1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Indiana state champion [1]
Conference	Independent
Record	9–1
Head coach	Knute Rockne (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
Base defense	7–2–2
Captain	Harvey Brown
Home stadium	Cartier Field
Seasons ←  1922 1924  →

1923 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marquette			–					8	–	0	–	0
Michigan Mines			–					2	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					9	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal (MI)			–					6	–	1	–	1
Haskell			–					11	–	2	–	1
Butler			–					7	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	1	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	1
Cincinnati			–					6	–	3	–	0
Loyola (IL)			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Louis			–					5	–	3	–	1
Detroit			–					4	–	3	–	2
Wabash			–					4	–	3	–	2
John Carroll			–					4	–	4	–	1
Valparaiso			–					2	–	2	–	1
Dayton			–					4	–	5	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					3	–	5	–	0
Fairmount			–					2	–	4	–	2
Kent State			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1923 college football season.

Key players included quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, halfback Don Miller, fullback Elmer Layden, center Adam Walsh, tackle Joe Bach, and guard Harvey Brown.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Kalamazoo	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 74–0	10,000	[2]
October 7	Lombard	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 14–0	8,000	[3]
October 13	vs. Army	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY (rivalry)	W 13–0	30,000	[4]
October 20	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 25–2	30,000	[5]
October 27	Georgia Tech	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 35–7	20,000	[6] [7]
November 3	Purdue	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 34–7	20,000	[8]
November 10	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 7–14	30,000	[9]
November 17	Butler	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 34–7	10,000	[10]
November 24	at Carnegie Tech	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 26–0	30,000	[11]
November 29	at Saint Louis	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 13–0	9,333	[12] [13] [14]

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References

1. "IRISH RUN WILD: BEAT BUTLER 34-7". The Star Press. November 18, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
2. "Kalamazoo Routed, 74 to 0, by Notre Dame's Fast Team". The Indianapolis Star. September 30, 1923. p. 18. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
3. "Miller Stars". The Huntington Press. October 7, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
4. "ARMY FALLS BEFORE NOTRE DAME, 13 TO 0". The Indianapolis Star. October 14, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
5. "FAST, RUGGED IRISH GALLOP ROUGHSHOD OVER TIGER ELEVEN". The Indianapolis Star. October 21, 1923. p. 37. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
6. "Tech defeated by long runs of Notre Dame". The Chattanooga Daily Times. October 28, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "IRISH BACKS SWEEP TO 35-TO-7 VICTORY OVER GEORGIA TECH". The Indianapolis Star. October 28, 1923. p. 37. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
8. "BOILER MAKERS ARE POWERLESS AS IRISH SCORE TOUCHDOWNS". The Indianapolis Star. November 4, 1923. p. 35. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
9. "HUSKERS HUMBLE NOTRE DAME, 14-7". The Star Press. November 11, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
10. "IRISH RUN WILD: BEAT BUTLER 34-7". The Star Press. November 18, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
11. "IRISH SPEED DEMONS TRIM CARNEGIE TECH". The Indianapolis Star. November 25, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
12. "Rockne Crew Scores Only Twice on Grid Almost Under Water". The St. Louis Star and Times. November 30, 1923. p. 19. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
13. "Billikens' Great Defense Holds Notre Dame's Wonder Eleven to Two Touchdowns on Muddy Field". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 30, 1923. p. 43. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
14. "ROCKMEN DASH TO EASY TRIUMPH ON WET, MUDDY FIELD". The Indianapolis Star. November 30, 1923. p. 14. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
15. "1923 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.