1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Independent 19–1 George Keogan 4th John Nyikos Notre Dame Fieldhouse Helms Foundation National Champions The 1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his fourth season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 19–1 recordNotre Dame season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/notre-dame/ May 29, 2014 and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm May 29, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm dead Captain John Nyikos was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season as well. Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002649; color:#CC9933;"| Regular season 12/6/1926 yes Armour Institute Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 51–14 1–0 12/11/1926 yes 1926 men Earlham Quakers Earlham Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 42–14 2–0 12/18/1926 yes yes 1926 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN 24–19 3–0 12/20/1926 yes yes 1926 men Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Iowa City, IA 19–18 4–0 12/30/1926 yes 1926 men Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 28–20 5–0 1/3/1927 yes yes Northwestern Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL 27–20 6–0 1/8/1927 yes 1926 men Detroit Titans Detroit Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 41–24 7–0 1/14/1927 yes yes Franklin Franklin, IN 22–34 7–1 1/22/1927 yes 1926 men Wabash Little Giants Wabash Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 37–26 8–1 1/19/1927 yes 1926 men Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 36–15 9–1 2/4/1927 yes yes 1926 men Marquette Warriors Marquette Old Gym Milwaukee, WI 27–21 10–1 2/8/1927 yes yes Wisconsin Red Gym Madison, WI 19–14 11–1 2/12/1927 yes Franklin Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 36–16 12–1 2/16/1927 yes yes Wabash Crawfordsville, IN 35–25 13–1 2/19/1927 yes 1926 men Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, IN 33–17 14–1 2/22/1927 yes yes Detroit Detroit, MI 24–23 15–1 2/23/1927 yes yes Michigan State Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI 34–22 16–1 2/26/1927 yes yes Marquette Old Gym Milwaukee, WI 33–13 17–1 3/4/1927 yes yes 1926 men Creighton Bluejays Creighton University Gymnasium Omaha, NE 31–20 18–1 3/5/1927 yes yes Creighton University Gymnasium Omaha, NE 32–16 19–1 Source2011–12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Media Guide Yearly Results (p. 159) University of Notre Dame 2011 http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/11-m-baskbl-media-guide.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120119074354/http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/11-m-baskbl-media-guide.html dead January 19, 2012 May 29, 2014 References Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball seasons Notre Dame Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Basketball Team