1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 9
Record	8–2
Head coach	Edward McKeever (1st season)
Captain	Pat Filley
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1944 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH)			–					8	–	1	–	0
Michigan State			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame			–					8	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wichita			–					5	–	2	–	1
Bowling Green			–					5	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan			–					4	–	3	–	0
Wayne			–					1	–	1	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					1	–	8	–	1
Marquette			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1944 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 58–0	46,069
October 7	Tulane		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 26–0	32,909
October 14	vs. Dartmouth	No. 1	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 64–0	38,167
October 21	Wisconsin	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 28–13	36,086
October 28	at No. 14 Illinois	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 13–7	57,122
November 4	vs. No. 6 Navy	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 13–32	60,938
November 11	vs. No. 1 Army	No. 5	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 0–59	75,142
November 18	Northwestern	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 21–0	39,701
November 25	at No. 10 Georgia Tech	No. 18	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 21–0	28,662
December 2	No. 12 Great Lakes Navy	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 28–7	36,900
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game