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1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 6
Record7–2–2
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Murphy
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1943 →
1942 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   8 – 2 – 0
Dayton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 2
Bowling Green   –   6 – 2 – 1
Ohio   –   5 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wichita   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   4 – 3 – 2
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   4 – 5 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 4 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wayne   –   1 – 6 – 1
Akron   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Frank Leahy, the team compiled a 7–2–2 record, outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 99, and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP poll.

The team ranked eighth nationally with 1,039 passing yards. Angelo Bertelli was responsible for all of the team's passing yardage and ranked seventh nationally in individual passing yards.

End Bob Dove was a consensus pick on the 1942 All-America college football team. [1] Angelo Bertelli was selected as a first-team All-American by Look magazine.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Wisconsin
T 7–723,243
October 3 Georgia Tech
L 6–1320,545
October 10 Stanford
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN ( rivalry)
W 27–022,374
October 17 Iowa Pre-Flight
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 28–026,800
October 24at No. 5 IllinoisNo. 8
W 21–1443,476
October 31vs. NavyNo. 4
W 9–066,699
November 7vs. No. 19 ArmyNo. 4
W 13–074,946
November 14No. 6 MichiganNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN ( rivalry)
L 20–3254,379
November 21 NorthwesternNo. 8
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN ( rivalry)
W 27–2026,098
November 28at No. 14 USCNo. 8
W 13–094,519
December 5at Great Lakes NavyNo. 6
T 13–1319,225–35,000 [2]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP—8 (3)4 (3)4 (1)4 (1)886

References

  1. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Wilfrid Smith (December 6, 1942). "Notre Dame Rally Ties Great Lakes, 13 to 13". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–1, 2–3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1942 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2022.


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