Schedule
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
September 26 |
at No. 6 Oklahoma |
No. 1 |
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK |
W 28–21 |
59,500 |
October 3 |
at Purdue |
No. 1 |
Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) |
W 37–7 |
49,135 |
October 17 |
No. 15 Pittsburgh |
No. 1 |
Notre Dame Stadium • South 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 Field • Philadelphia, PA |
W 28–20 |
74,711 |
November 14 |
at North Carolina |
No. 1 |
Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel 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 Coliseum • Los 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
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Notre Dame |
7 |
7 | 14 | 0 |
28 |
Oklahoma |
7 |
7 | 0 | 7 |
21 |
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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.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
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