1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference Independent
1963 record 2–7
Head coach Hugh Devore (1st year of 2nd stint; 2nd overall season)
Captain Bob Lehmann
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
(c. 59,075, grass)
1963 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Texas Western      4 5 0
Colgate      3 4 1
New Mexico State      3 6 1
Rutgers      3 6 0
Colorado State      3 7 0
Louisville      3 7 0
Miami (FL)      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

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

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 28 No. 6 Wisconsin Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN L 9–14   56,806
October 5 at Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest 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 StadiumStanford, 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 StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) L 7–12   70,128
November 28 at Syracuse Yankee StadiumBronx, NY L 7–14   56,972
#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundNFL Club
Jim KellyTE2Pittsburgh Steelers
Paul CostaTE4Green Bay Packers
Frank BudkaDB4Chicago Bears
Jim SnowdenTackle5Washington Redskins
George BednarGuard8St. Louis Cardinals
Tom MacDonaldBack13Washington Redskins
Dave HumenikTackle17New York Giants

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References

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