1990 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Rivalries

• Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
• Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy.
• In the Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry, Notre Dame beat Michigan.
• Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.
• Notre Dame lost to 1-3 Stanford to lose the Legends Trophy, and costing them a shot at the national championship.

  Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Michigan

Michigan State

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• Notre Dame's 60th victory as No. 1 ranked team & 5-0-1 vs. MSU when ranked #1

  Purdue

Stanford

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  Air Force

Miami (FL)

Pittsburgh

Navy

Tennessee

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  Penn State

USC

Colorado (Orange Bowl)

Team players drafted into the NFL

• Despite being drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders, the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League signed Raghib Ismail to a four-year contract worth 18 million dollars in April 1991. The Ismail signing included four million dollars upfront.

  Awards and honors

• Raghib Ismail finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
• Raghib Ismail, Walter Camp Award
• Chris Zorich: Lombardi Award