1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (8 official selectors)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1930 record10–0
Head coach
  • Knute Rockne (13th season)
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainTom Conley
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Midwestern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame   –   10 – 0 – 0
Marquette   –   8 – 0 – 1
Haskell   –   9 – 1 – 0
Michigan State   –   5 – 1 – 2
DePaul   –   4 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   5 – 3 – 2
Kent State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Saint Louis   –   3 – 3 – 2
John Carroll   –   3 – 5 – 2
Loyola (IL)   –   2 – 6 – 0

The 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1930 college football season. The independent Irish won all ten games, outscored its opponents 256 to 74 with three shutouts, and repeated as national champions.

The new Notre Dame Stadium made its debut on October 4,[1][2] and was dedicated the next week.[3] The closest game was a one-point win in late November over previously undefeated Army; the Irish won 7–6 at Soldier Field in Chicago with over 100,000 in attendance.[4][5][6] This rivalry game was usually played in New York City. A week later in Los Angeles, Notre Dame shut out once-beaten USC 27–0 for their 19th consecutive victory.[7][8]

This was the thirteenth and final season for Knute Rockne as head coach; he was killed in a plane crash the following spring.[9][10][11]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 4SMU
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN[1][2]
W 20–1414,751
October 11Navy
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN [3] (rivalry)
W 26–240,593
October 18Carnegie Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 21–630,009
October 25at Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 35–1966,586
November 1Indiana
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 27–011,113
November 8at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 60–2075,657
November 15Drake
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 28–710,106
November 22at Northwestern
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 14–044,648
November 29vs. Army
W 7–6110,000  
December 6at USC
W 27–073,967

Source:[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Savoldi in a 98-yard run as Irish win, 20-14". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. October 5, 1930. p. 1, sports.
  2. ^ a b "Notre Dame pushed to win". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. October 5, 1930. p. 15.
  3. ^ a b Mickelson, Paul (October 12, 1930). "Notre Dame swamps Navy". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 13.
  4. ^ a b Dunkley, Charles W. (November 29, 1930). "Notre Dame beats Army, 7 to 6". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1.
  5. ^ a b "Rockne's men defeat Army, score 7 to 6". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 29, 1930. p. 1.
  6. ^ a b McIntyre, Ronald (November 30, 1930). "Notre Dame conquers Army, 7 to 6". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1C.
  7. ^ a b "Notre Dame triumphs, 27 to 0". Milwaukee Sentinel. December 7, 1930. p. 1A.
  8. ^ a b "Notre Dame outplays U.S.C." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 7, 1930. p. 1, part 2.
  9. ^ "Report Knute Rockne killed in plane crash". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 31, 1931. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Rockne's tragic death". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 1, 1931. p. 1A.
  11. ^ "Sorrow shrouds Notre Dame faculty and students with passing of Knute Rockne". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 1, 1931. p. 16.
  12. ^ "1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".


Stub icon

This college football 1930 season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Stub icon

This article about a sports team in Indiana is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""