1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 6
1942 record	7–2–2
Head coach	Frank Leahy (2nd year)
Captain	George Murphy
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

The 1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1942 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	T 7–7	23,243
October 3	Georgia Tech		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 6–13	20,545
October 10	Stanford		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 27–0	22,374
October 17	Iowa Pre-Flight		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 28–0	26,800
October 24	at No. 5 Illinois	No. 8	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 21–14	43,476
October 31	vs. Navy	No. 4	Municipal Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Rivalry)	W 9–0	66,699
November 7	vs. No. 19 Army	No. 4	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY (Rivalry)	W 13–0	74,946
November 14	No. 6 Michigan	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	L 20–32	54,379
November 21	Northwestern	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 27–20	26,098
November 28	at No. 14 USC	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	W 13–0	94,519
December 5	at Naval Station Great Lakes	No. 8	North Chicago, IL	T 13–13	19,225
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/1942-schedule.html

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC

Culture & lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

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