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1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record9–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Paul Matz
  • Dan Shannon
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Omaha   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Notre Dame   –   9 – 1 – 0
Wabash   –   7 – 1 – 1
Cincinnati   –   8 – 2 – 0
Youngstown   –   7 – 2 – 0
Washington University   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carthage   –   5 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   5 – 5 – 0
Marquette   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wayne   –   3 – 5 – 1
John Carroll   –   3 – 5 – 0
Rose Poly   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drake   –   2 – 7 – 0
Xavier   –   2 – 8 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1954 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Terry Brennan, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 9–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25No. 4 TexasNo. 2
W 21–057,594[1]
October 2No. 19 PurdueNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2758,250
October 9at PittsburghNo. 8
W 33–060,114
October 16Michigan StateNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 20–1957,238
October 30vs. No. 15 NavyNo. 6
W 6–060,000
November 6at PennNo. 5
W 42–761,189[2]
November 13North CarolinaNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 42–1355,410[3]
November 20at No. 19 IowaNo. 4
W 34–1856,576
November 27No. 17 USCNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 23–1756,438
December 4at SMUNo. 4
W 26–1475,501
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise

[4]

References

  1. ^ "Guglielmi leads Notre Dame to 21–0 win over game Texas". The Pantagraph. September 26, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Trimble, Joe (November 7, 1954). "Irish Avalanche Buries Winless Quakers, 42-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Notre Dame wins, 42–13; 6th victory". Chicago Tribune. November 14, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.


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