List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons

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This is a list of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season records. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team with a total of 25 National Championships, is the football team of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The team competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level.

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Notre Dame has the most consensus national championships and has produced more All-Americans than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school. Additionally, seven Fighting Irish football players have won the Heisman Trophy.

Notre Dame is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Boston College, and one of a handful of programs independent of a football conference. The team plays its home games on Notre Dame's campus at Notre Dame Stadium, also known as the "House that Rockne Built," which has a capacity of 80,795.

Notre Dame claims national championships in an additional three seasons, for a total of 11 consensus national championships. Notre Dame, however, is often credited with 13 national championships in total. The 1919 and 1964 seasons are the reason for the discrepancy: both are recognized as full championships by the NCAA but not claimed by the school.

The 1938 and 1953 seasons are also two strong unclaimed championships. In 1938, 8-1 Notre Dame was awarded the national championship by the then widely recognized Dickinson System which awarded the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy to Notre Dame, symbolizing a national championship, while Texas Christian (which finished 11-0) was awarded the championship by the Associated Press. In the 1953 season, an undefeated Notre Dame team (9-0-1) was named national champion by every major selector except the AP and UPI (Coaches) polls, where the Irish finished second in both to 10-1 Maryland. As Notre Dame has a policy of only recognizing AP and Coaches Poll national championships post-1936, the school does not officially recognize the 1938 and 1953 national championships. [1] [2]

Seasons

The following is a list of Notre Dame's all-time season records. [3]

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Independent(1887–1893)
1887 No coach0–3
1888 No coach1–0
1889 No coach1–0
1892 No coach1–0–1
1893 No coach4–1
J.L. Morison (Independent)(1894)
1894 J.L. Morison 3–1–1
H.G. Hadden (Independent)(1895)
1895 H.G. Hadden 3–1
Frank E. Hering (Independent)(1896–1898)
1896 Frank E. Hering 4–3
1897 Frank E. Hering4–1–1
1898 Frank E. Hering4–2
James McWeeney (Independent)(1899)
1899 James McWeeney 6–3–1
Pat O'Dea (Independent)(1900–1901)
1900 Pat O'Dea 6–3–1
1901 Pat O'Dea8–1–1
James Farragher (Independent)(1902–1903)
1902 James Farragher 6–2–1
1903 James Farragher8–0–1
Louis Salmon (Independent)(1904)
1904 Louis Salmon 5–3
Henry J. McGlew (Independent)(1905)
1905 Henry J. McGlew 5–4
Thomas Barry (Independent)(1906–1907)
1906 Thomas Barry 6–1
1907 Thomas Barry6–0–1
Victor M. Place (Independent)(1908)
1908 Victor M. Place 8–1
Frank Longman (Independent)(1909–1910)
1909 Frank Longman 7–0–1
1910 Frank Longman4–1–1
John L. Marks (Independent)(1911–1912)
1911 John L. Marks 6–0–2
1912 John L. Marks7–0
Jesse Harper (Independent)(1913–1917)
1913 Jesse Harper 7–0
1914 Jesse Harper6–2
1915 Jesse Harper7–1
1916 Jesse Harper8–1
1917 Jesse Harper6–1–1
Knute Rockne (Independent)(1918–1930)
1918 Knute Rockne 3–1–2
1919 Knute Rockne9–0
1920 Knute Rockne9–0
1921 Knute Rockne10–1
1922 Knute Rockne8–1–1
1923 Knute Rockne9–1
1924 Knute Rockne10–0W Rose
1925 Knute Rockne7–2–1
1926 Knute Rockne9–1
1927 Knute Rockne7–1–1
1928 Knute Rockne5–4
1929 Knute Rockne9–0
1930 Knute Rockne10–0
Hunk Anderson (Independent)(1931–1933)
1931 Hunk Anderson 6–2–1
1932 Hunk Anderson7–2
1933 Hunk Anderson3–5–1
Elmer Layden (Independent)(1934–1940)
1934 Elmer Layden 6–3
1935 Elmer Layden7–1–1
1936 Elmer Layden6–2–18
1937 Elmer Layden6–2–19
1938 Elmer Layden8–15
1939 Elmer Layden7–213
1940 Elmer Layden7–2
Frank Leahy (Independent)(1941–1943)
1941 Frank Leahy 8–0–13
1942 Frank Leahy7–2–26
1943 Frank Leahy9–11
Edward McKeever (Independent)(1944)
1944 Edward McKeever 8–29
Hugh Devore (Independent)(1945)
1945 Hugh Devore 7–2–19
Frank Leahy(Independent)(1946–1953)
1946 Frank Leahy8–0–11
1947 Frank Leahy9–01
1948 Frank Leahy9–0–12
1949 Frank Leahy10–01
1950 Frank Leahy4–4–1
1951 Frank Leahy7–2–113
1952 Frank Leahy7–2–1133
1953 Frank Leahy9–0–122
Terry Brennan (Independent)(1954–1958)
1954 Terry Brennan 9–144
1955 Terry Brennan8–2109
1956 Terry Brennan2–8
1957 Terry Brennan7–3910
1958 Terry Brennan6–41417
Joe Kuharich (Independent)(1959–1962)
1959 Joe Kuharich 5–51817
1960 Joe Kuharich2–8
1961 Joe Kuharich5–5
1962 Joe Kuharich5–5
Hugh Devore(Independent)(1963)
1963 Hugh Devore2–7
Ara Parseghian (Independent)(1964–1974)
1964 Ara Parseghian 9–133
1965 Ara Parseghian7–2–189
1966 Ara Parseghian9–0–111
1967 Ara Parseghian8–245
1968 Ara Parseghian7–2–185
1969 Ara Parseghian8–2–1L Cotton 95
1970 Ara Parseghian10–1W Cotton 52
1971 Ara Parseghian8–21513
1972 Ara Parseghian8–3L Orange 1214
1973 Ara Parseghian11–0W Sugar 41
1974 Ara Parseghian10–2W Orange 46
Dan Devine (Independent)(1975–1980)
1975 Dan Devine 8–317
1976 Dan Devine9–3W Gator 1212
1977 Dan Devine11–1W Cotton 11
1978 Dan Devine9–3W Cotton 67
1979 Dan Devine7–4
1980 Dan Devine9–2–1L Sugar 109
Gerry Faust (Independent)(1981–1985)
1981 Gerry Faust 5–6
1982 Gerry Faust6–4–1
1983 Gerry Faust7–5W Liberty
1984 Gerry Faust7–5L Aloha
1985 Gerry Faust5–6
Lou Holtz (Independent)(1986–1996)
1986 Lou Holtz 5–6
1987 Lou Holtz8–4L Cotton 17
1988 Lou Holtz12–0W Fiesta 11
1989 Lou Holtz12–1W Orange 32
1990 Lou Holtz9–3L Orange 66
1991 Lou Holtz10–3W Sugar 1213
1992 Lou Holtz10–1–1W Cotton †44
1993 Lou Holtz11–1W Cotton †22
1994 Lou Holtz6–5–1L Fiesta †
1995 Lou Holtz9–3L Orange †1311
1996 Lou Holtz8–32119
Bob Davie (Independent)(1997–2001)
1997 Bob Davie 7–6L Independence
1998 Bob Davie9–3L Gator 2222
1999 Bob Davie5–7
2000 Bob Davie9–3L Fiesta †1615
2001 Bob Davie5–6
Tyrone Willingham (Independent)(2002–2004)
2002 Tyrone Willingham 10–3L Gator 1717
2003 Tyrone Willingham5–7
2004 Tyrone Willingham [n 1] 6–6 [n 1] L Insight
Charlie Weis (Independent)(2005–2009)
2005 Charlie Weis 9–3L Fiesta †119
2006 Charlie Weis10–3L Sugar †1917
2007 Charlie Weis3–9
2008 Charlie Weis7–6W Hawaii
2009 Charlie Weis6–6
Brian Kelly (Independent)(2010–2019)
2010 Brian Kelly 8–5W Sun
2011 Brian Kelly8–5L Champs Sports
2012 Brian Kelly12–1 [n 2] L BCS NCG †34
2013 Brian Kelly9–4 [n 2] W Pinstripe 2420
2014 Brian Kelly8–5W Music City
2015 Brian Kelly10–3L Fiesta †1211
2016 Brian Kelly4–8
2017 Brian Kelly10–3W Citrus 1111
2018 Brian Kelly12–1L Cotton †(CFP Semifinal)55
2019 Brian Kelly11–2W Camping World 1112
Brian Kelly(Atlantic Coast Conference)(2020)
2020 Brian Kelly10–29–01stL Rose †(CFP Semifinal)55
Brian Kelly(Independent)(2021)
2021 Brian Kelly [n 3] 11–2 [n 3] L Fiesta †88
Marcus Freeman (Independent)(2022–present)
2022 Marcus Freeman9–4W Gator 1818
2023 Marcus Freeman10–3W Sun 1414
2024 Marcus Freeman14–2W CFP First Round †
W Sugar †(CFP Quarterfinal)
W Orange †(CFP Semifinal)
L CFP NCG †		22
Total:982–344–42
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

  1. 1 2 On December 1, 2004, Notre Dame defensive coordinator Kent Baer was named interim head coach after head coach Willingham was fired following the regular season. Baer coached the bowl game in Willingham's stead, a 38–21 loss to Oregon State.
  2. 1 2 On November 22, 2016, Notre Dame was forced to vacate all 12 wins and their appearance in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game from the 2012 season, and all 9 wins from the 2013 season, including their victory in the Pinstripe Bowl. The NCAA rejected their appeal on February 13, 2018.
  3. 1 2 On November 29, Kelly resigned to become the head coach at LSU. He finished at Notre Dame with a 12-year record of 113–40 on the field, and an official record of 92–40 due to games vacated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Marcus Freeman was named the program's new head coach and led the Irish in the Fiesta Bowl.

References

  1. ↑ "Notre Dame Records" (PDF). graphics.fansonly.com. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ "CFB Data Warehouse Notre Dame Recognized National Champions". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Record By Year". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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