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1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainMilt Piepul
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne     4 1 3
Detroit     7 2 0
Notre Dame     7 2 0
Xavier     7 3 0
Ohio     5 2 2
Dayton     6 3 0
Cincinnati     5 3 1
Wichita     6 4 0
Central Michigan     4 3 1
Marquette     4 4 0
Michigan State     3 4 1
Ohio Wesleyan     2 4 3
Akron     2 5 2
Western State Teachers (MI)     2 5 0
Michigan State Normal     1 5 1
Miami (OH)     0 7 1

The 1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1940 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
October 5Pacific (CA)W 25–722,670
October 12Georgia Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 26–2032,492
October 19Carnegie TechNo. 6
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 61–029,515
October 26at IllinoisNo. 2W 26–068,578
November 2vs. ArmyNo. 2W 7–075,474
November 9vs. NavyNo. 7W 13–761,579
November 16IowaNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
L 0–745,960
November 23at No. 10 NorthwesternNo. 14L 0–2046,273
December 7at USCW 10–685,808
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[1]

References