Lou Holtz Era (1986-1996)

1986 \| Captain: Mike Kovaleski \| Record: 5-6
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 13	Not Ranked	Michigan (3)	L, 23-24
September 20	20	@ Michigan State	L, 15-20
September 27	Not Ranked	Purdue	W, 41-9
October 4	Not Ranked	@ Alabama (2)	L, 10-28
October 11	Not Ranked	Pittsburgh	L, 9-10
October 18	Not Ranked	Air Force	W, 31-3
November 1	Not Ranked	@ Navy	W, 33-14
November 8	Not Ranked	SMU	W, 61-29
November 15	Not Ranked	Penn State (3)	L, 19-24
November 22	Not Ranked	@ LSU (8)	L, 19-21
November 29	Not Ranked	@ Southern Cal (17)	W, 38-37

1987 \| Captains: Chuck Lanza & Byron Spruell \| Record: 8-4
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 12	16	@ Michigan (9)	W, 26-7
September 19	9	Michigan State (17)	W, 31-8
September 26	8	@ Purdue	W, 44-20
October 10	4	@ Pittsburgh	L, 22-30
October 17	11	@ Air Force	W, 35-14
October 24	10	Southern Cal	W, 26-15
October 31	9	Navy	W, 56-13
November 7	9	Boston College	W, 32-25
November 14	7	Alabama (10)	W, 37-6
November 21	7	@ Penn State	L, 20-21
November 28	10	@ Miami (2)	L, 0-24

Cotton Bowl
January 1	12	Texas A&M (13)	L, 10-35

1988 \| Captains: Ned Bolcar, Mark Green, Andy Heck\| Record: 12-0
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 10	13	Michigan (9)	W, 19-17
September 17	8	@ Michigan State	W, 20-3
September 24	8	Purdue	W, 52-7
October 1	5	Stanford	W, 42-14
October 8	5	@ Pittsburgh	W, 30-20
October 15	4	Miami (1)	W, 31-30
October 22	2	Air Force	W, 41-13
October 29	2	@ Navy	W, 22-7
November 5	1	Rice	W, 54-11
November 19	1	Penn State	W, 21-3
November 26	1	@ Southern Cal (2)	W, 27-10

Fiesta Bowl
January 1	1	West Virginia (3)	W, 34-21

1989 \| Captains: Ned Bolcar, Anthony Johnson, Tony Rice \| Record: 12-1
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
August 31	2	Virginia	W, 35-13
September 16	1	@ Michigan (2)	W, 24-19
September 23	1	Michigan State	W, 21-13
September 30	1	@ Purdue	W, 41-7
October 7	1	@ Stanford	W, 27-17
October 14	1	@ Air Force (17)	W, 41-27
October 21	1	Southern Cal (9)	W, 28-24
October 28	1	Pittsburgh (7)	W, 45-7
November 4	1	Navy	W, 41-0
November 11	1	SMU	W, 59-6
November 18	1	@ Penn State (17)	W, 34-23
November 25	1	@ Miami (7)	L, 10-27

Orange Bowl
January 1	4	Colorado (1)	W, 21-6

1990 \| Captains: Mike Heldt, Todd Lyght, Ricky Watters, Chris Zorich \| Record: 9-3
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 15	1	Michigan (4)	W, 28-24
September 22	1	@ Michigan State (24)	W, 20-19
September 29	1	Purdue	W, 37-11
October 6	1	Stanford	L, 31-36
October 13	8	Air Force	W, 57-27
October 20	6	Miami (2)	W, 29-20
October 27	3	@ Pittsburgh	W, 31-22
November 3	2	Navy	W, 52-31
November 10	1	@ Tennessee (9)	W, 34-29
November 17	1	Penn State (18)	L, 21-24
November 24	7	@ Southern Cal (18)	W, 10-6

Orange Bowl
January 1	5	Colorado (1)	L, 9-10

1991 \| Captain: Rodney Culver \| Record: 10-3
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 7	7	Indiana	W, 49-27
September 14	7	@ Michigan (3)	L, 14-24
September 21	11	Michigan State	W, 49-10
September 28	8	@ Purdue	W, 45-20
October 5	8	@ Stanford	W, 42-26
October 12	7	Pittsburgh (12)	W, 42-7
October 19	5	@ Air Force	W, 28-15
October 26	5	Southern Cal	W, 24-20
November 2	5	Navy	W, 38-0
November 9	5	Tennessee (13)	L, 34-35
November 16	12	@ Penn State (8)	L, 13-35
November 30	17	@ HAWAII	W, 48-42

Sugar Bowl
January 1	18	Florida (3)	W, 39-28

1992 \| Captains: Demetrius DuBose & Rick Mirer \| Record: 10-1-1
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 5	3	@ Northwestern	W, 42-7
September 12	3	Michigan (6)	T, 17-17
September 19	7	@ Michigan State	W, 52-31
September 26	6	Purdue	W, 48-0
October 3	6	Stanford (18)	L, 16-33
October 10	13	@ Pittsburgh	W, 52-21
October 24	10	BYU	W, 42-16
October 31	10	@ Navy	W, 38-7
November 7	8	Boston College (9)	W, 54-7
November 14	8	Penn State (22)	W, 17-16
November 28	5	@ Southern Cal (19)	W, 31-23

Cotton Bowl
January 1	5	Texas A&M (4)	W, 28-3

1993 \| Captains: Jeff Burris, Tim Ruddy, Aaron Taylor, Bryant Young \| Record: 11-1
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 4	7	Northwestern	W, 27-12
September 11	11	@ Michigan (3)	W, 27-23
September 18	4	Michigan State	W, 36-14
September 25	4	@ Purdue	W, 17-0
October 2	4	@ Stanford	W, 48-20
October 9	4	Pittsburgh	W, 44-0
October 16	3	@ BYU	W, 45-20
October 23	2	Southern Cal	W, 31-13
October 30	2	@ Navy	W, 58-27
November 13	2	Florida State (1)	W, 31-24
November 20	1	Boston College (17)	L, 39-41

Cotton Bowl
January 1	4	Texas A&M (7)	W, 24-21

1994 \| Captains: Lee Becton, Justin Goheen, Brian Hamilton, Ryan Leahy \| Record: 6-5-1
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 3	3	@ Northwestern	W, 42-15
September 10	3	Michigan (6)	L, 24-26
September 17	8	@ Michigan State	W, 21-20
September 24	9	Purdue	W, 39-21
October 1	8	Stanford	W, 34-15
October 8	8	@ Boston College	L, 11-30
October 15	17	BYU	L, 14-21
October 29	Not Ranked	Navy	W, 58-21
November 12	Not Ranked	@ Florida State (8)	L, 16-23
November 19	Not Ranked	Air Force	W, 42-30
November 26	Not Ranked	@ Southern Cal (17)	T, 17-17

Fiesta Bowl
January 2	Not Ranked	Colorado (4)	L, 24-41

1995 \| Captains: Paul Grasmanis, Derrick Mayes, Ryan Leahy \| Record: 9-3
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 2	9	Northwestern	L, 15-17
September 9	25	@ Purdue	W, 35-28
September 16	24	Vanderbilt	W, 41-0
September 23	21	Texas (13)	W, 55-27
September 30	15	@ Ohio State (7)	L, 26-45
October 7	23	@ Washington (15)	W, 29-21
October 14	17	@ Army	W, 28-27
October 21	17	Southern Cal (5)	W, 38-10
October 28	17	Boston College	W, 20-10
November 4	12	Navy	W, 35-17
November 18	8	@ Air Force	W, 44-14

Orange Bowl
January 1	6	Florida State (8)	L, 26-31

1996 \| Captains: Lyron Cobbins, Ron Powlus, Marc Edwards \| Record: 8-3
Month	ND Rank	Opponent	W/L Score
September 5	6	@ Vanderbilt	W, 14-7
September 14	9	Purdue	W, 35-0
September 21	9	@ Texas (6)	W, 27-24
September 28	5	Ohio State (4)	L, 16-29
October 12	11	Washington (16)	W, 54-20
October 19	8	Air Force	L, 17-20
November 2	19	@ Navy	W, 54-27
November 9	17	@ Boston College	W, 40-21
November 16	14	Pittsburgh	W, 60-6
November 23	10	Rutgers	W, 62-0
November 30	10	@ Southern Cal (10)	L, 20-27

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