1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Independent 1 9–1 Frank Leahy 3rd T formation Pat Filley Notre Dame Stadium AP Poll national champion The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1943 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship.http://und.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguidehistory 2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175) und.cstv.com 2009-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080610005741/http://und.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguidehistory 2008-06-10 dead The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy. Led by Notre Dame's first Heisman Trophy winner, Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road. http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Football-Supplement-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020246/http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Football-Supplement-07 dead October 11, 2007 2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: 2007 Supplement (page 163) und.cstv.com 2008-12-31 Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes, Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press.https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A) ncaa.org 2009-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080509084329/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html May 9, 2008 dead Schedule 1943 AP Eastern September 25 w y Pittsburgh Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA rivalry 41–0 43,437 October 2 w Georgia Tech Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry 55–13 26,497–30,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-bertelli-dazzles/132740057/ The Chattanooga Times Bertelli dazzles Tech for Irish, 53 to 13 October 3, 1943 October 1, 2023 Newspapers.com October 9 w y 1 Michigan 2 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI rivalry 35–12 86,408 October 16 w y 1 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI 51–0 16,235 October 23 w 1 Illinois Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN 47–0 24,676 October 30 w y 1 Navy 3 Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH rivalry 33–6 77,900 November 6 w y 1 Army 3 Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY rivalry 26–0 75,121 November 13 w y 1 Northwestern 8 Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL rivalry 25–6 49,124 November 20 w 1 Iowa Pre-Flight 2 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN 14–13 39,446 November 27 l y 1 Great Lakes Navy Ross Field Great Lakes, IL 14–19 23,000 Rankings 1943 college football rankings Notre Dame was the wire-to-wire No. 1 in the season's AP poll and won the Dr. Henry L. Williams Trophy. AP 1 9 1 (53) 1 (86) 1 (98) 1 (97) 1 (97) 1 (91) 1 (87) 1 (97) 1 (86) Awards and honors Angelo Bertelli: Heisman Trophyhttp://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html/ Heisman Voting und.cstv.com 2009-01-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081217101247/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/nd-m-footbl-archive.html 2008-12-17 All-Americans Notre Dame Fighting Irish #003 Name #003 AP #003 UP #003 INS #003 COL #003 AA #003 SN #003 L Angelo Bertelli, QB 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Creighton Miller, HB 1 1 1 1 1 John Yonakor, E 1 1 1 1 † Jim White, T 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Pat Filley, G 2 1 1 Herb Coleman, C 2 † denotes consensus selectionSource: References Notre Dame Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons Category:College football national champions Notre Dame Fighting Irish football