Jump to content
Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia

1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American college football season
1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Dickinson)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 5
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainJim McGoldrick
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
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
Haskell     2 6 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 as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Elmer Layden, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 8–1.

Notre Dame was awarded the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy for the season, emblematic of their selection as national champions by the Dickinson System.[1] The Irish topped the AP poll until their loss to USC in their last game of the season. Notre Dame does not claim a national championship for this season.[2]

Schedule

[edit ]
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Kansas W 52–025,615
October 8at Georgia Tech W 14–626,533[3]
October 15Illinois
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 14–629,142
October 22No. 13 Carnegie Tech No. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 7–025,934
October 29vs. Army No. 7W 19–776,338
November 5vs. Navy No. 4W 15–058,271
November 12No. 12 Minnesota No. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 19–055,245
November 19at No. 16 Northwestern No. 1W 9–746,348
December 3at No. 8 USC No. 1L 0–1397,146
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [4]

References

[edit ]
  1. ^ Written at Chicago. "Irish Are Rated at Top by Dickinson". Fort Worth Star. Fort Worth. Associated Press. December 6, 1938. Retrieved August 17, 2022. Notre Dame will receive the Knute Rockne trophy
  2. ^ Bertsch, Michael; Masters, Chris; Torbin, Leigh (2014). Notre Dame Football 2014 Media Guide. University of Notre Dame. pp. 2, 157. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "Irish turn back Georgia Tech in 14–6 battle". Chicago Tribune. October 9, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
Venues
Bowls and rivalries
Culture and lore
People
Seasons
National championship seasons in bold
1936–1949
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980–1991


Stub icon

This college football 1938 season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

AltStyle によって変換されたページ (->オリジナル) /