1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#2
1953 record	9–0–1
Head coach	Frank Leahy (8th year of 2nd stint; 11th overall year)
Captain	Don Penza
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1953 college football season. John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy although he did not even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring.^[1] Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979.

Rivalries

Notre Dame beat Purdue.
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	at #6 Oklahoma	#1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 28–21	59,500
October 3	at Purdue	#1	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Rivalry)	W 37–7	49,135
October 17	#15 Pittsburgh	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 23–14	57,998
October 24	#4 Georgia Tech	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 27–14	58,254
October 31	#20 Navy	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 38–7	58,154
November 7	at Pennsylvania	#1	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 28– 20	74,711
November 14	at North Carolina	#1	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 34–14	43,000
November 21	#20 Iowa	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	T 14–14	56,478
November 28	at #20 USC	#2	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 48–14	97,952
December 5	SMU	#2	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 40–14	55,522
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Game summaries

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	7	7	14	0	28
Oklahoma	7	7	0	7	21

Date: September 26
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 59,500
Game weather: Sunny • 94°F

Don Penza blocked and recovered a kick to set up one touchdown and recovered a fumble that led to another Notre Dame score.^[3]

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise

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Awards and honors

John Lattner, Heisman Trophy^[5]

References

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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

Bowls and 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 and 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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