1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Dickinson)
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 5
Record	8–1
Head coach	Elmer Layden (5th season)
Captain	Jim McGoldrick
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

1938 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	0
Central Michigan			–					7	–	1	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					6	–	1	–	1
Xavier			–					7	–	2	–	0
Akron			–					6	–	3	–	0
Michigan State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Detroit Tech			–					6	–	3	–	0
Detroit			–					6	–	4	–	0
Western State Teachers (MI)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					4	–	5	–	0
Wayne			–					2	–	6	–	0
DePaul			–					2	–	7	–	0
Marquette			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP poll

The 1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1938 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1	Kansas		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 52–0	25,615
October 8	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 14–6	26,533
October 15	Illinois		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 14–6	29,142
October 22	No. 13 Carnegie Tech	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 7–0	25,934
October 29	vs. Army	No. 7	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 19–7	76,338
November 5	vs. Navy	No. 4	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 15–0	58,271
November 12	No. 12 Minnesota	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 19–0	55,245
November 19	at No. 16 Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 9–7	46,348
December 3	at No. 8 USC	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 0–13	97,146
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game