1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Summary

The 1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1936 college football season.

1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 8
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Smith
  • John Lautar
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
DePaul     7 2 0
No. 20 Marquette     7 2 0
Michigan State     6 1 2
Michigan State Normal     6 2 0
Akron     6 2 1
No. 8 Notre Dame     6 2 1
Wayne     5 2 1
Detroit     7 3 0
Xavier     6 4 0
Saint Louis     5 4 1
Central Michigan     3 4 1
Western State Teachers (MI)     2 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Carnegie TechW 21–715,673
October 10Washington University
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 14–69,879
October 17Wisconsin
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 27–016,423
October 24at No. 9 PittsburghNo. 7L 0–2666,622–70,244[1]
October 31Ohio State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 7–250,017[2]
November 7vs. NavyNo. 13L 0–351,126
November 14vs. ArmyW 20–674,423
November 21No. 1 NorthwesternNo. 11
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 26–652,131
December 5at USCNo. 9T 13–1371,201
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References edit

  1. ^ Jack Ledden (October 25, 1936). "Irish Suffer Worst Defeat in 11 Years". The South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved June 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Inspired Irish batter O.S.U." Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1936. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.