American college football season
1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent AP No. 1 1943 record 9–1 Head coach Offensive scheme T formation Captain Pat Filley Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)Seasons
The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season . The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy , ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship .[1] The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy. Led by Notre Dame's first Heisman Trophy winner, Angelo Bertelli , Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road.[2] Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes, Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press .[3]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 25 at Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry )W 41–043,437
October 2 Georgia Tech Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 55–1326,497
October 9 at No. 2 Michigan No. 1 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry )W 35–1286,408
October 16 at Wisconsin No. 1 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI W 51–016,235
October 23 Illinois No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 47–024,676
October 30 vs. No. 3 Navy No. 1 Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry )W 33–677,900
November 6 vs. No. 3 Army No. 1 W 26–075,121
November 13 at No. 8 Northwestern No. 1 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry )W 25–649,124
November 20 No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 14–1339,446
November 27 at Great Lakes Navy No. 1 L 14–1923,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Awards and honors [ ]
Angelo Bertelli : Heisman Trophy [4]
All-Americans [ ]
Name
AP
UP
INS
COL
AA
SN
L
Angelo Bertelli , QB
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Creighton Miller , HB
1
1
1
1
1
John Yonakor , E
1
1
1
1
† Jim White , T
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Pat Filley , G
2
1
1
Herb Coleman , C
2
†denotes consensus selection Source: [1]
References [ ]
Assistant coaches: Hugh Devore
Moose Krause
Edward McKeever
Venues
Brownson Hall field (1892?–1899)
Cartier Field (1899–1928)
Soldier Field (1929)
Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
1936–1949 1950s 1960s
1960 : Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF ) / Ole Miss (FWAA)
1961 : Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA)
1962 : USC
1963 : Texas
1964 : Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF)
1965 : Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
1966 : Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF)
1967 : USC
1968 : Ohio State
1969 : Texas
1970s 1980–1991