1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National Champions
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP #1
1943 record 9-1
Head coach Frank Leahy
Offensive coordinator T-Formation
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
« 1942 1944 »

The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship.[1] The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy. Led by Notre Dame's first Heisman Trophy winner, Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road.[2] Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes, Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press.[3]

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[edit] Season

[edit] Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/25/1943 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 41-0  
10/02/1943 Georgia Tech Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 55-13  
10/09/1943 at #2 Michigan #1 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 35-12  
10/16/1943 at Wisconsin #1 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 51-0  
10/23/1943 Illinois #1 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 47-0  
10/30/1943 vs. #3 Navy #1 Cleveland Stadium • Cleveland, OH W 33-6  
11/06/1943 vs. #3 Army #1 Yankee Stadium • New York, NY W 26-0  
11/13/1943 at #8 Northwestern #1 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 25-6  
11/20/1943 #2 Iowa Pre-Flight #1 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 14-13  
11/27/1943 at Great Lakes #1 North Chicago, IL L 14-19  
#Rankings from AP. All times are in Eastern Time.

[edit] Post-season

All-Americans:

Name AP UP INS COL AA SN L
Angelo Bertelli, QB 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Creighton Miller, HB 1 1 1 1 1
John Yankor, E 1 1 1 1
† Jim White, T 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Pat Filey, G 2 1 1
Herb Coleman, C 2
†denotes consensus selection      Source:[1]

College Football Hall of Fame Inductees:

Name Position Year Inducted
Angelo Bertelli Quarterback 1972
Zygmont Czarobski Tackle 1977
Frank Leahy Coach 1970
Creighton Miller Halfback 1976

[5] Notre Dame leads all universities in players inducted.

[edit] 1944 NFL Draft

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175)". und.cstv.com. http://und.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguidehistory. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  2. ^ "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: 2007 Supplement (page 163)". und.cstv.com. http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Football-Supplement-07. Retrieved 2008-12-31. 
  3. ^ "Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A)". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 09, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080509084329/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  4. ^ "Heisman Voting". und.cstv.com. http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html/. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  5. ^ "College Football Hall of Famers.". collegefootball.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
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