1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainDom Vairo
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
  1933
1935  
1934 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan State   8 1 0
Wayne   7 1 0
Western State Teachers (MI)   7 1 0
Michigan State Normal   5 2 0
Notre Dame   6 3 0
Central State (MI)   5 3 0
Detroit   5 3 1
DePaul   4 3 0
Saint Louis   3 3 2
Marquette   4 5 0
Haskell   3 6 1
Missouri Mines   2 6 0
Wittenberg   2 7 0

The 1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1934 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Texas L 6–720,353–33,000 [1]
October 13 Purdue
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 18–734,263
October 20 Carnegie Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 13–011,242
October 27 Wisconsin
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 19–025,354
November 3at Pittsburgh L 0–1956,556–64,000 [2]
November 10vs. Navy L 6–1054,571
November 17at Northwestern W 20–738,413–45,000 [3]
November 24vs. Army W 12–678,757
December 8at USC W 14–045,568

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References

  1. "Texas seizes breaks to win over Irish, 7–6". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 7, 1934. Retrieved April 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Harry Keck (November 4, 1934). "64,000 See Pitt Crush Notre Dame". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved February 17, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Edward Burns (November 18, 1934). "Notre Dame Wins: Irish Score Three Times in 2d Half; Beat N.U., 20-7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.