1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
| 1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Jerry Groom |
| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
| Valparaiso | – | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| No. 8 Michigan State | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Xavier | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
| John Carroll | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Baldwin–Wallace | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Michigan Tech | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Marquette | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Wabash | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||
| Butler | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Toledo | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Bowling Green | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||
| Dayton | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Youngstown | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Ball State | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Washington University | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Wayne | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Indiana State | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Rose Poly | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Frank Leahy, the Irish compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by a total of 140 to 139. Though the 1949 team won the national championship, and the 1950 team was ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP poll the Irish dropped from the poll after losing three of their first five games.[1]
Center and team captain Jerry Groom was a consensus first-team pick on the 1950 All-America college football team.[2] In addition, quarterback Bob Williams received first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press, United Press, and Football Writers Association of America. Williams was also the second overall pick in the 1951 NFL draft with Groom following as the sixth overall pick.[3]
The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | No. 20 North Carolina | No. 1 | W 14–7 | 56,430 | [4] | |
| October 7 | Purdue | No. 1 |
| L 14–28 | 56,746 | |
| October 14 | at Tulane | No. 10 | W 13–9 | 73,159 | [5] | |
| October 21 | at Indiana | No. 11 | L 7–20 | 34,100 | ||
| October 28 | No. 15 Michigan State |
| L 33–36 | 57,866 | [6] | |
| November 4 | vs. Navy | W 19–10 | 71,074 | [7] | ||
| November 11 | Pittsburgh |
| W 18–7 | 56,966 | [8] | |
| November 18 | at Iowa | T 14–14 | 52,863 | |||
| December 2 | at USC | L 7–9 | 70,177 | |||
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ↑ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Irish outlast Tarheels 14–7". The State. October 1, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Irish barely regain victory stride by 13–9". Quad-City Times. October 15, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Paul Neville (October 29, 1950). "Spirited Irish Toppled, 36-33: Final Quarter Surge Brings M.S.C. Victory". Lansing State Journal. pp. 1 (section 1), 1 (section 3) – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Notre Dame vs. Navy :: The Rivalry". Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ↑ Paul Neville (November 12, 1950). "New Passing Record Set By Williams". The South Bend Tribune. p. Section 3-1. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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