1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record9–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Paul Matz
  • Dan Shannon
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1954 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Omaha   –  10 –0 –0
No. 4 Notre Dame   –  9 –1 –0
Wabash   –  7 –1 –1
Cincinnati   –  8 –2 –0
Youngstown   –  7 –2 –0
Washington University   –  6 –3 –0
Carthage   –  5 –3 –0
Dayton   –  5 –5 –0
Marquette   –  3 –5 –1
Wayne   –  3 –5 –1
John Carroll   –  3 –5 –0
Rose Poly   –  2 –5 –0
Drake   –  2 –7 –0
Xavier   –  2 –8 –0
Baldwin–Wallace   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1954 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25No. 4 TexasNo. 2W 21–057,594[1]
October 2No. 19 PurdueNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2758,250
October 9at PittsburghNo. 8W 33–060,114
October 16Michigan StateNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 20–1957,238
October 30vs. No. 15 NavyNo. 6W 6–060,000
November 6at PennNo. 5W 42–761,189[2]
November 13North CarolinaNo. 5
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 42–1355,410[3]
November 20at No. 19 IowaNo. 4W 34–1856,576
November 27No. 17 USCNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 23–1756,438
December 4at SMUNo. 4W 26–1475,501
  • 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.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise

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References

  1. ↑ "Guglielmi leads Notre Dame to 21–0 win over game Texas". The Pantagraph. September 26, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Trimble, Joe (November 7, 1954). "Irish Avalanche Buries Winless Quakers, 42-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame wins, 42–13; 6th victory". Chicago Tribune. November 14, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2018.


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