1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Summary

The 1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1948 college football season.

1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
CaptainBill Fischer
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan Tech     7 0 0
No. 2 Notre Dame     9 0 1
Bowling Green     8 0 1
Washington University     9 1 0
John Carroll     7 1 2
Ball State     6 2 0
Michigan State     6 2 2
Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 2
Detroit     6 3 0
Indiana State     4 4 0
Wabash     4 4 0
Wayne     4 4 0
Valparaiso     4 5 0
Toledo     5 6 0
Michigan State Normal     3 5 0
Xavier     4 6 0
Central Michigan     3 6 0
Marquette     2 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25PurdueW 28–2759,343
October 2at PittsburghW 40–064,000
October 9Michigan StateNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 26–758,126
October 16NebraskaNo. 2W 44–1338,000
October 23at IowaNo. 2W 27–1253,000
October 30vs. NavyNo. 2W 41–763,314
November 6at IndianaNo. 1W 42–634,000
November 13No. 8 NorthwesternNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 12–759,305
November 27WashingtonNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 46–050,609
December 4at USCNo. 2T 14–14100,571
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP1 (50)2 (34)2 (23)2 (19)1 (56)2 (80)2 (27)2 (38)2 (97)

References edit

  1. ^ "1948 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".