | W | (19) Air Force | 34-31 (1 OT) | H | c80,232 |
| 11-Nov | W | (11) Boston College | 28-16 | H | c80,653 |
| 18-Nov | W | (11) Rutgers | 45-17 | A | c40,011 |
| 25-Nov | W | (11) USC | 38-21 | A | 81,342 |
| Total Points/Attendance | 344-226 | 865,023 | |||
| TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL | |||||
| 1-Jan | L | (10) Oregon State (5) (at Tempe, Ariz.) | Sep-41 | N | c75,428 |
| 2001 | |||||
| Coach: Bob Davie | |||||
| Captains: Rocky Boiman, David Givens, Grant Irons, and Anthony Weaver | |||||
| Record: 5-6-0 | |||||
| 8-Sep | L | (18) Nebraska (4) | 27-Oct | A | c78,118 |
| 22-Sep | L | (23) Michigan State | 17-Oct | H | c80,795 |
| 29-Sep | L | Texas A&M | 24-Mar | A | c87,206 |
| 6-Oct | W | Pittsburgh | 24-7 | H | c80,795 |
| 13-Oct | W | West Virginia | 34-24 | H | c80,795 |
| 20-Oct | W | USC | 27-16 | H | c80,795 |
| 27-Oct | L | Boston College | 17-21 | A | c44,500 |
| 3-Nov | L | Tennessee (7) | 18-28 | H | c80,795 |
| 17-Nov | W | Navy | 34-16 | H | c80,795 |
| 24-Nov | L | Stanford (13) | 13-17 | A | 51,780 |
| 1-Dec | W | Purdue | 24-18 | A | 68,750 |
| Total Points/Attendance | 214-215 | 815,124 | |||