1933 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1933 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
  1932
1934  
1933 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
DePaul   6 0 1
Detroit   7 1 0
Michigan State Normal   5 2 0
Saint Louis   6 3 0
Central State (MI)   5 2 1
Michigan State   4 2 2
Missouri Mines   4 3 0
Western State Teachers (MI)   3 3 1
Marquette   3 4 1
Notre Dame   3 5 1
Haskell   2 6 3
Detroit City   2 5 1

The 1933 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1933 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 Kansas T 0–09,221
October 14at Indiana W 12–215,152
October 21at Carnegie Tech L 0–745,890–57,000 [1]
October 28 Pittsburgh
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 0–1416,627–25,000 [2]
November 4vs. Navy L 0–734,579
November 11 Purdue
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 0–1927,476
November 18at Northwestern W 7–031,182–40,000 [3]
November 25 USC
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
L 0–1925,037 [4]
December 2vs. Army W 13–1273,594 [5]

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References

  1. Biederman, Lester (October 22, 1933). "Tartans upset Notre Dame, 7-0". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
  2. Irving Vaughan (October 29, 1933). "Pitt Rides Down Notre Dame Line to Win 14 to 0". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. p. Part 2-1. Retrieved January 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Arch Ward (November 19, 1933). "Notre Dame Whips Northwestern, 7-0: 40,000 See Irish Rise To Heights Against Wildcats". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Kirksey, George (November 26, 1933). "Trojan ace beats Irish". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.
  5. "Notre Dame defeats Army in brilliant 13-12 battle". Pittsburgh Press. December 3, 1933. p. 1.
  6. "1933 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.