1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
  • Elmer Layden (1st season)
CaptainDom Vairo
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Midwestern college football independents records
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan State     8 1 0
Wayne     7 1 0
Western State Teachers (MI)     7 1 0
Michigan State Normal     5 2 0
Notre Dame     6 3 0
Central State (MI)     5 3 0
Detroit     5 3 1
DePaul     4 3 0
Saint Louis     3 3 2
Marquette     4 5 0
Haskell     3 6 1
Missouri Mines     2 6 0
Wittenberg     2 7 0

The 1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1934 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6TexasL 6–720,353–33,000[1]
October 13Purdue
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 18–734,263
October 20Carnegie Tech
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 13–011,242
October 27Wisconsin
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 19–025,354
November 3at PittsburghL 0–1956,556–64,000[2]
November 10vs. Navy
L 6–1054,571
November 17at Northwestern
W 20–738,413–45,000[3]
November 24vs. Army
W 12–678,757
December 8at USCW 14–045,568

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References

  1. ^ "Texas seizes breaks to win over Irish, 7–6". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 7, 1934. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Harry Keck (November 4, 1934). "64,000 See Pitt Crush Notre Dame". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Edward Burns (November 18, 1934). "Notre Dame Wins: Irish Score Three Times in 2d Half; Beat N.U., 20-7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
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