1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJerry Groom
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Midwestern college football independents records
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
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 represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1950 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy during his eighth year at Notre Dame, ended the season with 4 wins, 4 losses, and one tie. Though they were ranked #1 in the preseason AP Poll[1] and were the defending National Champions, the 1950 team– without Heisman Trophy-winner Leon Hart, who had graduated in the spring and was drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions with the first overall pick– only achieved a .500 record for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30No. 20 North CarolinaNo. 1
W 14–756,430[2]
October 7PurdueNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2856,746
October 14at TulaneNo. 10
W 13–973,159[3]
October 21at IndianaNo. 11
L 7–2034,100
October 28No. 15 Michigan State
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 33–3657,866
November 4vs. Navy
W 19–1071,074[4]
November 11Pittsburgh
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 18–756,966
November 18at Iowa
T 14–1452,863
December 2at USC
L 7–970,177
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season:

References

  1. ^ "1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "Irish outlast Tarheels 14–7". The State. October 1, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Irish barely regain victory stride by 13–9". Quad-City Times. October 15, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Notre Dame vs. Navy :: The Rivalry". Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. ^ "1950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.


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