1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	#9
1937 record	6–2–1
Head coach	Elmer Layden (4th year)
Captain	Joe Zwers
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium

The 1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1937 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
October 2	Drake		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 21–0	14,955
October 9	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	T 0–0	42,253
October 16	at Carnegie Tech		Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–9	30,418
October 23	Navy		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 9–7	45,000
October 30	at #4 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 7–6	63,237
November 6	#3 Pittsburgh	#12	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 6–21	54,309
November 13	vs. Army	#18	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY (Rivalry)	W 7–0	76,359
November 20	at Northwestern	#12	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)	W 7–0	42,573
November 27	USC	#9	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 13–6	28,920
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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References

↑ "1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Michigan Michigan State (Megaphone Trophy) Navy (Rip Miller Trophy) Northwestern (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973) Purdue (Shillelagh Trophy) Stanford (Legends Trophy) USC (Jeweled Shillelagh)

Culture & lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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