1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 2
1953 record 9–0–1
Head coach Frank Leahy (11th season)
Captain Don Penza
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1953 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Notre Dame      9 0 1
Southern Miss      9 2 0
Penn State      6 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 1
Drexel      2 3 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1953 college football season. John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy although he did not even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring.[1] Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979.

Rivalries

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 at No. 6 Oklahoma No. 1 Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK W 28–21   59,500
October 3 at Purdue No. 1 Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (rivalry) W 37–7   49,135
October 17 No. 15 Pittsburgh No. 1 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (rivalry) W 23–14   57,998
October 24 No. 4 Georgia Tech No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN W 27–14   58,254
October 31 No. 20 Navy No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (rivalry) W 38–7   58,154
November 7 at Penn No. 1 Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 28–20   74,711
November 14 at North Carolina No. 1 Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC W 34–14   43,000
November 21 No. 20 Iowa No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN T 14–14   56,478
November 28 at No. 20 USC No. 2 Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh) W 48–14   97,952
December 5 SMU No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN W 40–14   55,522
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Game summaries

Oklahoma

1 234Total
Notre Dame 7 7140 28
Oklahoma 7 707 21

Don Penza blocked and recovered a kick to set up one touchdown and recovered a fumble that led to another Notre Dame score.[2]

Team players drafted into the NFL

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

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise

[3]

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. "Fighting Irish Roar Back to 28-21 Victory." Palm Beach Post. 1953 Sept 27 Retrieved 2013-Jul-7.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1953.htm
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