1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1963 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
1963 record	2–7
Head coach	Hugh Devore (2nd season);
Captain	Bob Lehmann
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium; (c. 59,075, grass)
	Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	No. 6 Wisconsin		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 9–14	56,806
October 5	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 6–7	51,723
October 12	No. 7 USC		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 17–14	59,135
October 19	UCLA		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 27–12	42,948
October 26	at Stanford	No. 7	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 14–24	55,000
November 2	No. 4 Navy		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 14–35	59,362
November 9	No. 8 Pittsburgh		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 7–27	41,306
November 16	at No. 4 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	L 7–12	70,128
November 23	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (cancelled due to the assassination of President Kennedy)	N/A	N/A
November 28	at Syracuse		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–14	56,972
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[1]

Personnel[]

1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
G	Jim Carroll	Jr
QB	John Huarte	Jr
HB	Jack Snow	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Hugh Devore

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	NFL Club
Jim Kelly	TE	2	Pittsburgh Steelers
Paul Costa	TE	4	Green Bay Packers
Frank Budka	DB	4	Chicago Bears
Jim Snowden	Tackle	5	Washington Redskins
George Bednar	Guard	8	St. Louis Cardinals
Tom MacDonald	Back	13	Washington Redskins
	Tackle	17	New York Giants

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References[]

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[1] "1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".

[2] "1964 NFL Draft Listing".

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National championship seasons in bold

1963 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Memphis State		–		9	–	0	–	1
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Navy		–		9	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Oregon		–		8	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Army		–		7	–	3	–	0
Air Force		–		7	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		5	–	3	–	1
Idaho		–		5	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		5	–	4	–	0
Oregon State		–		5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Xavier		–		5	–	4	–	1
West Texas State		–		4	–	4	–	1
Florida State		–		4	–	5	–	1
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico State		–		3	–	6	–	1
Colorado State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	7	–	0
Texas Western		–		3	–	7	–	0
Detroit		–		2	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross		–		2	–	6	–	1
Notre Dame		–		2	–	7	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Houston		–		2	–	8	–	0
Boston University		–		1	–	6	–	1
Dayton		–		1	–	7	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll