1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 10
1957 record7–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Prendergast
  • Ed Sullivan
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Navy   –   9 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Notre Dame   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drake   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
Oklahoma State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 3 – 2
Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 4 – 1
Florida State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   3 – 6 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 6 – 0
San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Texas Tech   –   2 – 8 – 0
Marquette   –   0 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Notre Dame's 7–0 victory over Oklahoma snapped the Sooners' NCAA record 47-game winning streak.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 28at Purdue
W 12–052,108
October 5IndianaNo. 16
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 26–054,026
October 12vs. No. 10 ArmyNo. 12
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 23–2195,000
October 26PittsburghNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 13–758,775
November 2No. 16 NavyNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
L 6–2058,922
November 9at No. 4 Michigan StateNo. 15
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)
L 6–3475,391
November 16at No. 2 Oklahoma
W 7–063,170
November 23No. 8 IowaNo. 9
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
L 13–2158,734
November 30USCNo. 12
W 40–1254,793
December 7at SMUNo. 12
W 54–2151,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise

[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "1957 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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