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1985-86 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results

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Overall: 23-6, .793 W-L% (21st of 283) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Digger Phelps (23-6)

PS/G: 78.9 (15th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 65.4 (65th of 283)
SRS: 17.66 (14th of 283) ▪ SOS: 4.16 (68th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (90-83) versus #14 Arkansas-Little Rock

AP Poll Summary

Pre 11/26 12/3 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 Final
12 11 10 17 19 18 17 16 13 16 14 14 14 14 12 12 10

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 REG Butler MW Coll W 87 56 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 REG @ Indiana Big Ten L 67 82 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 REG Loyola (IL) MW Coll W 71 58 2 1 W 1
4 Mon, Dec 9, 1985 REG Oregon Pac-10 W 72 63 3 1 W 2
5 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 REG Valparaiso Mid-Cont W 98 54 4 1 W 3
6 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 REG Creighton MVC W 80 54 5 1 W 4
7 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 REG @ La Salle MAAC W 77 63 6 1 W 5
8 Tue, Jan 7, 1986 REG @ Providence Big East W 78 72 7 1 W 6
9 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 REG @ DePaul Ind W 70 54 8 1 W 7
10 Mon, Jan 13, 1986 REG @ Brigham Young WAC L 76 80 8 2 L 1
11 Sat, Jan 18, 1986 REG UCLA Pac-10 W 74 64 9 2 W 1
12 Mon, Jan 20, 1986 REG Hofstra ECC W 91 67 10 2 W 2
13 Wed, Jan 22, 1986 REG American CAA W 67 56 11 2 W 3
14 Sun, Jan 26, 1986 REG @ North Carolina ACC L 61 73 11 3 L 1
15 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 REG Utah WAC W 94 64 12 3 W 1
16 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 REG Marquette Ind W 72 70 13 3 W 2
17 Mon, Feb 3, 1986 REG Maryland ACC W 69 62 14 3 W 3
18 Wed, Feb 5, 1986 REG @ Dayton Ind L 65 67 14 4 L 1
19 Sat, Feb 8, 1986 REG @ Syracuse Big East W 85 81 15 4 W 1
20 Tue, Feb 11, 1986 REG Fordham MAAC W 81 58 16 4 W 2
21 Sun, Feb 16, 1986 REG @ Duke ACC L 74 75 16 5 L 1
22 Wed, Feb 19, 1986 REG N Manhattan MAAC W 102 47 17 5 W 1
23 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 REG @ Miami (FL) Ind W 126 73 18 5 W 2
24 Tue, Feb 25, 1986 REG DePaul Ind W 70 59 19 5 W 3
25 Sat, Mar 1, 1986 REG @ Marquette Ind W 74 66 20 5 W 4
26 Mon, Mar 3, 1986 REG @ New Orleans Ind W 75 67 21 5 W 5
27 Sat, Mar 8, 1986 REG Dayton Ind W 69 55 22 5 W 6
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
28 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 NCAA N Arkansas-Little Rock A-Sun L 83 90 22 6 L 1