1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Consensus national champion
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 1
1943 record	9–1
Head coach	Frank Leahy (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	T formation
Captain	Pat Filley
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship.^[1] The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy. Led by Notre Dame's first Heisman Trophy winner, Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road.^[2] Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes, Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press.^[3]

Season

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 41-0	43,437
October 2	Georgia Tech		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 55-13	26,497
October 9	at No. 2 Michigan	No. 1	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Rivalry)	W 35-12	86,408
October 16	at Wisconsin	No. 1	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 51-0	16,235
October 23	Illinois	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 47-0	24,676
October 30	vs. No. 3 Navy	No. 1	Cleveland Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Rivalry)	W 33-6	77,900
November 6	vs. No. 3 Army	No. 1	Yankee Stadium • New York, NY (Rivalry)	W 26-0	75,121
November 13	at No. 8 Northwestern	No. 1	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)	W 25-6	49,124
November 20	No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 14-13	39,446
November 27	at Great Lakes	No. 1	Comiskey Park • North Chicago, IL	L 14-19	23,000
^#Rankings from AP. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Angelo Bertelli: Heisman Trophy^[4]

All-Americans

Name	AP	UP	INS	COL	AA	SN	L
Angelo Bertelli, QB	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Creighton Miller, HB	1	1	1	1	1
John Yonakor, E		1	1		1	1
† Jim White, T	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Pat Filley, G	2	1				1
Herb Coleman, C		2
†denotes consensus selection Source:^[1]

References

1 2 "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175)". und.cstv.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
↑ "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: 2007 Supplement (page 163)". und.cstv.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
↑ "Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A)". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
↑ "Heisman Voting". und.cstv.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.

1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—AP national champions

Head coach: Frank Leahy

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

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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