Year-by-Year Results 1977 - Won 16 • Lost 1, Tied 1 Coach: Rich Hunter Captains: Terry Finnegan, Jim Rice Home: 9-1-0, Away: 7-0-1 9/16 at Dayton (ot) T 9/19 St. Francis L 9/20 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 9/21 S.B. Soccer Club W 9/24 at Purdue W 9/26 at Indiana Tech W 9/30 Michigan W 10/4 Goshen W 10/8 at Xavier W 10/9 at IPFW W 10/11 Manchester W 10/13 Bethel W 10/18 at St. Joseph’s W 10/21 Huntington W 11/2 Valparaiso W 11/5 IUPUI W 11/9 at Valparaiso W 11/12 at Evansville W
3-3 0-2 4-1 4-1 2-1 3-1 4-2 3-1 2-0 3-1 3-0 7-1 5-1 3-0 4-1 2-1 5-1 4-1
1978 - Won 21, Lost 3, Tied 1 Coach: Rich Hunter Captains: Jerry Finnegan, Jim Sabitus, Jim Rice, Ted Carnevale Home: 14-0-0, Away: 7-3-1 9/8 Florissant Valley W 3-0 9/12 Tri-State W 3-0 9/15 IPFW W 4-1 9/18 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 12-0 9/20 Valparaiso W 13-1 9/22 Michigan W 2-1 9/25 Indiana Tech W 7-0 9/27 Albion W 9-1 9/29 Purdue W 3-0 10/1 at Dayton W 4-2 10/3 at Goshen L 1-2 10/7 at Michigan State (ot) T 2-2 10/10 at Manchester W 6-0 10/13 Xavier W 7-1 10/16 Bethel W 8-1 10/18 Morton W 5-3 10/22 at Indiana L 1-7 10/24 at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 5-0 10/25 at Chicago (ot) W 4-3 10/26 at Northwestern (ot) W 3-2 10/29 Dayton W 2-1 11/1 at Valparaiso W 6-1 11/4 at Western Michigan L 0-1 11/11 Tennessee W 2-0 11/12 at Drake W 4-2
Rich Hunter served as Notre Dame’s first varsity head coach from 1977-83. He compiled a record of 128-32-8, which included a program-record 21 victories during the 1978 campaign.
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1979 - Won 20 • Lost 10 • Tied 1 Coach: Rich Hunter Captains: Tom Crotty, Dan McCurrie, Tim Nauman, Jim Sabitus Home: 9-3-1, Away: 10-7-0, Neutral: 1-0-0 9/9 Cincinnati L 0-1 9/12 Loyola (Ill.) W 6-0 9/14 at Dayton (ot) L 2-3 9/16 at Xavier L 0-2 9/18 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 9-0 9/22 at Purdue L 2-3 9/23 Loyola (Md.) (ot) T 2-2 9/25 at Indiana Tech (ot) W 4-3 9/26 Kalamazoo W 11-1 9/27 at Albion W 3-1 9/28 Indiana L 0-4 9/30 Oakland W 2-0 10/2 Goshen L 0-2 10/5 Marquette W 1-0 10/7 at Triton W 1-0 10/9 Valparaiso W 11-0 10/12 Ohio # W 2-0 10/13 at UW-Milwaukee L 1-5 10/14 at Siena Heights W 4-2 10/15 at Bethel W 3-1 10/17 at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 11-0 10/19 Michigan State W 2-0 10/23 at Seton Hall W 2-0 10/24 at Monmouth W 4-0 10/25 at St. Peter’s L 0-1 10/27 at Villanova L 0-1 10/30 Chicago W 3-1 10/31 at Bowling Green L 1-2 11/2 Northwestern W 4-0 11/4 at Ohio State W 2-0 11/6 at Valparaiso W 5-0 # - Milwaukee, Wis. 1980 - Won 20 • Lost 7 Coach: Rich Hunter Captains: Kevin Lovejoy, Dan McCurrie, Oliver Franklin, Joe Ciuni Home: 12-1-0, Away: 8-6-0 9/7 at Cincinnati W 2-1 9/10 Grace W 4-0 9/12 DePaul W 5-0 9/14 at St. Louis L 1-6 9/16 Valparaiso W 5-0 9/19 Ohio State W 3-0 9/21 Xavier W 2-1 9/23 Siena Heights W 4-1 9/26 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 4-0 9/28 at Indiana L 0-4 9/30 at Loyola (Ill.) W 6-1 10/5 at Marquette L 2-4 10/8 Bethel W 3-0 10/10 Purdue W 5-1 10/12 Miami (Ohio) L 1-2 10/14 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 4-0 W 2-1 10/15 Bowling Green 10/17 Western Michigan W 2-0 10/19 at Penn State L 2-4 10/21 at Monmouth L 0-2 10/23 at Upsala W 1-0 10/24 at Seton Hall W 2-0 10/28 at Chicago W 6-0 10/30 at Kalamazoo L 0-1 10/31 at Dayton W 1-0 11/2 at Wright State W 2-1 11/4 at Valparaiso W 4-2
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1981 - Won 16 • Lost 3 • Tied 3 Coach: Rich Hunter Captains: Sami Kahale, Jim Stein Home: 12-1-1, Away: 4-2-2 9/9 at Grace W 9/11 Loyola (Ill.) W 9/13 St. Louis (ot) W 9/15 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 9/16 Valparaiso W 9/20 at Ohio State (ot) T 9/23 at Wheaton (ot) T 9/25 Dayton W 9/30 DePaul W 10/2 Michigan State W 10/4 Chicago W 10/9 Marquette (ot) W 10/11 Wisconsin (ot) T 10/14 at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 10/17 at Western Michigan L 10/18 South Dakota W 10/22 at Akron L 10/23 Northwestern W 10/25 Indiana L 10/28 at Valparaiso W 11/1 Wright State (ot) W 11/7 at Louisville W
7-0 7-0 4-3 10-0 8-1 2-2 2-2 2-1 6-0 4-1 5-0 1-0 2-2 6-0 0-2 6-0 0-2 6-0 0-2 10-0 1-0 4-1
1982 - Won 17 • Lost 4 • Tied 2 Coach: Rich Hunter Captains: Jay Schwartz, Mike Sullivan, Mark Luetkehans Home: 9-1-1, Away: 8-2-0, Neutral: 0-1-1 9/8 IPFW W 3-0 9/10 Syracuse # L 1-3 9/11 Georgetown (ot) # T 0-0 9/15 Valparaiso W 5-0 9/17 Ohio State W 3-1 9/20 Wheaton W 3-0 9/21 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W 6-0 9/24 at Indiana L 0-4 9/28 at Loyola (Ill.) W 3-1 10/1 Dayton** W 3-0 10/8 Western Michigan (ot) T 1-1 10/10 Louisville W 4-0 10/12 at Chicago W 2-0 10/13 Akron L 1-5 10/15 DePaul W 6-0 10/17 at Marquette (ot) W 2-1 10/20 at Valparaiso W 10-0 10/23 at Kentucky W 3-2 10/25 at Belmont Abbey W 1-0 10/28 at UNC Greensboro (ot) W 3-1 10/30 at Wake Forest L 1-2 11/2 Bethel W 12-0 11/6 at Toledo W 7-3 # - Rochester, N.Y. ** - Notre Dame’s 100th win