1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1946 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 8 wins and 1 tie, winning the national championship.[1] The 1946 team became the fifth Irish team to win the national title and the second for Leahy. The 1946 is the first team in what is considered to be the Notre Dame Football dynasty, a stretch of games in which Notre Dame went 36-0-2 and won three national championships and two Heisman Trophies from 1946-1949.[1] The 1946 team was cited by Sports Illustrated as the part of the second best sports dynasty (professional or collegiate) of the 20th century[2] and second greatest college football dynasty.[3] The season also produced one of college football's "games of the century", the famous 0-0 tie with Army at Yankee Stadium.

1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
AP Poll national champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
1946 record8–0–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeT-Formation
Captaingame by game
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1946 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame    8 0 1
Youngstown    7 1 0
Cincinnati    9 2 0
Central Michigan    6 2 0
Western Michigan    5 2 1
Miami (OH)    7 3 0
Ohio    6 3 0
Detroit    6 4 0
Dayton    6 3 0
Bowling Green    5 3 0
Ohio Wesleyan    5 4 1
Akron    5 4 0
Michigan State    5 5 0
Marquette    4 5 0
Michigan State Normal    3 4 1
Wayne    2 5 1
Valparaiso    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at IllinoisW 26–675,119[4]
October 5PittsburghW 33–050,350
October 12PurdueNo. 3
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 49–655,452[5]
October 26at No. 17 IowaNo. 2W 41–652,311
November 2vs. NavyNo. 2W 28–063,909
November 9vs. No. 1 ArmyNo. 2T 0–074,121[6]
November 16NorthwesternNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 27–056,000
November 23at TulaneNo. 2W 41–065,841[7]
November 30No. 16 USCNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 26–655,298
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Post-season

Award winners

All-Americans:

Name AP UP NEA INS COL AA SN L FC
† John Lujack, QB111111111
‡ George Connor, T111111121
John Monstrangelo, G22111
George Strohmeyer, C21113
denotes unanimous selection
‡denotes consensus selection       Source:[1]

College Football Hall of Fame Inductees:

Name Position Year Inducted
George ConnorTackle1963
Zygmont "Ziggy" CzarobskiTackle1977
Bill FischerTackle/Guard1983
Leon HartEnd1973
Frank LeahyCoach1970
Johnny LujackQuarterback1960
Jim MartinEnd/Tackle1995
Emil "Red" SitkoHalfback/Fullback1984

Notre Dame leads all universities in players inducted.[9]

1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Fighting Irish were selected.[10]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
316John MastrangeloTacklePittsburgh Steelers
637George SullivanEndBoston Yanks
13111Bob SkoglundDefensive endGreen Bay Packers
15134John FallonTackleNew York Giants
27250Bob PalladinoBackGreen Bay Packers

References

  1. "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175)". und.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  2. "SI's Top 20 Dynasties of the 20th Century". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1999-06-03. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  3. "College Football's 12 Greatest Dynasties". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  4. Bert Bertine (September 29, 1946). "Notre Dame Halts Young, Overpowers Illinois, 26-6: Record 75,119 Watches Irish Dominate Battle". Decatur Sunday Herald and Review. pp. 29, 30 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Harold Harrison (October 13, 1946). "Notre Dame Raps Purdue: Irish Use 4 Elevens For 49-6 Verdict; Lacing Worst Of 18-Game Series Between Schools". The Indianapolis Star. pp. 41, 42. Retrieved April 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Gene Ward (November 10, 1946). "Army, Irish Battle To Scoreless Tie". New York Daily News. p. 96 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Fighting Irish overwhelms Green Wave, 41–0, before 70,000". Evansville Press. November 24, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "ALL-TIME OUTLAND TROPHY WINNERS". Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  9. "Hall of Fame: Select group by school". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  10. "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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