1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
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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
Conf.Overall
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
Michigan Tech  – 2 –3 –0
Western State Teachers  – 2 –5 –0
Haskell  – 1 –6 –1
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. 7
L 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. 13
L 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. 9
T 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.


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