1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 8
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Bill Smith
  • John Lautar
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
  1935
1937  
1936 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

Schedule

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

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References

  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.