1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (8 official selectors)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainTom Conley
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –   10 – 0 – 0
Marquette   –   8 – 0 – 1
Haskell   –   9 – 1 – 0
Michigan State   –   5 – 1 – 2
DePaul   –   4 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   5 – 3 – 2
Kent State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Saint Louis   –   3 – 3 – 2
John Carroll   –   3 – 5 – 2
Loyola (IL)   –   2 – 6 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their 13th and final season under head coach Knute Rockne, the Fighting Irish compiled a perfect 10–0 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 256 to 74 with three shutouts.[1]

The Dickinson System ranked Notre Dame No. 1 with 25.13 points, ahead of No. 2 Washington State (20.44) and No. 3 Alabama (20.18).[2] Later analyses also rated Notre Dame as the 1930 national champion, including Billingsley Report, Boand System, Dunkel System, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis, and Poling System.[3]

The new Notre Dame Stadium made its debut on October 4;[4] it was dedicated the next week.[5] The closest game was a one-point win in late November over previously undefeated Army; the Irish won the annual rivalry game, 7–6, at Soldier Field in Chicago with over 100,000 in attendance.[6][7][8] A week later in Los Angeles, Notre Dame shut out once-beaten USC, 27–0, for their 19th consecutive victory.[9][10]

Two Notre Dame players, quarterback Frank Carideo and halfback Marchy Schwartz, were consensus first-team players on the 1930 All-America college football team.[11] Other Notre Dame players receiving 1930 All-America honors included guard Bert Metzger (first-team selection by the Associated Press and United Press);[12][13] halfback Marty Brill (first-team selection by the All-America Board);[14] end Tom Conley (second-team selection by the Associated Press, United Press, and Newspaper Enterprise Association);[15] fullback Joe Savoldi (second-team selection by the Associated Press); and tackle Al Culver (second-team selection by the United Press).[16]

Four months after the season ended, on March 31, 1931, Rockne and seven others were killed when a Transcontinental and Western Airline plane crashed in Kansas as Rockne traveled from Kansas City to California.[17]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4SMU
W 20–1414,751[4]
October 11Navy
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 26–240,593[18][5]
October 18Carnegie Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 21–630,009[19]
October 25at Pittsburgh
W 35–1966,586–74,233[20][21]
November 1Indiana
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 27–015,000[22]
November 8at Penn
W 60–2075,657[23]
November 15Drake
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 28–710,106[24]
November 22at Northwestern
W 14–044,648[25]
November 29vs. Army
W 7–6110,000  [6][7][8]
December 6at USC
W 27–073,967[9][10]

[26]

Personnel

Players

The following players participated on the 1930 Notre Dame football team.[27]

Staff

References

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  2. ^ "Notre Dame Wins National Title by Dickinson System". Messenger-Inquirer. December 7, 1930. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 113. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Notre Dame pushed to win". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. October 5, 1930. p. 15.
  5. ^ a b Mickelson, Paul (October 12, 1930). "Notre Dame swamps Navy". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 13.
  6. ^ a b Dunkley, Charles W. (November 29, 1930). "Notre Dame beats Army, 7 to 6". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1.
  7. ^ a b "Rockne's men defeat Army, score 7 to 6". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 29, 1930. p. 1.
  8. ^ a b McIntyre, Ronald (November 30, 1930). "Notre Dame conquers Army, 7 to 6". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1C.
  9. ^ a b "Notre Dame triumphs, 27 to 0". Milwaukee Sentinel. December 7, 1930. p. 1A.
  10. ^ a b "Notre Dame outplays U.S.C." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 7, 1930. p. 1, part 2.
  11. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Alan Gould (December 6, 1930). "MIDDLE WEST HOLDS EDGE IN SELECTION OF 1930 ALL-AMERICAN GRID TEAMS: POLL BY ASSOCIATED PRESS SELECTS STARS FOR MYTHICAL ELEVEN". Evening Independent.
  13. ^ Cameron, L. S. (December 8, 1930). "United Press Has All-America Grid Team of the Year: Milo Lubratovich of the University of Wisconsin Team is Placed on the First Team". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Christy Walsh (December 11, 1932). "ALL-AMERICA BOARD HONORS CAPT. BOB SMITH OF COLGATE". Syracuse Herald.
  15. ^ L.S. "Larry" MacPhail (December 13, 1930). "NEA Service's All-America Teams". Olean Times.
  16. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1162. ISBN 1401337031.
  17. ^ "Rockne Killed In Air Crash: Eight Die in Kansas As Plane Falls in Flames; Local Coach on Business Trip to Coast". The South Bend Tribune. March 31, 1931. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ John W. Stahr (October 12, 1930). "N.D. Wins; Dedicates Stadium". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ John W. Stahr (October 19, 1930). "Irish Beat Carnegie, 21 to 6". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "74,233 at Irish Game Here Saturday". The Pittsburgh Press. October 27, 1930. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Jess Carver. "Notre Dame Trounces Pitt, 35-19: 70,000 See Irish Romp To Victory". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. pp. I-1, II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ John W. Starr (November 2, 1930). "Irish Conquer Indiana, 27 to 0". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "80,000 See Penn Deluged, 60-20, By Notre Dame: Largest Crowd in Phila. Football History Turns Out to See Game; Traffic Tied in Knot". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1930. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ John W. Stahr (November 16, 1930). "Drake Loses To Irish, 28 to 7: Three Sprints by Dan Hanley Enliven Game". The South Bend Tribune. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Harvey Woodruff (November 23, 1930). "Notre Dame Beats Northwestern, 14-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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  48. ^ 1930 Football Review, p. 11.
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